The Language of Journalism: A Multi-genre Perspective

Professor Angela Smith, Dr. Michael Higgins

ISBN 10: 1849660662 / ISBN 13: 9781849660662

Published by Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, 2013

About this Item

The Language of Journalism aims to provide an accessible, wide-ranging introductory textbook for a range of students. The book explores the significance of a range of linguistic practices occurring in journalism, demonstrating and facilitating the use of analysis in aiding professional journalistic and media practice. The book introduces the differences in language conventions that develop across media platforms. It covers all the key journalistic mediums available today, including sport, online and citizen journalism alongside the more standard chapters on magazine, newspaper and broadcast journalism. Clearly written and structured, this will be a key text for journalism students.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Language of Journalism: A Multi-genre Perspective
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• Publication Date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1849660662
• ISBN 13: 9781849660662
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

The Language of Journalism aims to provide an accessible, wide-ranging introductory textbook for a range of students. The book explores the significance of a range of linguistic practices occurring in journalism, demonstrating and facilitating the use of analysis in aiding professional journalistic and media practice.
The book introduces the differences in language conventions that develop across media platforms. It covers all the key journalistic mediums available today, including sport, online and citizen journalism alongside the more standard chapters on magazine, newspaper and broadcast journalism. Clearly written and structured, this will be a key text for journalism students.

About the Authors

Angela Smith is Professor of Language and Culture at the University of Sunderland, UK. She has written numerous articles and book chapters on media discourses, gender, the portrayal of immigrants and the representation of politicians.

Dr Michael Higgins is Director of the Journalism and Creative Writing programme at the University of Strathclyde. He has written articles for Discourse Society and Journalism: Theory, Practice Criticism, and is author of the book Media and Their Publics (Open University Press, 2008). He is also co-editor of the forthcoming Cambridge Companion to Modern British Culture (Cambridge University Press, 2010).