The Language of News Media

by Allan Bell

Written by a linguist who is himself a journalist, this is a uniquely informed account of the language of the news media. Based in the frameworks of sociolinguistics and discourse analysis its concerns are with the notion of the news story, the importance of the processes which produce media language and the role of the audience.

Genres: Linguistics

296 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1991

About the author

Allan Bell is a New Zealand academic and sociolinguistic researcher. He has written extensively on New Zealand English, language style, and media language. He is a founding co-editor of the international quarterly Journal of Sociolinguistics and is known for his theory of audience design. Currently, he is working as the Director of the Institute of Culture, Discourse & Communication and is a Professor of Language & Communication at Auckland University of Technology.

Reviews

[Obiora Okwudili · Rating 4 out of 5]

Informative, large proportion of text - relevant in strategic or marketing terms

short read, worth further scrutiny.