Health and risk communication : an applied linguistic perspective / / Rodney H. Jones

• Autore: Jones Rodney H.
• Pubblicazione: Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2013
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (225 p.)
• Disciplina: 610
• Soggetto topico: Communication in medicine; Physician and patient; Applied linguistics
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover ; Health and Risk Communication; Title Page ; Copyright Page ; Table of Contents ; List of illustrations; Acknowledgements; Transcription conventions; 1 Communicating health and risk; Health and risk in the twenty-first century; The organization of this book; Intellectual roots of an applied linguistic approach; 2 Applied linguistics: discourse in action; Applied linguistics; 'Hearing' voices; Discourse and action; 3 Entextualizing health and risk; Texts and the discursive construction of health and risk; Lexicalization; Grammaticalization; Personalization; Organization; Resemiotization ; 4 Sites of engagementWhat are we doing?; Who are we being?; Framing and positioning in discussions about risk; 5 Beyond the clinic; What we talk about when we talk about health; Risky interactions; 6 Health, risk, and the entextualized body; Inscription; Narrativization; 7 Virtual bodies; Medical imaging; Electronic medical records; Welcome to you!': the reflexive dimension of virtual bodies; 8 Cultures, communities, and social networks; 'Culture' and health; Health, risk, and 'communities'; Social networks: 'going viral'; 9 Conclusion: discourse itineraries and research itineraries ; Opening the circumferenceApplied linguistics as a nexus of practice; Practical applications; References; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: <P></P><P><EM>Health and Risk Communication</EM> provides a critical and comprehensive overview of the core issues surrounding health and risk communication from the perspective of applied linguistics. It outlines the ways applied linguistics differs from other methods of understanding health and risk communication, assesses the benefits and limitations of the approaches used by different scholars in the field, and offers an innovative framework for consolidating past research and charting new directions.</P><P></P><P>Utilizing data from clinical interactions and everyday life, this book addre
• Titolo autorizzato: Health and risk communication
• ISBN: 1-134-07826-9; 0-415-67260-0; 0-203-52141-2; 1-134-07819-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910817785003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II