U.S. Glasnost: Missing Political Themes in U.S. Media DiscourseThis text introduces discourse theory and responds to the triple-theoretical-methodological challenges. These challenges are right-wing bias, social science and discourse analysis. Focusing on world politics presented by the US media, it hopes that the concerns of the Other will be voiced. |
Contents
A MiniTheory | 9 |
Twenty Case Studies | 33 |
Curtailing Time and Space | 65 |
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U.S. Glasnost: Missing Political Themes in U.S. Media Discourse Johan Galtung,Richard C. Vincent No preview available - 2004 |
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