The BBC's discursive strategy and practices vis-À-vis the palestinian–israeli conflict

Journalism Studies

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 278-294

  Barkho, Leon ^a  

^a JÖNKÖPING INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bbc; Contextualization; Critical linguistics; Linguistic representation; Palestine and israel; Power and control

Indexed keywords

EID: 85024164689     PISSN: 1461670X     EISSN: 14699699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14616700701848337     Document Type: Article

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