The realisation of genuine national unity within its ethnically diverse society has always been the primary challenge facing Nigeria since Independence in 1960. This study investigated discursive recontextualisation through newspaper congratulatory announcements (NCAs) Nigeria’s society, focusing on pseudopatriotic undertones privately sponsored NCAs. Critical discourse analysis (CDA) and agend...

This paper presents a computational method, AnaDiP-2011, based on natural language processing (NLP) techniques for the interpretation of the political discourse in the print media. The application considers the 2009 presidential campaign in Romania. The concept behind this method is that the manner in which individuals speak and write, with the aim to deliver a certain image to the public, is a...

OBJECTIVE To assess the extent and content of newspaper and magazine coverage of research on passive smoking. DESIGN Content analysis of newspaper and magazine articles. SUBJECTS Articles reporting on passive smoking research published in newspapers (n = 180) or magazines (n = 92) between January 1981 and December 1994. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Numbers of articles, conclusions of articles, s...