On_Media_Dscourse_Analysis--a___critical_approach.docVIP

On Media Discourse Analysis I. Media and Language—an introduction What is discourse? Discourse refers to spoken or written language use, including some other types of semiotic activities which produce meaning, such as visual images (photography, film, video, diagrams) and non-verbal communication (e.g., gestures). There are complex equivalences and movements between language, other semiotic systems (bodily semiotics, visual semiotics and the semiotics of sound and music), and non-semiotic moments of social practices. Particular things can be done either discoursally or