The Language of Politics
Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
978-1-4612-9127-5 (ISBN)
1 Introduction.- Language and Politics.- Orwell’s Thesis.- A Question of Meaning.- Politics and Political Journalism.- The Role of Journalism in the Political Process.- The Question of Bias.- Conclusion.- 2 Language and Myth in American Politics.- Orwell’s Thesis.- Language and Myth.- Myths as Simple Causal Theories.- Myth and Language in American Politics.- Conclusion.- 3 The Language of American Presidents.- President John F. Kennedy.- President Lyndon Baines Johnson.- President Ronald Reagan.- Conclusion.- 4 The Problem of Bias in Political Journalism.- Review of the Recent Literature.- Nonlinguistic Bias.- Linguistic Bias.- Other Asymmetries in Political Journalism.- Charges of Bias in Political Journalism.- Conclusion.- 5 Reporting of Political Speech.- The Ingredients of Reported Speech.- The News Source.- References to News Receivers.- Reports of Null Speech Events.- The Content of Reported Speech.- Verbs.- Tense and Aspect in Reported Speech.- Conclusion.- 6 Identification of Context in News Reporting.- Specification of Context in News Reports.- Identification of Extralinguistic Context.- The Linguistic Context.- Conclusion.- 7 Political Bias in News Magazines.- Previous Studies.- The Present Study.- Results of the Study.- Conclusion.- 8 Linguistic Aspects of Television Journalism.- Introductory Remarks.- Live Broadcasts.- The Immediacy of Television Journalism.- The Structure of Television News Stories.- Types of Television News Stories.- Instant Television News Analysis.- Conclusion.- 9 A Brief Look at Presidential Press Conferences.- Implied Criticism.- The Reagan Replies.- The Great Communicator.- Conclusion.- 10 Conclusion.- References.
Zusatzinfo | XII, 190 p. |
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Verlagsort | New York, NY |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 155 x 235 mm |
Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie |
Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Sprachwissenschaft | |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Journalistik | |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Kommunikationswissenschaft | |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Medienwissenschaft | |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Systeme | |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Theorie | |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Staat / Verwaltung | |
ISBN-10 | 1-4612-9127-5 / 1461291275 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-4612-9127-5 / 9781461291275 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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