What did the British press say about the Algerian war of independence ? : a critical discourse analysis of the times newspapers' reporting of events

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This paper used CDA and postcolonial theory to analyze the Algerian war of independence news reports published in times newspaper.

Norman Fairclough's three-dimensional model with van Dijk’s socio-cognitive approach were chosen to examine the ways the revolution events, were described discursively in times reporting, so this study questions the role of discourse in maintaining and reproducing the inequality of power relationships between FLN and France .

the results confirms the hypothesis.