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The top 10 US newspapers by largest reported circulation in 2007 Source: Audit Bureau of circulations (2007)
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The aim of this study is to explore the discursive practices of foreign policy experts. While policy decisions involving war and peace keep people alarmed all over the globe, most of these decisions are shaped by policy experts who work on influencing public opinion through the media (Manheim, 2011). This study adopts a critical discursive stance a...
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... texts display an average length of 900 words per opinion article, an amount considered manageable for conducting a detailed critical analysis of the discursive and argumentative strategies of FP experts discussing the war. Table 1 below displays the list of newspapers from which the articles were retrieved. Research was also carried out on the authors of these opinion articles to examine their respective professional background and political affiliations, and the kinds of institutions they work for. ...