Approaches to Media Discourse

by Allan Bell (Editor), P. Garrett (Editor)

This collection brings together in one volume current leading approaches to the study of media discourse.

287 pages, Hardcover

First published March 16, 1998

About the author

Allan Bell is a New Zealand academic and sociolinguistic researcher. He has written extensively on New Zealand English, language style, and media language. He is a founding co-editor of the international quarterly Journal of Sociolinguistics and is known for his theory of audience design. Currently, he is working as the Director of the Institute of Culture, Discourse & Communication and is a Professor of Language & Communication at Auckland University of Technology.