Handbook of communication in the public sphere [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Ruth Wodak and Veronika Koller

• Pubblicazione: Berlin ; ; New York, : Mouton de Gruyter, c2008
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (484 p.)
• Disciplina: 302.2
• Soggetto topico: Communication; Language and languages; Critical discourse analysis
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: WodakRuth <1950-> KollerVeronika <1973->
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction: Shifting boundaries and emergent public spheres -- I. Theoretical foundations -- 1. Language, communication and the public sphere: Definitions -- 2. Public space, common goods, and private interests: Emergent definitions in globally mediated humanity -- 3. Media discourse and the naturalisation of categories -- 4. Language, communication and the public sphere: A perspective from feminist critical discourse analysis -- II. Language and communication in business -- 5. Advertisements and Public Relations -- 6. Language and communication design in the marketplace -- 7. Identity, image, impression: Corporate self-promotion and public reactions -- 8. Creating a "green" image in the public sphere: Corporate environmental reports in a genre perspective -- 9. Britain™ and "corporate" national identity -- III. Language and communication in politics -- 10. Political terminology -- 11. Rhetoric of political speeches -- 12. Dissemination and implementation of political concepts -- 13. The contribution of critical linguistics to the analysis of discriminatory prejudices and stereotypes in the language of politics -- 14. Tabloidisation of political communication in the public sphere -- IV. Language and communication in the media -- 15. News genres -- 16. Specific genre features of new mass media -- 17. Specific debate formats of mass media -- 18. The sounds of silence in the media: Censorship and self-censorship -- 19. Technology, democracy and participation in space -- Backmatter
• Sommario/riassunto: As you are reading this, you are finding yourself in the ubiquitous public sphere that is the Web. Ubiquitous, and yet not universally accessible. This volume addresses this dilemma of the public sphere, which is by definition open to everyone but in practice often excludes particular groups of people in particular societies at particular points in time. The guiding questions for this collection of articles are therefore: Who has access to the public sphere? How is this access enabled or disabled? Under what conditions is it granted or withheld, and by whom? We regard the public sphere as the nodal point for the discourses of business, politics and media, and this basic assumption is also s reflected in the structure of the volume. Each of these three macro-topics comprises chapters by international scholars from a variety of disciplines and research traditions who each combine up-to-date overviews of the relevant literature with their own cutting-edge research into aspects of different public spheres such as corporate promotional communication, political rhetoric or genre features of electronic mass media. The broad scope of the volume is perhaps best reflected in a comprehensive discussion of communication technologies ranging from conventional spoken and written formats such as company brochures, political speeches and TV shows to emerging ones like customer chat forums, political blogs and text messaging. Due to the books' wide scope, its interdisciplinary approach and its clear structure, we are sure that whether you work in communication and media studies, linguistics, political science, sociology or marketing, you will find this handbook an invaluable guide offering state-of-the -art literature reviews and exciting new research in your field and adjacent areas.
• Titolo autorizzato: Handbook of communication in the public sphere
• ISBN: 1-282-19464-X; 9786612194641; 3-11-019898-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910454067403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Handbooks of applied linguistics ; ; v. 4.