Critical Introduction of Linguistics of News

Media linguistics and studying linguistic elements of news has been in the center of attention for both (applied) linguists and media experts for some decades. This research trend has evolved and flourished considerably after the emergence of (Critical) Discourse Analysis approach. In Iran also, the study of media linguistics and analyzing news discourse, mainly within CDA framework has been a prevalent trend. In this article, “the Linguistics of Newswriting” (2013) by Daniel Perrin is critically reviewed. The main premise of the book is that to analyze a media product, chiefly a news text, analyst need to holistically scrutinize the process of news production and not to limit himself to pinpoint the final product. To do so, analyst need to enter in to the heart of the newsrooms and observe the process up the shoulders of the journalists. This ethnographic approach to media study, previously launched by Cotter (2010) seems to be totally new for Iranian researchers and consequently, introducing this seminal work can pave the way for fruitful applied researches in future.