Language and media : a resource book for students / Alan Durant.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: London : Routledge, 2009.Description: xvii, 269 p; 25 cmContent type:
  • Text
Media type:
  • Unmediated
Carrier type:
  • Volume
ISBN:
  • 978-0-415-47574-7
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • 302.23014 D93l
Contents:
A: Introduction 1. Media as Language Use 2. Register and Style 3. Mediated Communication 4. Media Discourse Genres 5. Media Rhetorics 6. Media Story Telling 7. Words and Images 8. Boundaries of Media Discourse 9. The Future of Media Language B: Development 1. Speech, Writing and Media 2. Different Styles of Media Language 3. Mediated Participation 4. Schema and Genre Theory 5. Persuasion and Power 6. Telling Stories 7. Anchoring Visual Meanings 8. Coarseness and Incivility in Broadcast Talk 9. Looking into the Future C: Exploration 1. Messages and Media 2. The Case of the Blog 3. Listening to Pop Lyrics 4. Comparing Studio Talk 5. Purposes of Persuasion 6. Media Fiction and Fact 7. Soundtrack and Multimodal Discourse 8. Media Language and Acceptability 9. Media Change in the Future D: Extension 1. The Meanings of `Media` 2. Varieties of Media Language 3. Media and Modernity 4. Broadcast Talk 5. News and Advertising Angles 6. Narrative Strategies 7. Windows on the World 8. Media Trouble 9. Media Language and Social Change
Summary: Covers core areas of English language study. This book provides an introduction to how language interacts with media. It investigates the forms of language found in media discourse; how patterns in such language use contribute to recognisable media genres and styles; and, broader social themes and consequences that arise from media language.
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Includes references and index

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A: Introduction 1. Media as Language Use 2. Register and Style 3. Mediated Communication 4. Media Discourse Genres 5. Media Rhetorics 6. Media Story Telling 7. Words and Images 8. Boundaries of Media Discourse 9. The Future of Media Language B: Development 1. Speech, Writing and Media 2. Different Styles of Media Language 3. Mediated Participation 4. Schema and Genre Theory 5. Persuasion and Power 6. Telling Stories 7. Anchoring Visual Meanings 8. Coarseness and Incivility in Broadcast Talk 9. Looking into the Future C: Exploration 1. Messages and Media 2. The Case of the Blog 3. Listening to Pop Lyrics 4. Comparing Studio Talk 5. Purposes of Persuasion 6. Media Fiction and Fact 7. Soundtrack and Multimodal Discourse 8. Media Language and Acceptability 9. Media Change in the Future D: Extension 1. The Meanings of `Media` 2. Varieties of Media Language 3. Media and Modernity 4. Broadcast Talk 5. News and Advertising Angles 6. Narrative Strategies 7. Windows on the World 8. Media Trouble 9. Media Language and Social Change

Covers core areas of English language study. This book provides an introduction to how language interacts with media. It investigates the forms of language found in media discourse; how patterns in such language use contribute to recognisable media genres and styles; and, broader social themes and consequences that arise from media language.

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