COMMENTS:lina

The author's style is not only formal but also educational. He explains all the definitions he introduces, ensuring that the reader understands the complex topic of language employed in (as used by the) media. Undoubtedly, this topic is abstract and difficult to(for) non-expert readers to grasp. However, Lewis does not want to lose his readers when he provides a list of definitions of the terms in his introduction. Then he uses these terms throughout his book. He calls this list " Key concepts" which are : Language wars, the mediasphere, writing democracy/broadcast democracy, signs and signifiers, dissociating signifiers, intertextuality/supplementary, hyperreality/televised culture and cultural imaginary. The early pages of the book offers the reader the definitions of the terms used and the last pages also mentions all the references used by the author to write his book. The reference pages reaches ten pages, where books from western and eastern writers are selected as guides to Lewis. Books like Orientalism by Edward Said, Ramptons' Weapons of Mass Deception: The Uses of Propaganda in Bush's War on Iraq are samples of the collection used. Moreover, Lewis offers a variety of books as well as other resources including newspapers like Washington Post, websites and thesises. To be credible, Lewis uses both primary and secondary resources to defend his view. In the reference pages, Lewis openly shows that he consulted several resources about the views concerning media making, politics, Muslims, Islam, and books about Islam written by both Eastern and Western writers. Resources like the following are included: Don't Shoot the Messenger, Stupid White Men, The state of Terror, Islam Encountering Globalization, The mind of our enemies, and several others. The references can be tracked easily and be checked for accuracy, which gain the trust of the reader as authentic and available to people. The readers can further read about language wars, using the rich reference pages.The writer's consistency in clarifying the topic continues with his use of two methods: diagrams and chapter conclusions. He uses a diagram in his introduction about the media triangle. This figure connects the text, producer of the text, and the audience. Since media as a term is very abstract, Lewis uses the diagram to visualize the relationship between the text and context. This piece of information is one of the basis(bases) Lewis uses to freely start discussing his topic after establishing a common knowledge between him and the reader. Secondly, Lewis ends all the chapters of his book with a chapter-conclusion page that has numbered points, summarizing the important ideas discussed in the chapter. This page shows how Lewis is keen on making his messages clear to his readers and even memorable. The two methods of diagrams and chapter conclusions give an educational nature to the book and makes it reader-friendly.
COMMENTS: Very good