Language ideologies and media discourse : texts, practices, politics / edited by Sally Johnson and Tommaso M. Milani.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Johnson, Sally A.

Milani, Tommaso M.

Series:

Advances in sociolinguistics.

Advances in sociolinguistics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mass media and language.

Mass media--Influence.

Mass media.

Discourse analysis.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (309 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Continuum, c2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The study of language ideologies has become a key theme in sociolinguistics over the past decade. It is the study of the relationship between representations of language, on the one hand, and broader aesthetic, economic, moral and political concerns, on the other. Research into the particular role played by media discourse in the construction, reproduction and contestation of such ideologies has been widely scattered - this book brings together this emerging field. It considers how, in an era of global communication technologies, the media - by which we understand the press, radio, television

Contents:

Contents; Notes on contributors; Acknowledgements; INTRODUCTION; PART I: STANDARDS AND STANDARDIZATION IN NATIONAL AND GLOBAL CONTEXTS; PART II: PLANNING AND POLICY IN MEDIA PROGRAMMING; PART III: MEDIA, ETHNICITY AND THE RACIALIZATION OF LANGUAGE; PART IV: LANGUAGE IDEOLOGIES AND NEW-MEDIA TECHNOLOGIES; EPILOGUE; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786612876431

9781282876439

1282876430

9781441182739

144118273X

OCLC:

676696304