The Language of Crime and Deviance: An Introduction to Critical Linguistic Analysis in Media and Popular Culture - Hardcover

Mayr, Andrea; Machin, David

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1441158774 ISBN 13: 9781441158772

Publisher: Continuum Publishing Corporation, 2011

Synopsis

There is now a long tradition of academic literature in media studies and criminology that has analysed how we come to think about crime, deviance and punishment. This book for the first time deals specifically with the role of language in this process, showing how critical linguistic analysis can provide further crucial insights into media representations of crime and criminals. Through case studies the book develops a toolkit for the analysis of language and images in examples taken from a range of media.   The Language of Crimeand Deviance covers spoken, written and visual media discourses and focuses on a number of specific areas of crime and criminal justice, including media constructions of young people and women; media and the police, 'reality crime shows; corporate crime; prison and drugs.It is therefore a welcome and valuable contribution to the fields of linguistics, criminology, media and cultural studies.

About this title

About the Authors

Andrea Mayr is Lecturer in the School of English at Queen's University, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK.
Her books include Prison Discourse (Palgrave, 2004), Language
and Power (Continuum, 2008), and Language and
Power: A Resourcebook for Students (Routledge, 2010).

David Machin is Professor of Media and Communication at Örebro University, Sweden.

Edition details

• Publisher: Continuum Publishing Corporation
• Publication date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1441158774
• ISBN 13: 9781441158772
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 256