ABSTRACT
In unit A5, we discussed some of the processes and principles that drive media production, especially the production of news, and in unit B5 we introduced the idea of production formats and discussed how media producers strategically mix together the voices of different people and position themselves in relation to these voices. In this unit, we will apply some of these ideas to the analysis of the verbs journalists use to report other people’s words. We will also analyze how media production is negotiated by multiple contributors on the online encyclopedia site Wikipedia.
