The Language of Newspapers: Socio-Historical Perspectives

Author:   Dr Martin Conboy
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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9781847061805


Pages:   192
Publication Date:   18 February 2010
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Dr Martin Conboy
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:   Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd.
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.20cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.441kg
ISBN:  

9781847061805


ISBN 10:   184706180
Pages:   192
Publication Date:   18 February 2010
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand   Availability explained
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Language:   English

Table of Contents

Introduction: The Social Nature of Newspaper Language 1. Society Writes Back 2. Putting on a Style 3. Radical Rhetoric 4. Shaping The Social Market 5. A Message From America: A Commercial Vernacular 6. Tabloid Talk: Twentieth Century Template 7. Technology and the Restructuring of a Public Idiom Bibliography Index

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"""Conboy provides a fresh and lively account of the emergence of early English newspapers and their development through the centuries. In this important new book, he unravels the fascinating story of how newspapers helped to shape and were shaped by social, political and historical events."" -Andreas H. Jucker, Professor of English linguistics, University of Zurich, Switzerland"


Conboy provides a fresh and lively account of the emergence of early English newspapers and their development through the centuries. In this important new book, he unravels the fascinating story of how newspapers helped to shape and were shaped by social, political and historical events. -Andreas H. Jucker, Professor of English linguistics, University of Zurich, Switzerland


Conboy provides a fresh and lively account of the emergence of early English newspapers and their development through the centuries. In this important new book, he unravels the fascinating story of how newspapers helped to shape and were shaped by social, political and historical events. <br>-Andreas H. Jucker, Professor of English linguistics, University of Zurich, Switzerland


Author Information

Martin Conboy is a Reader in Journalism Studies at the University of Sheffield. He is the author of several books on the history and language of journalism, co-editor of the Journalism Studies:Key Texts series at SAGE, and serves on the editorial boards of Journalism: Theory, Practice, Criticism; Journalism Studies; and Media History.

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