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International Journal of English Literature and Culture Vol. 3(3), pp. 76-84, March, 2015 ISSN: 2360-7831 DOI: 10.14662/IJELC2015.016 Review Paper Language and Ideology in the Media: A Study of Nigerian Newspaper Editorials
Olusegun O. Jegede
Department of English, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria
Accepted 14 March 2015
This paper
examines the use of processes in the editorials of Nigerian print media
to achieve a meaningful and effective communication. The paper derives
its theoretical framework from Halliday’s (1994) and Eggin’s (2004)
Systemic Functional Linguistic theory, with a focus on the ideational
metafunction. The study specifically identifies and categorise the types
of processes that help in the realisation of the messages of the
selected editorials. The messages are interpreted according to the
identified process options and related to the ideological opinions
expressed in the editorials. The study reveals that editorials help to
articulate a better understanding of the news media and the unique use
of language and text. It further reveals that editorials express
different process types, which are used to describe or make references
to authorities in the nation, citizens, social bodies, political and
social values, education, unemployment, the economy and the world as a
whole. It also revealed that editors use these process types in
editorials to make appeal to relevant authorities to proffer solutions
to certain problems. The paper concludes that the systemic functional
linguistic (SFL) analytical framework makes it possible for the readers
of editorials to bring out deeper nuances of meaning from the
editorials. Cite This Article As: Jegede OO (2015). Language and Ideology in the Media: A Study of Nigerian Newspaper Editorials. J. Eng. Lit. Cult. 3(3): 76-84
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