multisemiotic news discourse; news discourse; history of news discourse
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In this chapter I illustrate the gradual changes undergone by news discourse towards its current multisemiotic and unmediated nature, whereby (a) the ‘news piece’ has given way to the ‘news package’ and (b) mainstream journalism has come to terms with citizen journalism. Then I focus on the shift in topics and methodologies undergone by studies on news discourse over the last twenty years, providing a case study..