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