The book "News as Discourse" by Teun A. van Dijk, published by Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, is an interdisciplinary study of news in the press. It argues that news should be studied primarily as a form of public discourse, focusing on its structural analysis rather than traditional content analysis. The book aims to provide a qualitative alternative to conventional content analysis by examining the textual structures, production processes, and social cognition involved in news reporting and consumption. The first chapter introduces the goals and problems of studying news, emphasizing the need for an explicit structural analysis of news reports. It reviews earlier studies of news from various disciplines, highlighting the importance of discourse analysis, cognitive processes, and social cognition in understanding news. Chapters 2 and 3 delve into the structures of news, including discourse analysis, cognitive processing, and social cognition. They explore the ideological dimensions of news structures and the processes involved in news production and reception. Field studies on news production and recall of news stories by readers are also discussed. Chapter 4 focuses on empirical, cognitive, and social psychological approaches to news production and reception, integrating cognitive psychology and Artificial Intelligence with social cognitions of newsmakers and readers. The book concludes with a discussion of the implications of the proposed theoretical framework for mass communication research, emphasizing the importance of interdisciplinary cross-fertilization. It also highlights the need for a more explicit basis for news production in microsociology and ethnomethodology. Overall, "News as Discourse" offers a comprehensive and interdisciplinary approach to understanding news in the press, combining linguistic, discourse analytical, psychological, and sociological perspectives.The book "News as Discourse" by Teun A. van Dijk, published by Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, is an interdisciplinary study of news in the press. It argues that news should be studied primarily as a form of public discourse, focusing on its structural analysis rather than traditional content analysis. The book aims to provide a qualitative alternative to conventional content analysis by examining the textual structures, production processes, and social cognition involved in news reporting and consumption. The first chapter introduces the goals and problems of studying news, emphasizing the need for an explicit structural analysis of news reports. It reviews earlier studies of news from various disciplines, highlighting the importance of discourse analysis, cognitive processes, and social cognition in understanding news. Chapters 2 and 3 delve into the structures of news, including discourse analysis, cognitive processing, and social cognition. They explore the ideological dimensions of news structures and the processes involved in news production and reception. Field studies on news production and recall of news stories by readers are also discussed. Chapter 4 focuses on empirical, cognitive, and social psychological approaches to news production and reception, integrating cognitive psychology and Artificial Intelligence with social cognitions of newsmakers and readers. The book concludes with a discussion of the implications of the proposed theoretical framework for mass communication research, emphasizing the importance of interdisciplinary cross-fertilization. It also highlights the need for a more explicit basis for news production in microsociology and ethnomethodology. Overall, "News as Discourse" offers a comprehensive and interdisciplinary approach to understanding news in the press, combining linguistic, discourse analytical, psychological, and sociological perspectives.