(Mis)Representing Weight and Obesity in the British Press : Fear, Divisiveness, Shame and Stigma / / Tara Coltman-Patel |
Autore | Coltman-Patel Tara |
Edizione | [First edition.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham, Switzerland : , : Macmillan Palgrave, , [2023] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (222 pages) |
Disciplina | 616.398 |
Soggetto topico |
Obesity - Social conditions - Great Britain
Obesity in mass media |
ISBN | 3-031-44854-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Intro -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- List of Tables -- 1: Introduction: Weight, Stigma, News Media, and This Research -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Background -- 1.2.1 Obesity and BMI -- 1.2.2 Weight Bias and Weight Stigma -- 1.2.3 Obesity in News Media -- 1.3 Data and Approach -- 1.3.1 Obesity in the British Press (OiBP) Corpus Design -- 1.3.2 OiBP Collection and Clean-up -- 1.3.3 Analytical Approach -- 1.3.4 Corpus Linguistics: Tools and Techniques -- 1.3.5 Critical Discourse Analysis -- 1.3.6 Corpus-Assisted Critical Discourse Analysis -- 1.4 Analysis Introduction: The Results Which Will Inform All Analyses -- 1.4.1 Chapter 2: Fear: Expert Voices and the (Mis)Representation of Science and Health -- 1.4.2 Chapter 3: Divisiveness: The Metaphorical Conceptualisation of Obesity -- 1.4.3 Chapter 4: Shame: Challenging Linguistic Strategies of Representation -- 1.4.4 Chapter 5: Conclusion -- References -- 2: Fear: Expert Voices and the (Mis)Representation of Science and Health -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Trust Me, I'm a Doctor: Establishing Trust and Authority Through Expert Voices -- 2.2.1 Prevalence of Experts -- 2.2.2 Legitimation -- 2.2.3 Authorisation Through Social Actors -- 2.2.4 Authorisation Through Reporting Verbs -- 2.2.5 Topics Introduced by the Social Actor + Reporting Verb Collocate Pairs -- 2.3 Weight, Health, and Public Services -- 2.3.1 Imbalance: BMI -- 2.3.2 Imbalance: Social Determinants of Health -- 2.3.3 Burden on Public Resources -- 2.4 Approaches to Health (Weight Normative) -- 2.5 Chapter Conclusions: The Perfect Storm -- References -- 3: Divisiveness: The Metaphorical Conceptualisation of Obesity -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Metaphors -- 3.2.1 Theoretical Framework -- 3.2.2 Quantifying the Metaphors -- 3.3 Dehumanisation: The Obesity Epidemic Is a Ticking Timebomb.
3.3.1 Is Obesity an Epidemic? -- 3.3.2 The Obesity Epidemic -- 3.3.3 A Misleading Narrative -- 3.3.4 Obesity Is a Ticking Timebomb -- 3.4 Social Division -- 3.4.1 Noun Variations of the obesity is war Metaphors -- 3.4.2 Verb Variations of the obesity is war Metaphors -- 3.5 Chapter Conclusion: The Sociological Impact of These Metaphors -- References -- 4: Shame: Challenging Linguistic Strategies of Representation -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Linguistic Strategies of Representation: van Dijk's Ideological Square -- 4.3 Data and Down-Sampling -- 4.3.1 I Feel Beautiful … Now -- Feel/Felt + positive adjectives -- 4.4 I'm Ugly … Now -- 4.5 Internalised Bias and Negative Self-Representation -- 4.5.1 Negative Self-Representation: 'I Was' and 'I Am' -- 4.6 Selling Shame -- 4.7 Chapter Conclusion -- References -- 5: Conclusion -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Critical Reflections -- 5.3 Fear, Divisiveness, Shame and Stigma -- 5.4 Further Directions -- 5.5 Action Research -- References -- Index. |
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Disability, obesity and ageing : popular media indentifications / / Debbie Rodan, Katie Ellis and Pia Lebeck |
Autore | Rodan Debbie |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Farnham Surrey, England : , : Ashgate, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (177 p.) |
Disciplina | 302.2301/9 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
EllisKatie <1978->
LebeckPia |
Collana | The cultural politics of media and popular culture |
Soggetto topico |
Identity (Psychology) and mass media
People with disabilities in mass media Obesity in mass media Older people in mass media |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-317-15010-4
1-317-15009-0 1-4094-4052-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; Part I Television as a Social Experience; 1 Introduction: Renegotiating Disability, Obesity and Ageing; 2 Tacit Knowledge: Cultural Representations of Disability, Obesity and Ageing; 3 A Marketplace of Ideas: Television as a Social Experience; 4 Audience Activity: Identification, Disidentification and Online Activity; Part II Identifications; 5 Disability Drama; 6 Obesity Makeover: Rejecting the Obese Body; 7 Ageing Transformations: Embracing the 'Young-Old' Body; 8 Conclusion: Beyond the Water-Cooler; References; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910463002903321 |
Rodan Debbie
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Farnham Surrey, England : , : Ashgate, , 2014 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Disability, obesity and ageing : popular media indentifications / / Debbie Rodan, Katie Ellis and Pia Lebeck |
Autore | Rodan Debbie |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Farnham Surrey, England : , : Ashgate, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (177 p.) |
Disciplina | 302.2301/9 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
EllisKatie <1978->
LebeckPia |
Collana | The cultural politics of media and popular culture |
Soggetto topico |
Identity (Psychology) and mass media
People with disabilities in mass media Obesity in mass media Older people in mass media |
ISBN |
1-315-57741-0
1-317-15010-4 1-317-15009-0 1-4094-4052-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; Part I Television as a Social Experience; 1 Introduction: Renegotiating Disability, Obesity and Ageing; 2 Tacit Knowledge: Cultural Representations of Disability, Obesity and Ageing; 3 A Marketplace of Ideas: Television as a Social Experience; 4 Audience Activity: Identification, Disidentification and Online Activity; Part II Identifications; 5 Disability Drama; 6 Obesity Makeover: Rejecting the Obese Body; 7 Ageing Transformations: Embracing the 'Young-Old' Body; 8 Conclusion: Beyond the Water-Cooler; References; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910787631603321 |
Rodan Debbie
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Farnham Surrey, England : , : Ashgate, , 2014 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Disability, obesity and ageing : popular media indentifications / / Debbie Rodan, Katie Ellis and Pia Lebeck |
Autore | Rodan Debbie |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Farnham Surrey, England : , : Ashgate, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (177 p.) |
Disciplina | 302.2301/9 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
EllisKatie <1978->
LebeckPia |
Collana | The cultural politics of media and popular culture |
Soggetto topico |
Identity (Psychology) and mass media
People with disabilities in mass media Obesity in mass media Older people in mass media |
ISBN |
1-315-57741-0
1-317-15010-4 1-317-15009-0 1-4094-4052-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; Part I Television as a Social Experience; 1 Introduction: Renegotiating Disability, Obesity and Ageing; 2 Tacit Knowledge: Cultural Representations of Disability, Obesity and Ageing; 3 A Marketplace of Ideas: Television as a Social Experience; 4 Audience Activity: Identification, Disidentification and Online Activity; Part II Identifications; 5 Disability Drama; 6 Obesity Makeover: Rejecting the Obese Body; 7 Ageing Transformations: Embracing the 'Young-Old' Body; 8 Conclusion: Beyond the Water-Cooler; References; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910820285503321 |
Rodan Debbie
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Farnham Surrey, England : , : Ashgate, , 2014 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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