Discourses of Disorder: Riots, Strikes and Protests in the Media - Softcover

Christopher Hart; Darren Kelsey

 
9781474435444: Discourses of Disorder: Riots, Strikes and Protests in the Media
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1474435440 ISBN 13: 9781474435444
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press, 2020

Synopsis

Riots, 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 presented which cut across time, communicative modality and genre, and geo-political context.

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About the Authors

Christopher Hart is Senior Lecturer in Linguistics at Lancaster University.

Darren Kelsey is Senior Lecturer and Head of Media, Culture, Heritage in the School of Arts and Cultures at Newcastle University

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Discourses of Disorder: Riots, Strikes and Protests in the Media Riots, 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 their function in discursively constructing public understandings of, and attitudes toward, civil disorder. A range of case studies are presented which cut across time, communicative modality and genre, and geo-political context. Christopher Hart is Professor of Linguistics at Lancaster University. Darren Kelsey is Senior Lecturer and Head of Media, Culture, Heritage at Newcastle University.

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Discourses of Disorder: Riots, Strikes and Protests in the MediaRiots, 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 their function in discursively constructing public understandings of, and attitudes toward, civil disorder. A range of case studies are presented which cut across time, communicative modality and genre, and geo-political context.Christopher Hart is Professor of Linguistics at Lancaster University.Darren Kelsey is Senior Lecturer and Head of Media, Culture, Heritage at Newcastle University.

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Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Publication date
2020
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1474435440
ISBN 13 
9781474435444
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
224
Editor
Christopher Hart, Darren Kelsey

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