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Redefining trial by media : towards a critical-forensic linguistic interface / Simon Statham.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Statham, Simon, author.
- Series:
- Discourse approaches to politics, society, and culture ; Volume 67.
- Discourse Approaches to Politics, Society and Culture, 1569-9463 ; Volume 67
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Crime and the press.
- Free press and fair trial.
- Discourse analysis.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (341 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Amsterdam, [Netherlands] ; Philadelphia, [Pennsylvania] : John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2016.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Redefining Trial by Media: Towards a critical-forensic linguistic interface applies a range of linguistic models to recast trial by media not as a sensationalist and infrequent phenomenon, but as a systematic and routine process. Using critical discourse analysis and cognitive linguistic models, this book builds a Spectrum of Trial by Media which views juries in criminal trials as moulded by ideological media-made constructions of crime. The role of these media constructions is enhanced by the isolation levied on jurors by the linguistic composition of trial language, and reinforced by the language strategies of legal professionals in court. Critically deconstructing media portrayals of crime and forensically examining the language of criminal proceedings, this book offers a redefinition of trial by media which casts the role of the press as much more prevalent in the courtroom trial than is presently appreciated.
- Contents:
- Defining the scope of the inquiry
- Direct and enhanced trial by media
- Media-made crime
- Reinforced trial by media: smuggled narratives in court
- Reinforced trial by media: evaluative key in court
- Conclusion: reconceiving the jury.
- Notes:
- Based on author's thesis (doctoral - Queen's University Belfast, 2014).
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed July 4, 2016).
- Other Format:
- Print version: Statham, Simon. Redefining trial by media : towards a critical-forensic linguistic interface.
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