Extract from “Media Discourses. Analyzing Media Texts”.https://books.google.com.ar/books?id=rthhVDVSZ94C&printsec=frontcover&dq=discourse+analysis+mass+media&hl=es&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiwrILytLfhAhV4K7kGHT4_BvIQ6AEIPzAD#v=onepage&q&f=false1- Before reading,

a) observe the text and determine: type of text and source.

b) Analyse paratext: title, subtitles, tipography, text organization, graphics, pictures (How do they

relate to the title?)

c) Taking all this information into account, write a hypothesis about the content of the text.

2- Read the text. Remember to focus first on familiar and transparent words. Is there any

prevailing tense? Why is this tense used in this text in particular?

3- Check your previous hypothesis.

4- Translate lines 44 to 51 (“Media discourse analysis……………racism in society”).

5- Cohesive elements: What is the referent for the following words?

- its (line 10)- this (line 24)- something (line 33)- which (line 46)

6- Word formation: Explain the changes suffered by the following words from the text (word

formation):

- newspapers (line 7)- analyses (line 17)- differently (line 20)- interdisciplinary (line 47)

7- Noun Phrases: Mark determiners, pre-modifiers and nucleus(es) and translate into Spanish. the process of communication (lines 1-2 ) the shared world of a culture (line 9 ) The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)(lines 31-32) These kinds of powerful ideas (line 41 )

8- Select 5 key words and justify your choice separately.9- Write the main idea of the text in one or two short sentences.10- In your own words, explain the phrase “Thus, while on one level the meanings that are found

in the media are shared, the power to make those shared meanings is not shared” (lines 30-31)

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