Van Dijk Teun A. Racism and the Press

London: Routledge, 1991. — 276 p. — ISBN: 9780415047333.This book presents the results of an interdisciplinary study on the press coverage of ethnic affairs. Besides providing the reader with a thorough content analysis of the material, the book introduces a detailed discourse analytical approach to the study of the ways in which ethnic minorities are portrayed in the press. This approach focuses on overall news report schemata, local meanings, and the style and rhetoric of news reports.The study of racism and the Press
Theoretical framework
Headlines
Subjects and topics
News schemata argumentation and editorials
Quotations and sources
Meanings and ideologies
Style and rhetoric
The reproduction of news about ethnic affairs
General conclusions
Appendix Guidelines on race reportingAuthor index
Subject index