THE NEWSPAPER AS A SIGN: A SEMIOTIC APPROACH
THE NEWSPAPER AS A SIGN: A SEMIOTIC APPROACH
Author(s): Marius VelicăSubject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: Editura Universităţii de Vest din Timişoara / Diacritic Timisoara
Keywords: article layout; headlines; photos; semiotic markers; The Guardian; The Herald
Summary/Abstract: If there were an intrinsic relationship between the event itself and the item of news regarding that articular event, all newspaper articles covering a certain event should necessarily be identical, i.e. there should be no difference in terms of their connotations between two articles covering the same event. This paper tries to demonstrate not only that there is no intrinsic relationship between the event and the news item, but also that it is not the reported event that determines the shape, content, significance or ‘truth’ of a piece of news, but the news that determines the significance of the event.
Journal: B.A.S. British and American Studies
- Issue Year: 2005
- Issue No: 11
- Page Range: 303-311
- Page Count: 9
- Language: English