Analysing Media Discourses

This edited collection showcases a range of diverse approaches to the analysis of various forms of mediated communications. Individual contributions explore in analytical depth multiple dimensions of newspaper content, magazines (both historical advertising and contemporary editorial discourse), television (both situation comedy and "reality" TV), books (covers and content in two genres), political leaflets and a flight simulation computer game. It will be an important resource for scholars and students within disciplines including communication studies, sociology, media studies, cultural studies, discourse studies, and journalism studies. This book was published as a special issue of Social Semiotics.