| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 228 pages) : illustrations. |
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Corpus and discourse
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Corpus and discourse. Research in corpus and discourse.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
"This book uses a range of different real text samples to explore how wealth inequality has been portrayed in the British media in the decades between the Second World War and the present day. Using a Corpus-Assisted Discourse Studies framework, chapters present an historical overview to reveal how mass media discourse has helped make increased wealth inequality look perfectly normal. Print, radio and online media sources are interrogated by a combined methodology drawing from critical discourse analysis, critical stylistics and corpus linguistics in order to examine the influence of media on economic policies and its role in making Britain a less egalitarian society. Covering topics such as Second World War propaganda, the 'Change4Life' anti-obesity campaign, the Football Lads Alliance (FLA) Twitter movement and UK General Elections, The Discursive Construction of Economic Inequality will be of value to any linguist interested in economic inequality and mass media"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Contents |
Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Contributors -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Introduction: The Discursive Construction of EconomicInequality in the UK -- Chapter 1: Poverty and social exclusion in BritainA corpus-assisted discourse study of Labour and Conservative Party leaders' speeches, 1900-2014 -- Chapter 2: Inequality and 'the language of leadership' in the Second World War -- Chapter 3: Revisiting the welfare state throughthe decades -- Chapter 4: What can be done about child poverty?What the Times said then and what it says now |
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Chapter 5: Inequality, accountability and responsibility in UK Press reporting on corporate fraud (2004-14) and modern slavery (2000-16) -- Chapter 6: Health inequality and the representation of 'risky' working-class identities in obesity policy -- Chapter 7: We are NOT all in this togetherA corpus-assisted critical stylistics analysis of Austerity in Print News Media 2009-10 and 2016-17 -- Chapter 8: More inequality, but less coverageHow and why TV news avoided 'The Great Debate' either side of the financial crisis 2008-14 |
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Chapter 9: The democracy we live inCan there be democracy without equality? -- Afterword -- References -- Index |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Income distribution -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century.
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Income distribution -- Great Britain -- History -- 21st century.
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Discourse analysis -- Great Britain.
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Discourse analysis. |
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Discourse analysis |
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Income distribution |
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Great Britain |
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1900-2099 |
| Genre/Form |
History
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| Added Author |
Gómez-Jiménez, Eva M., editor.
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Toolan, Michael J., editor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: The discursive construction of economic inequality London, UK ; New York, NY, USA : Bloomsbury Academic, 2020. 9781350111288 (DLC) 2020009659 |
| ISBN |
9781350111301 (electronic book) |
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1350111309 (electronic book) |
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9781350111295 (electronic book) |
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1350111295 (electronic book) |
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9781350111318 (electronic book) |
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1350111317 (electronic book) |
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9781350111288 hardcover |
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