ABSTRACT
This chapter offers a comprehensive review of the key approaches and frameworks that are adopted in the analysis of the corpus. It shall focus on critical discourse analysis, notably Fairclough’s socio-cultural framework and van Dijk’s cognitive approach. Apart from the theoretical frameworks, this chapter shall introduce Al-Jazeera and BBC Arabic, with a particular focus on their policies, practices and sponsorship. This will allow a good understanding of key aspects impacting the production of discourse. Also, the chapter introduces the corpus, explaining different stages of the compilation and the research engine utilised for this, with a clear rationalisation of its selection, including key terminology used in the compilation of the corpora.
