The discursive construction of economic inequality : CADS approaches to the British media / edited by Eva M. Gómez-Jiménez and Michael Toolan.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Gómez-Jiménez, Eva M., editor.

Toolan, Michael J., editor.

Series:

Corpus and discourse

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Income distribution--Great Britain--History--20th century.

Income distribution.

Income distribution--Great Britain--History--21st century.

Discourse analysis--Great Britain.

Discourse analysis.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (245 pages).

Distribution:

[London, England] : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2020

Place of Publication:

London, UK ; Bloomsbury Academic, 2020.

Summary:

"This book uses a range of different real text samples to explore how wealth inequality has been portrayed in the British media in the decades between the Second World War and the present day. Using a Corpus-Assisted Discourse Studies framework, chapters present an historical overview to reveal how mass media discourse has helped make increased wealth inequality look perfectly normal. Print, radio and online media sources are interrogated by a combined methodology drawing from critical discourse analysis, critical stylistics and corpus linguistics in order to examine the influence of media on economic policies and its role in making Britain a less egalitarian society. Covering topics such as Second World War propaganda, the 'Change4Life' anti-obesity campaign, the Football Lads Alliance (FLA) Twitter movement and UK General Elections, The Discursive Construction of Economic Inequality will be of value to any linguist interested in economic inequality and mass media"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Intro

Title Page

Copyright Page

Contents

Illustrations

Contributors

Preface

Acknowledgements

Abbreviations

Introduction: The Discursive Construction of EconomicInequality in the UK

Chapter 1: Poverty and social exclusion in BritainA corpus-assisted discourse study of Labour and Conservative Party leaders' speeches, 1900-2014

Chapter 2: Inequality and 'the language of leadership' in the Second World War

Chapter 3: Revisiting the welfare state throughthe decades

Chapter 4: What can be done about child poverty?What the Times said then and what it says now

Chapter 5: Inequality, accountability and responsibility in UK Press reporting on corporate fraud (2004-14) and modern slavery (2000-16)

Chapter 6: Health inequality and the representation of 'risky' working-class identities in obesity policy

Chapter 7: We are NOT all in this togetherA corpus-assisted critical stylistics analysis of Austerity in Print News Media 2009-10 and 2016-17

Chapter 8: More inequality, but less coverageHow and why TV news avoided 'The Great Debate' either side of the financial crisis 2008-14

Chapter 9: The democracy we live inCan there be democracy without equality?

Afterword

References

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

9781350111301

1350111309

9781350111318

1350111317

9781350111295

1350111295

OCLC:

1143834387