As the TDSI Model does not extend to political mass communication related features, this chapter has surveyed the political mass communication context of the translation of argumentative newspaper articles. Based on Mazzoleni’s (2002) Mediatised Political Reality Theory and Mazzoleni’s (2002) Theory of Bias, the TPMC Model has been established to account for the findings produced with the help of the TDSI Model. This chapter has also clarified the relationship between the different components of the TDSI and the TPMC Models.

 

With reference to the contents of the forthcoming chapters, Chapter 6 will describe the research design and will touch upon the issue of reliability, while Chapter 7 will present the results of the research and offer a discussion thereof.