Discourses of Disorder - Riots, Strikes and Protests in the Media (Hardcover)

10 chapters each addressing representations of riots, strikes and protests in a different national, historical and political context. Includes detailed case studies cutting across time, communicative mode and genre, and geo-political context. Analysis extends beyond linguistic representation to include imagery in the form of photographs, videos and political cartoonsRiots, strikes and protests are heavily mediatised events. Media representations thus play a crucial role in narrating instances of civil disorder for the public where they define the issues at stake, delimit frames of reference and debate, and ultimately legitimise or delegitimise the actors, actions and causes involved. From a critical semiotic perspective, drawing on insights from linguistics, multimodality and media studies, this book explores the ideological dimensions of media representation and its function in discursively constructing public understandings of, and attitudes toward, civil disorder. A range of case studies are pres

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Imprint:	Edinburgh University Press
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	November 2018
Authors:	Christopher Hart
Editors:	Darren Kelsey
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 15mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	256
ISBN-13:	978-1-4744-3541-3
Categories:	Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Communication studies > Media studies Books > Language & Literature > Language & linguistics > Semantics (meaning) > Discourse analysis
LSN:	1-4744-3541-6
Barcode:	9781474435413

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