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thesis
My
BA thesis was a 'linguistic analysis of the representation
of 'foreign' in the national news section of The Times
and The Guardian during a one week period."
The text primarily uses Critical Discourse Analysis
to accomplish its goal.
Critical
Discourse Analysis basically assumes that we 'form'
the world out of ideas and language, and that we are
not simply 'reflecting truth' when we talk about things.
In my paper I attempt to examine how two respected broadsheet
newspapers from the UK construct and represent ideas
surrounding people, places and events not immediately
connected with Great Britain itself.
This
paper was created during my time reading English, Politics,
Media and Culture at the University of Wolverhampton.
I graduated in 2002 with a 2i degree, and am forever
grateful to the lecturers who guided me at that institution.
I was based at the University of Wolverhampton School
of Humanities and Social Sciences, and you can visit
their homepage by clicking
here.
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