The Language of Crime and Deviance
An Introduction to Critical Linguistic Analysis in Media and Popular Culture
1st Edition
Published on 15. December 2011
256 pages
978-1-4411-9891-4 (ISBN)
Description
There is now a long tradition of academic literature in media studies and criminology that has analysed how we come to think about crime, deviance and punishment. This book for the first time deals specifically with the role of language in this process, showing how critical linguistic analysis can provide further crucial insights into media representations of crime and criminals. Through case studies the book develops a toolkit for the analysis of language and images in examples taken from a range of media.
The Language of Crimeand Deviance covers spoken, written and visual media discourses and focuses on a number of specific areas of crime and criminal justice, including media constructions of young people and women; media and the police, 'reality' crime shows; corporate crime; prison and drugs.It is therefore a welcome and valuable contribution to the fields of linguistics, criminology, media and cultural studies.
The Language of Crimeand Deviance covers spoken, written and visual media discourses and focuses on a number of specific areas of crime and criminal justice, including media constructions of young people and women; media and the police, 'reality' crime shows; corporate crime; prison and drugs.It is therefore a welcome and valuable contribution to the fields of linguistics, criminology, media and cultural studies.
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Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN-13
978-1-4411-9891-4 (9781441198914)
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Andrea Mayr | David Machin
The Language of Crime and Deviance
An Introduction to Critical Linguistic Analysis in Media and Popular Culture
Book
02/2012
Continuum Publishing Corporation
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Persons
Andrea Mayr is Lecturer in the School of English at Queen's University, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK.
Her books include Prison Discourse (Palgrave, 2004), Language
and Power (Continuum, 2008), and Language and
Power: A Resourcebook for Students (Routledge, 2010).
David Machin is a Lecturer in the School of Journalism, Media and Cultural Studies, Cardiff University, Wales. His books include Global Media Discourse (2007), Introduction to Multimodal Analysis (2007) and News Production: Theory and Practice (2006).
Content
Acknowledgements \ 1. Introduction: crime, deviance and language \ 2. Simple word choice and how to represent people and action \ 3. Concealment and evasion through grammar \ 4. Young people and crime \ 5. Women and crime \ 6. The criminal justice system in the media: the police \ 7. The criminal justice system in the media: the prison \ 8. Corporate crime \ 9. Conclusion \ Bibliography \ Index
