Ideologies in Four Saudi Newspapers: A Critical Discourse Analysis

Ideologies in Four Saudi Newspapers: A Critical Discourse Analysis

abstract: This study offers a critical discourse analysis of four Saudi newspapers, examining their coverage of two particular incidents relating to the Committee for the Promotion of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice. Following van Dijk’s framework, the study examines the ideological role of langua...

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Other Authors: Alshalawi, Hamad A. (Author)
Format: Doctoral Thesis
Language:English
Published: 2016
Subjects:
Linguistics
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2286/R.I.38554
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spelling ndltd-asu.edu-item-385542018-06-22T03:07:11Z Ideologies in Four Saudi Newspapers: A Critical Discourse Analysis abstract: This study offers a critical discourse analysis of four Saudi newspapers, examining their coverage of two particular incidents relating to the Committee for the Promotion of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice. Following van Dijk’s framework, the study examines the ideological role of language within media discourse. The tools of analysis include headlines, leads, lexical choices, reported speech, unnamed sources, and silenced texts. The findings of the study show that there are differences between the four newspapers in the coverage of the two incidents. The analysis also reveals different ideological attitudes among writers. Dissertation/Thesis Alshalawi, Hamad A. (Author) Adams, Karen L (Advisor) Long, Elenore (Committee member) Prior, Mathew (Committee member) Arizona State University (Publisher) Linguistics eng 131 pages Doctoral Dissertation English 2016 Doctoral Dissertation http://hdl.handle.net/2286/R.I.38554 http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ All Rights Reserved 2016
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Ideologies in Four Saudi Newspapers: A Critical Discourse Analysis
description abstract: This study offers a critical discourse analysis of four Saudi newspapers, examining their coverage of two particular incidents relating to the Committee for the Promotion of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice. Following van Dijk’s framework, the study examines the ideological role of language within media discourse. The tools of analysis include headlines, leads, lexical choices, reported speech, unnamed sources, and silenced texts. The findings of the study show that there are differences between the four newspapers in the coverage of the two incidents. The analysis also reveals different ideological attitudes among writers. === Dissertation/Thesis === Doctoral Dissertation English 2016
author2 Alshalawi, Hamad A. (Author)
author_facet Alshalawi, Hamad A. (Author)
title Ideologies in Four Saudi Newspapers: A Critical Discourse Analysis
title_short Ideologies in Four Saudi Newspapers: A Critical Discourse Analysis
title_full Ideologies in Four Saudi Newspapers: A Critical Discourse Analysis
title_fullStr Ideologies in Four Saudi Newspapers: A Critical Discourse Analysis
title_full_unstemmed Ideologies in Four Saudi Newspapers: A Critical Discourse Analysis
title_sort ideologies in four saudi newspapers: a critical discourse analysis
publishDate 2016
url http://hdl.handle.net/2286/R.I.38554
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