Language and Media: a resource book for students

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Author: Alan Durant

ISBN-10: 0415475740

ISBN-13: 9780415475747

Category: Media - General & Miscellaneous

Routledge English Language Introductions cover core areas of language study and are one-stop resources for students.\ Assuming no prior knowledge, books in the series offer an accessible overview of the subject, with activities, study questions, sample analyses, commentaries and key readings - all in the same volume. The innovative and flexible 'two-dimensional'structure is built around four sections - introduction, development, exploration and extension - which offer self-contained stages...

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Routledge English Language Introductions cover core areas of language study and are one-stop resources for students.Assuming no prior knowledge, books in the series offer an accessible overview of the subject, with activities, study questions, sample analyses, commentaries and key readings - all in the same volume. The innovative and flexible 'two-dimensional' structure is built around four sections - introduction, development, exploration and extension - which offer self-contained stages for study. Each topic can also be read across these sections, enabling the reader to build gradually on the knowledge gained.Language and Media:is a comprehensive introduction to how language interacts with mediainvestigates the forms of language found in media discourse; how patterns in such language use contribute to recognizable media genres and styles; and broader social themes and consequences that arise from media languageuses a wide variety of real texts from the media that include: newspapers covering events such as the Asian tsunami, speeches, blogs, emails, advertizements and interview transcripts from television talk shows including Oprahprovides classic readings by the key names in the discipline including David Crystal, Norman Fairclough, David Graddol, Allan Bell and Theo van Leeuwen is accompanied by a supporting website.Written by two experienced teachers and authors, this accessible textbook is an essential resource for all students of English language and linguistics.

Contents cross-referenced xList of figures xiiiList of tables xivList of transcriptions xvAcknowledgements xviA Introduction: key concepts in language and media 11 Media as language use 22 Register and style 73 Mediated communication 134 Media discourse genres 205 Media rhetorics 266 Media storytelling 347 Words and images 408 Boundaries of media discourse 439 The future of media language 48B Development: studies in media language 551 Speech, writing and media 562 Different styles of media language 603 Mediated participation 684 Schema and genre theory 775 Persuasion and power 846 Telling stories 977 Anchoring visual meanings 1028 Coarseness and incivility in broadcast talk 1099 Looking into the future 117C Exploration: analysing media language 1231 Messages and media 1242 The case of the blog 1303 Listening to pop lyrics 1364 Comparing kinds of studio talk 1435 Purposes of persuasion 1486 Media fiction and fact 1597 Soundtrack and multimodal discourse 1638 Media language and acceptability 1709 Media change in the future 180D Extension: language and media readings 1871 The meanings of 'media1' 1892 Varieties of media language 1943 Media and modernity 1974 Broadcast talk 2005 News and advertising angles 2066 Narrative strategies 2177 Windows on the world 2228 Media trouble 2309 Media language and social change 233Key dates in the history of media 238Further reading 249References 252Index 261