Naming

This article provides an example of how Critical Discourse Analysis can be used to analyse texts. By looking at the coverage of a recent news event in two British newspapers, it demonstrates how a number ...

The way we name things can tell people a lot about the way we see the world. Say you heard three different people describing the sight of a public demonstration: the first person describes those involved ...

In the modern media, a conflict such as the on-going battle over the future of Syria generates a huge amount of press coverage and political reaction. The case of Syria is of particular note due to ...

For those of us living in parts of the world such as the United Kingdom or United States, conflicts such as the ongoing civil war in Syria can seem far-off and abstract. They exist in terms like diplomatic ...

'The problem we had then was the terrorists,' began the former soldier. A veteran of the Second World War, victory over Hitler's Germany had brought him no rest. Instead, he had been sent to another conflict. ...