The Language of Politics by Michael L. Geis (2012, Trade Paperback)

Springer New York

1461291275

9781461291275

143602007

Michael L. Geis

Language of Politics

Trade Paperback

English

2012

Textbook

Xii, 190 Pages

9.3in

0.2in

6.1in

11.2 Oz

1 Vol.

P87-96

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.

1987

Scholarly & Professional

Communication Studies, Media Studies, United States / 20th Century, Journalism, General, Linguistics / General

401/.9

19

Yes

Language Arts & Disciplines, History, Social Science, Political Science