How Long to Read Preformulating the News

How Long Does it Take to Read Preformulating the News?

It takes the average reader 7 hours and 33 minutes to read Preformulating the News by Geert Jacobs

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Description

Preformulating the News is a study of press releases and of how they anticipate the requirements of journalistic writing. Drawing from a large corpus (Dutch and English), it is argued that the genre's peculiar audience-directedness can be related to a number of metapragmatic textual features and that this sheds light on the asymmetries of what can be termed the 'newsmaking' and 'news management' processes. In the first chapter the study of press releases is put in the context of institutional discourse and the details of a linguistic pragmatic research method are proposed. Chapter 2 looks at the complex receiver roles in press releases, which are characterized as indirectly targeted, i.e. 'projected', discourse. In chapters 3 to 6 a data analysis of the metapragmatics of press releases is presented: in particular, it is shown that self-reference, pseudo-quotation and explicit semi-performative play a 'preformulating' role in press releases. Chapter 7 offers a case study of the press releases that the American multinational Exxon issued in the wake of the 1989 Alaska oil spill. In the eighth and final chapter it is suggested that the study's findings support a hegemonic view of the media. In analysing the much neglected genre of press releases, the book aims to contribute to the study of the language of the news. At the same time, it explores more general issues of participation and footing as well as reflexive language, including deixis, reported speech and performativity.

How long is Preformulating the News?

Preformulating the News by Geert Jacobs is 445 pages long, and a total of 113,475 words.

This makes it 150% the length of the average book. It also has 139% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Preformulating the News Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 10 hours and 20 minutes to read Preformulating the News aloud.

What Reading Level is Preformulating the News?

Preformulating the News is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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