Manufacturing Identities: Constructing Readers and Writers
Hopefully, you read, listen to, or watch the news. It's essential to becoming an informed and active citizen. For several reasons, news is never neutral or objective. Don't expect it to be. News works on us, moulding our thinking and, beyond this, how we behave in the world. To better understand this, we need to know how language works. Knowing how language works, helps us to critically assess news, criticise and...