Mass media

Andreas H. Jucker
Table of contents

Mass media are channels of communication which reach large and anonymous audiences. A broad definition of mass media, therefore, includes all sorts of printed material such as pamphlets, books, magazines, newspapers, manuals, directions for use, leaflets, billboard advertisements, and so on; non-linguistic information channels such as street signs or icons at airports or railway stations; electronic media such as computers and the internet; artistic forms of communication such as paintings, sculpture, architecture, music, and dance; records, CDs, tapes (cf. Biagi 1994; Faulstich 1994 for an analysis of some of these). These are all forms and channels of communication that convey messages to very wide audiences which are to a large extent unknown to the originators of the messages.

Full-text access is restricted to subscribers. Log in to obtain additional credentials. For subscription information see Subscription & Price.

References

Appadurai, A.
1990 Disjuncture and difference in the global cultural economy. Theory, culture and society 7: 295–310. DOI logoGoogle Scholar
Bell, A.
1991 The language of news media. Blackwell.  BoPGoogle Scholar
Biagi, S.
1994 Media/Impact. Wadsworth.Google Scholar
Biere, B.U. & H. Henne
(eds.) 1993 Sprache in den Medien nach 1945. Niemeyer. DOI logoGoogle Scholar
Billig, M.
1995 Banal nationalism. Sage.  BoPGoogle Scholar
Blommaert, J. & J. Verschueren
1992 The role of language in European nationalist ideologies. Pragmatics 2/3: 355–375. DOI logo  BoPGoogle Scholar
Blum-Kulka, S.
1983 The dynamics of political interviews. Text 3/2: 131–153.  BoPGoogle Scholar
Bucher, H.-J.
1994 Dialoganalyse und Medienkommunikation. In G. Fritz & F. Hundsnurscher (eds.) Handbuch der Dialoganalyse: 471–491. Niemeyer.DOI logoGoogle Scholar
Burger, H.
1984 Sprache der Massenmedien. Walter de Gruyter.Google Scholar
1991 Das Gespräch in den Massenmedien. Walter de Gruyter. DOI logoGoogle Scholar
Downing, J.
1990 US media discourse on South Africa. Discourse & Society 1: 39–60. DOI logo  BoPGoogle Scholar
Fairclough, N.
1989 Discourse and social change. Polity.  BoPGoogle Scholar
Faulstich, W.
(ed.) 1994 Grundwissen Medien. Fink.Google Scholar
Fowler, R.
1991 Language in the news. Routledge.  BoPGoogle Scholar
Fritz, G.
1993 Kommunikative Aufgaben und grammatische Mittel. Sprache und Literatur in Wissenschaft und Unterricht 71: 34–52.Google Scholar
Greatbatch, D.
1988 A turn-taking system for British news interviews. Language in Society 17: 401–430. DOI logo  BoPGoogle Scholar
1992 On the management of disagreement between news interviewees. In P. Drew & J. Heritage (eds.) Talk at work: 168–310. Cambridge University Press.Google Scholar
Hardt-Mautner, G.
1992 Making sense of the news. Peter Lang.Google Scholar
Heritage, J.
1985 Analyzing news interviews. In T.A. Van Dijk (ed.) Handbook of discourse analysis, vol. 3: 95–117. Academic Press.Google Scholar
Jucker, A.H.
1986 News interviews. John Benjamins. DOI logoGoogle Scholar
Laitin, D. & G.R. Gomez
1992 Language, ideology and the press in Catalonia. American Anthropologist 94/1: 9–30. DOI logoGoogle Scholar
Lash, S. & J. Urry
1994 Economies of signs and space. Sage.Google Scholar
Lee, J. & R.L. Craig
1992 News as an ideological framework. Discourse and Society 3/3: 341–363. DOI logo  BoPGoogle Scholar
Leitner, G.
1983 Gesprächsanalyse und Rundfunkkommunikation. Olms.  BoPGoogle Scholar
Linke, A.
1985 Gespräche im Fernsehen. Lang.Google Scholar
Lutz, B. & R. Wodak
1987 Information für Informierte. Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften.  BoPGoogle Scholar
Meeuwis, M.
1993 Nationalist ideology in news reporting on the Yugoslav crisis. Journal of Pragmatics 20: 217–237. DOI logo  BoPGoogle Scholar
Mey, J.
1985 Whose language?. John Benjamins. DOI logo  BoPGoogle Scholar
Moilanen, M. & L. Tiittula
(eds.) 1994 Überredung in der Presse. Mouton de Gruyter. DOI logoGoogle Scholar
Spitulnik, D.
1992 Radio time sharing and the negotiation of linguistic pluralism in Zambia. Pragmatics 2/3: 335–354. DOI logo  BoPGoogle Scholar
Strassner, E.
1982 Fernsehnachrichten. Niemeyer.Google Scholar
Thompson, J.B.
1990 Ideology and modern culture. Polity.Google Scholar
Van Dijk, T.A.
1985 Discourse and communication. Walter de Gruyter. DOI logoGoogle Scholar
1988 News as discourse. Erlbaum.Google Scholar
Verschueren, J.
1985 International news reporting. John Benjamins. DOI logo  BoPGoogle Scholar