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(Mis)Representing Weight and Obesity in the British Press : Fear, Divisiveness, Shame and Stigma / / Tara Coltman-Patel
(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.
Record Nr. UNINA-9910760278003321
Coltman-Patel Tara  
Cham, Switzerland : , : Macmillan Palgrave, , [2023]
Materiale a stampa
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
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Disability, obesity and ageing : popular media indentifications / / Debbie Rodan, Katie Ellis and Pia Lebeck
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  
Farnham Surrey, England : , : Ashgate, , 2014
Materiale a stampa
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
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Disability, obesity and ageing : popular media indentifications / / Debbie Rodan, Katie Ellis and Pia Lebeck
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  
Farnham Surrey, England : , : Ashgate, , 2014
Materiale a stampa
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
Opac: Controlla la disponibilità qui
Disability, obesity and ageing : popular media indentifications / / Debbie Rodan, Katie Ellis and Pia Lebeck
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  
Farnham Surrey, England : , : Ashgate, , 2014
Materiale a stampa
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
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