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Most of the research on world Englishes in the media focuses on news discourse (including television and radio news broadcasts, printed news, and sports reporting across media) and advertising. Although almost every region has been the focus of analysis, those areas of the world that have been described in far greater detail in this regard include Asia (e.g., T. Bhatia, 1987, 1992, 2000, 2001a ; Gonzalez, 1991 ; Haarmann, 1984 ; Hsu, 2001, 2002 ; Jung, 2001 ; MacGregor, 2003 ; Masavisut, Sukwiwat, and Wongmontha, 1986 ; Min, 2001 ; Natarajan and Xiaoming, 2003 ; Takashi, 1990 ; Upadhyay, 2001 ; Yuen-Ying, 2002 ; H. Zhang, 2001 ; L. Zhang, 2002 ) and parts of Europe (e.g., Berns, 1988 ; Birken-Silverman, 1994 ; Dürmuller, 1994 ; Hermerén, 1999 ; Hilgendorf and Martin, 2001 ; Husband and Chouhan, 1985 ; Larson, 1990 ; Martin, 1998 ; Pavlou, 2002 ; Schlick, 2003 ; Vachek, 1986 ; Truchot, 1990 ), with some additional analyses of media discourse in Africa (e.g., Leitner and Hesselmann, 1996 ; Mesthrie, 2002 ; Norbook and Ricketts, 1997 ; Sanders, 2000 ; Schmied and Hudson-Ettle, 1996 ) and South America (e.g., Alm, 2003 ). Much information can be gleaned as well from publications written by those who are best known for placing English in a regional or global context while addressing a wide range of issues, including but not exclusively media-related topics ... log in or subscribe to read full text