How to Read Economic News:A Critical Approach to Economic Joualism

by: Henry Silke (Editor),Fergal Quinn(Editor),Maria Rieder(Editor)&1more
Edition:1st

Publication Date: 31 Aug. 2023

Language: English

Print Length: 336 pages

ISBN-10: 0367722712

ISBN-13: 9780367722715

Book Description

Closely examining how the news media reports economic and financial matters, this book equips students with solid methodological skills for reading and interpreting the news alongside a toolkit for best practice as an economic joualist. How to Read Economic News combines theory and practice to explore the discourse surrounding economics in the mass media and how this specialised form of reporting can be improved. Beginning by introducing major concepts such as financialised economic reporting, media amnesia and loss of trust, the book goes on to help students to interpret, understand and analyse existing news discourse and to identify subtle biases in news reports stemming from hegemonic belief systems. The final section puts this analytical knowledge into practice, providing students with methods for the critical production of news and covering such skills as identifying newsworthiness, story sourcing, achieving clarity, and using complex datasets in news stories. This is a key text for students and academics in the fields of financial joualism and critical discourse analysis who wish to approach the subject with a critical eye.

About the Author

About the Author Henry Silke is a lecturer in Joualism at the University of Limerick. His research interests include ideology and how it manifests in the media. He has previously published work looking at the role of joualism in economic and political crises.Fergal Quinn is a lecturer in Joualism at the University of Limerick. He worked for over a decade as a print and multimedia joualist. His research interests include the representation of minorities and societal inequality in joualism output, and joualism training, particularly in developing-world and post-conflict environments.Maria Rieder is a lecturer in Applied Linguistics at the School of Mode Languages and Applied Linguistics at the University of Limerick. Her research is conceed with the critical role of language in situations of economic and social inequality. She has been involved in research on media and social protest, issues of immigration and asylum, critical intercultural communication and minority languages and economics. Her published work focuses on social and economic inequality, human rights and minority communities.