Applications of Language Studies
A semiannual International Research Journal

Language and ideology in newspaper headlines on Iran’s nuclear program

Document Type : Original Article

Author

Mahmood Safari

Assistant professor, Hazrat-e Masoumeh University, Qom, Iran

Abstract
This study is a critical discourse analysis of some western and Iranian newspaper headlines related to Iran’s nuclear program. Newspaper headlines serve as precursors to news reports and reveal the social, cultural, and political representations disseminated in a community at any time. Thus, comparing newspaper headlines in two societies will bring into light interests and ideological intentions of the producers of those headlines. In this study 930 headlines, 460 headlines from two Iranian newspapers (Tehran Times and Iran Daily) and 470 headlines from three western newspapers (Washington Post, Fox News, and Haaretz), were analyzed for their vocabulary, topics, and referential devices. These features clearly indicated the hidden agenda or the ideological dimension underlying the construction of these headlines

Keywords

Critical discourse analysis
Ideology
Language
Newspaper headlines
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Applications of Language Studies
Volume 1, Issue 2
September 2018
Pages 147-163

  • Receive Date 17 April 2024

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