Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. List of Figures vi
4. Acknowledgements vii
5. 1. News and the Anthropology of Confl ict Communication 1
6. 2. The Dark Side of the Media: News as Control Communication 19
7. 3. Two Theories of News: The Civic Model and the Conflict Discourse System Model 38
8. 4. The News Act: News Analysis and Semiotic Theory 59
9. 5. News and Law as Conflict Communication Systems 82
10. 6. News in Extra-Textual Terrain 115
11. 7. Policy Talk: In Law, on the Street, and on Television 142
12. 8. Order, Disorder, and the News Media in Western Society: Whose Side Are They On? 172
13. References 191
14. Index 203