An examination of positioning in editorials, business and sports commentaries in the Lesotho weekly newspaper, Public Eye

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dc.contributor.advisorMcCormick, Kayen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorHala-Hala, Mokhoele Aaronen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2014-12-30T19:55:26Z
dc.date.available2014-12-30T19:55:26Z
dc.date.issued2007en_ZA
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references (leaves 104-113).en_ZA
dc.description.abstractIn this thesis I have examined positioning in editorials, business and sports commentaries in three issues of the Lesotho weekly newspaper, Public Eye. The study is premised on Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) and selected approaches to media production so as to provide a sociopolitical and cultural context for textual analysis in the study. The study is organized into five chapters. Chapter 1 is an introduction which serves to give the background of this study with brief mention of CDA and media theory as the theoretical orientations of the study. Chapter 2 details the conceptual and theoretical context of the study. The chapter focuses on the approaches to media production and media genres, Systemic Functional Linguistics (SFL), CDA, and strategies of positioning. In Chapter 3, I describe the qualitative methodology on which my data collection and analysis were premised. For my analysis I used the CDA as well as Fairclough's three-dimensional model which I also supplement with metafunctions of SFL. In Chapter 4, I give some background to the newspaper from which my texts are drawn, and I analyze positioning in nine texts – three from each genre. My conclusive remarks draw on differences and similarities in the positioning strategies adopted in each genre. My findings reflect that Public Eye uses various linguistic markers of positioning and show the extent to which these are consistent with the theory explored in this study. Chapter 5 starts with a brief overview of the research, notes its limitations and comments on what I regard as the most interesting findings.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationHala-Hala, M. A. (2007). <i>An examination of positioning in editorials, business and sports commentaries in the Lesotho weekly newspaper, Public Eye</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,School of Education. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/10654en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationHala-Hala, Mokhoele Aaron. <i>"An examination of positioning in editorials, business and sports commentaries in the Lesotho weekly newspaper, Public Eye."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,School of Education, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/10654en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationHala-Hala, M. 2007. An examination of positioning in editorials, business and sports commentaries in the Lesotho weekly newspaper, Public Eye. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Hala-Hala, Mokhoele Aaron AB - In this thesis I have examined positioning in editorials, business and sports commentaries in three issues of the Lesotho weekly newspaper, Public Eye. The study is premised on Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) and selected approaches to media production so as to provide a sociopolitical and cultural context for textual analysis in the study. The study is organized into five chapters. Chapter 1 is an introduction which serves to give the background of this study with brief mention of CDA and media theory as the theoretical orientations of the study. Chapter 2 details the conceptual and theoretical context of the study. The chapter focuses on the approaches to media production and media genres, Systemic Functional Linguistics (SFL), CDA, and strategies of positioning. In Chapter 3, I describe the qualitative methodology on which my data collection and analysis were premised. For my analysis I used the CDA as well as Fairclough's three-dimensional model which I also supplement with metafunctions of SFL. In Chapter 4, I give some background to the newspaper from which my texts are drawn, and I analyze positioning in nine texts – three from each genre. My conclusive remarks draw on differences and similarities in the positioning strategies adopted in each genre. My findings reflect that Public Eye uses various linguistic markers of positioning and show the extent to which these are consistent with the theory explored in this study. Chapter 5 starts with a brief overview of the research, notes its limitations and comments on what I regard as the most interesting findings. DA - 2007 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2007 T1 - An examination of positioning in editorials, business and sports commentaries in the Lesotho weekly newspaper, Public Eye TI - An examination of positioning in editorials, business and sports commentaries in the Lesotho weekly newspaper, Public Eye UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/10654 ER - en_ZA
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dc.identifier.vancouvercitationHala-Hala MA. An examination of positioning in editorials, business and sports commentaries in the Lesotho weekly newspaper, Public Eye. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,School of Education, 2007 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/10654en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentSchool of Educationen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Humanitiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherEducationen_ZA
dc.titleAn examination of positioning in editorials, business and sports commentaries in the Lesotho weekly newspaper, Public Eyeen_ZA
dc.typeMaster Thesis
dc.type.qualificationlevelMasters
dc.type.qualificationnameMPhilen_ZA
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