Sumários
Superinjunctions
28 Fevereiro 2019, 12:00 • David Alan Prescott
Although there is no right to privacy in English law, EU law has allowed the introduction of injunctions against the press and "superinjunctions" stopping the press reporting that someone has an injunction. The texts deals with abuse of this mechanism. Also analysis of the case of Sir Philip Green trying toprotect himself from allegations of sexual misconduct.
"How journalists write". News stories and features. Direct and delayed leads. Popular vs quality press: comparing and contrasting language features.
27 Fevereiro 2019, 08:00 • Isabel Maria Ferro Mealha
Reading and discussion of TEXT 7: "How journalists write" (The Guardian).
Journalistic genres: Straight news stories and features. Direct and delayed leads; nut graphs.
Popular vs quality press: comparing and contrasting the language features and overall style of two news stories reporting the same event - TEXT 8 "Pride of Britain Awards 2011 ...", Daily Mirror; TEXT 9 - "Pensioner prevented jewellery raid ...", The Guardian; making judgements about the kind of audience the articles were written for.
HOMEWORK: Based on your answers to the questions on pages 29-30, write an essay about your analysis of the two above-mentioned articles.Further instructions will be sent by email.
The New Language of TV News and Headlinese
26 Fevereiro 2019, 12:00 • David Alan Prescott
Analysis of the language used on TV news programmes and how this affects daily speech. Analysis of headlines in popular newspapers and how this may be affecting the used of the possessive in English.