Oppositions in news discourse : the ideological construction of us and them in the British press

This thesis seeks to explore textually instantiated oppositions and their contribution to the construction of ‘us’ and ‘them’ in specific news texts. The data consists of reports of two major protest marches taken from news articles in UK national daily newspapers. The aim of the thesis is to review...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Davies, Matt
Other Authors: Jeffries, Lesley ; McIntyre, Dan
Published: University of Huddersfield 2008
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.519192