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This book provides a much-needed analysis of the changing representation of gay politicians in UK newspapers. Focusing on the 1950s onwards, a time when the press became more personal and gay politicians/politicians involved in gay... more
The paper suggest looking into the portrayals of India and Ukraine in Russia and the UK in the context of postcolonial theory based on Edward Said's conceptualisation of orientalism as discourse. The results of the research which was... more
Political discourse is an integral part of cross-cultural communication, a way of interaction between political elites and the population. Various means of stylistic devices of expressiveness are used by many politicians today to have the... more
Joe Sommerlad of The Independent gives readers “A brief history of the Israel-Palestinian conflict” by plagiarizing Rawan Damen’s four-part documentary.
A look at the representation of the female gender in the media and its effect. This essay concentrates on the British TV show "Drifters". A female driven production that identifies itself with crudeness and has subsequently been blamed as... more
The aim of this research is to analyze how Turkey is portrayed by the British media. This study uses discourse analysis to examine Turkey’s portrayal in two British daily newspapers, namely the Guardian and Daily Telegraph, and takes a... more
In 1992 RTÉ lost an important High Court case which determined that the station had extended censorship provisions under Section 31 of the Broadcasting Act. A Ministerial Order in place under the act, as amended in 1976, censored... more
The article applies Edward Said’s theory of Orientalism to the research of the media portrayals of Ukraine and India in the Russian newspapers Trud and Izvestiya and Britain’s The Times and The Sun. The research based mainly on... more
Politics of force today is inseparably connected with politics of images. This paper focuses on the representation of the image of Russia in the British political mass media discourse of 2013-2017. Taking into account K. Boulding's... more
These have been bruising times for those who work in the newspaper industry – and, more specifically, for those who have been forced out. And there are many of them. This study’s principal author François Nel of the University of... more
This book compares British and Spanish media covering the French ban on hijab-wearing in public schools. Using interdisciplinary approaches ranging from social psychology, semiology, cognitive linguistics, and sociology, it explains how... more
The British society has evolved in many respects and democracy has taken root in it since the 17th century. However, gender equality is still an issue and it manifests in politics, workplaces, education and in the media. However, as the... more
Political discourse is an integral part of cross-cultural communication, a way of interaction between political elites and the population. Various means of stylistic devices of expressiveness are used by many politicians today to have the... more
This paper focuses on how India and Ukraine are represented in the Russian and British newspapers seen in the context of postcolonial theory and, in particular, Edward Said’s conceptualisation of orientalism. The aim of research was to... more
In the latest round of major terrorism incidents that have hit a number of countries in recent years, it is the home-based general reporters who are relied on to cover breaking news. Whereas previously the media have sent foreign... more
The phenomenon of protests, currently on the rise in worldwide democracies, is made known to citizens mainly through representations in the media. This article, responding to the need for a broader view of protest media coverage in an... more
The subject of this article are the linguistic means used to form the image-concept "Russia". Corpus content analysis on the wide range material of the British print and electronic press for 2017-2019 is the base for constructing the... more
The Egyptian revolution in 2011 fundamentally undermined Orientalist assumptions, calling into question the viability of such stereotypes. The rise of Orientalism in Western media, particularly since 9/11, has been well documented, but... more
The coverage of the Ukraine-Russia crisis by Russian mainstream media has become notorious and very often talked of in terms of propaganda and hybrid warfare. In fact, it did not just pop out of the blue; on the contrary, it has been... more
This book deals with the construction of the ‘other’ in European media at a time when the recently expanded EU is facing new political, economic and social challenges. The aim of the book is to document the diverse discursive forms of... more
... planting the idea that Turkey will not be subjected to an objective evaluation process by EU authorities. Additionally, as clearly stated in the following sentence, Turkey must undergo a 'major cultural revolution' if it is... more
The male body in contemporary gay culture is subordinated to distinct aesthetic and ethical norms that reflect an all-male idolization of the young, muscular, smooth, and transcendent physique. The queer body is manipulated in different... more
This book deals with the construction of the ‘other’ in European media at a time when the recently expanded EU is facing new political, economic and social challenges. The aim of the book is to document the diverse discursive forms of... more
Click on MP3 link here for the talk - https://drive.google.com/file/d/1uhMmdINpBj1FKj6hiFJ1e-tx-q8JRIhw/view?usp=sharing Public talk on Sarah Kane and British Culture, as part of the Artist-in-Residence programme, Wakabacho Wharf,... more
First describes the principal media industries in contemporary Britain, including publishing, the press, broadcasting, music, cinema, advertising, and new media. Then analyzes media policy, examining the impact of the state, the European... more