The new edition of this textbook provides a comprehensive and uptodate introduction to media linguistics. It presents basic terms in communication theory and describes the major linguistic phenomena in today's German-language mass media (press, radio, TV, and the new media), including recent examples.

Harald Burger, Universität Zürich, Schweiz; Martin Luginbühl, Université de Neuchâtel, Schweiz.

The new edition of this textbook provides a comprehensive and up-to-date introduction to media linguistics. It presents basic terms in communication theory and describes the major linguistic phenomena in today's German-language mass media (press, radio, TV, and the "new media"), including recent examples.