Linguistic Signs in Two International News Channels

Media, as a powerful component of the society, transmits messages to the audiences. Among all types of Media, TV has various functions and in terms of semiotics, is a social text. Television as a main communication channel between politicians and audiences has different functions such as information, education, entertainment, art and advertising. From the beginning, TV News has always had large audiences. The present paper is an attempt to investigate the application of different linguistic signs (naming, cohesion devices, and modality) in news text by analyzing two international channels (france24 & IRINN).