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Record Nr.

UNINA9910965545803321

Titolo

Language in the media : representations, identities, ideologies / / edited by Sally Johnson and Astrid Ensslin

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Continuum, c2007

ISBN

0-8264-9548-6

1-350-06337-1

1-283-12315-0

9786613123152

1-4411-9548-3

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (327 p.)

Collana

Advances in sociolinguistics

Altri autori (Persone)

JohnsonSally A

EnsslinAstrid

Disciplina

302.23014

Soggetti

Mass media and language

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 281-303) and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. Metaphors and meanings -- pt. 2. National identities, citizenship and globalization -- pt. 3. Contact and codeswitching in multilingual mediascapes -- pt. 4. Youth, gender and cyber-identities.

Sommario/riassunto

This book examines the ways in which the media represents language-related issues, but also how the media's use of language is central to the construction of what people think language is, could or ought to be like. The chapters examine issues of identity, gender, youth, citizenship, politics and ideology across a range of media, including television, radio, newspapers, magazines and the internet. The result is a multilingual survey of the construction of language in and by the media that will be essential reading for students and researchers of sociolinguistics or language and communication.