First Published in 1987. This book presents a series of case studies that illustrate the structures of national and international news in the press. It first summarizes our discourse analytical theory of the processes and structures of news reports as it has been developed in the last five years.

Professor Teun A Van Dijk, (University of Amsterdam)

1 THE ANALYSIS OF NEWS AS DISCOURSE 2 STRUCTURES OF INTERNATIONAL NEWS 3 RACISM AND THE PRESS 4 THE TAMIL PANIC IN THE PRESS 5 SQUATTERS IN THE PRESS 6 CONCLUSIONS