This chapter addresses the representation of the Iraqi war in BBC news reports. The chapter focuses on the role of the media in communicating ideological discourse. It discusses the systematic patterns of choice of images amongst the options available within semiotic codes according to political, ideological and cultural predilections and predispositions and communicative purpose.

M. Lipson (2007). The Ubiquitous Machine: Visual Texts in the BBC Coverage of the Iraqi Conflict. BERN : Peter Lang.

The Ubiquitous Machine: Visual Texts in the BBC Coverage of the Iraqi Conflict

LIPSON, MAXINE
2007

Abstract

This chapter addresses the representation of the Iraqi war in BBC news reports. The chapter focuses on the role of the media in communicating ideological discourse. It discusses the systematic patterns of choice of images amongst the options available within semiotic codes according to political, ideological and cultural predilections and predispositions and communicative purpose.
2007
Discourse and Contemporary Social Change
507
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M. Lipson (2007). The Ubiquitous Machine: Visual Texts in the BBC Coverage of the Iraqi Conflict. BERN : Peter Lang.
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