Representation of History in American and Romanian Regional Newspapers

Abstract

The paper analyzes the way in which history is represented in local newspapers in the Appalachian and the Western Carpathian regions, areas which have similarities in terms of economy and culture. It starts from the assumption that newspapers represent the world and reinforce the community’s beliefs and values, thus providing social consensus. The paper attempts to identify differences and similarities related to the way in which local and national historical events are presented in such newspapers. The concepts used for the analysis are lexical choices, dialogism and argumentation.