The Economist's Cambodia: whose voice? whose reality?

Stephen H. Moore

The Economist's Cambodia: whose voice? whose reality?

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Abstract

This paper is concerned with cultural semiotics and the clash of value systems evidenced in news reporting by “The Economist” magazine in its coverage of events in Cambodia in recent times. The central question asked is whose reality is being reported? That is, to what extent is it a Cambodian reality and to what extent is it a Western construction of a Cambodian reality? Within the paradigm of Critical Discourse Analysis, the paper considers the issue of point of view, with a specific focus on projected voice, and argues that there is ideological consistency in “The Economist's” reporting which functions, in effect, as an ideological filter.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	393-403
Number of pages	11
Journal	LACUS forum, Vol. XXX : language, thought and reality
Volume	30
Publication status	Published - 2004
Event	Linguistic Association of Canada and the United States Forum - Victoria, Canada Duration: 29 Jul 2003 → 2 Aug 2003

Keywords

psychological reality
text analysis
discourse analysis
discourse semiotics

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The Economist's Cambodia: whose voice? whose reality?

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