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Obesity in the News - Language and Representation in the Press (Paperback, New Ed)
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Obesity in the News - Language and Representation in the Press (Paperback, New Ed)
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Obesity is a pressing social issue and a persistently newsworthy
topic for the media. This book examines the linguistic
representation of obesity in the British press. It combines
techniques from corpus linguistics with critical discourse studies
to analyse a large corpus of newspaper articles (36 million words)
representing ten years of obesity coverage. These articles are
studied from a range of methodological perspectives, and analytical
themes include variation between newspapers, change over time, diet
and exercise, gender and social class. The volume also investigates
the language that readers use when responding to obesity
representations in the context of online comments. The authors
reveal the power of linguistic choices to shame and stigmatise
people with obesity, presenting them as irresponsible and morally
deviant. Yet the analysis also demonstrates the potential for
alternative representations which place greater focus on the role
that social and political forces play in this topical health issue.
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