ABSTRACT
This chapter offers a broad-based, linguistically oriented view of translation in the media. It defines key concepts and the most important disciplinary perspectives, and highlights the interdisciplinary nature of the field and the effects of the media on translation studies. The chapter illustrates research and explores the critical issues and topics of the area. It examines the avenues of research where future investigations are needed to cater for the requirements of the exceptionally rapidly growing demand for translation in the context. Systematic research follows two main directions: the various forms of translation and the position of translation in the media. The chapter provides an overview of the most influential lines of research pertaining to these two directions. The overview includes the relevant research methods, the forms and strategies of translation and the media. A milestone in research on the journalistic aspects of news translation was a project based at the University of Warwick, entitled "Translation in Global News".
