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Publication details [#26626]

Wortham, Stanton and Michael Locher. 1996. Voicing on the news. An analytique technique for studying media bias. Text 16 (4) : 557–585.
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
Place, Publisher
De Gruyter Mouton

Annotation

This study systematizes Bakhtin's 'voice' and 'ventriloquation' concepts by distinguishing five textual devices used by speakers to communicate implicit evaluations, and applies this account to discourse samples from news coverage of the 1992 presidential election in the United States.