News as a Cultural Product

This thesis explores language use in Norwegian and
British online newspapers. The hypotheses that are
examined investigate whether there are differences
between the countries'' newspapers that are expressed
linguistically, and that are due to cultural
differences. Second, potential similarities are
investigated, and the idea that the language used
will be similar because of the impact globalisation
has on the production of news routines and values.
Third, possible differences in language use between
types of newspapers are looked at. The theoretical
framework on which the methodology is based lies
within the realms of the critical tradition of
discourse analysis, which is a multidisciplinary
field on the boundaries of linguistics, media
studies and cultural studies. This thesis is
relevant for all students and researchers within the
aforementioned fields.

Autorentext

Anniken Gjesdahl is 27 years old and recently submitted her master's thesis in English linguistics at the University of Bergen, Norway.

Klappentext

This thesis explores language use in Norwegian and British online newspapers. The hypotheses that are examined investigate whether there are differences between the countries' newspapers that are expressed linguistically, and that are due to cultural differences. Second, potential similarities are investigated, and the idea that the language used will be similar because of the impact globalisation has on the production of news routines and values. Third, possible differences in language use between types of newspapers are looked at. The theoretical framework on which the methodology is based lies within the realms of the critical tradition of discourse analysis, which is a multidisciplinary field on the boundaries of linguistics, media studies and cultural studies. This thesis is relevant for all students and researchers within the aforementioned fields.