The Language of War. An analysis of how understanding and support of war is constructed through media texts – specifically newspapers. In 1982 I was not old enough to fully understand what was happening when my country went to war with Argentina over a group of islands called The Falklands. However, I was old enough to understand the comments of my parents when they discussed the situation, as well as the headlines they had read in the …showed first 75 words of 2142 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2142 total…can be, but it gives support for war out of fear. Just as the horrendous images and words of 9/11 made the western world realise it was susceptible to attack, the very fact that bio-terrorism was invisible but could be spoken of in such a frightening way, conjuring up images of a horrible death, ensured the public wanted not only justice, but to be rid of any perpetrator of such acts – to ‘hunt down and destroy’.