Bourdieu, language and the media / John F. Myles.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Myles, John, 1953-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bourdieu, Pierre, 1930-2002.

Mass media and language.

Bourdieu, Pierre, 1930-2002--Criticism and interpretation.

Bourdieu, Pierre.

Criticism and interpretation.

Physical Description:

x, 170 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2010.

Summary:

"This book engages with key theoretical and analytical issues in the field of media, communication and cultural studies. Using case studies of radio, internet, text messaging and photojournalism, it deploys Bourdieu's ideas to reveal how language in the media is implicated in broader social patterns of "symbolic violence." -- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Theoretical issues in studying language and the media. Bourdieu-language-media ; Bourdieu, language and media studies ; Interrogating Bourdieu on language : critical discourse analysis, postmodernism and ethnomethodology

Case studies. Journalism, language and the city ; The body in the press : social codes in urban photojournalism ; Voice, radio, field ; Language, media and opinion polling ; Bourdieu and language technologies : texting-mobility-habitus.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780230222090

0230222099

OCLC:

609541078