Risk in The New York Times (1987–2014) - Jens O. Zinn, Daniel McDonald

Risk in The New York Times (1987–2014)

A corpus-based exploration of sociological theories
Buch | Softcover
XX, 177 Seiten
2018 | 1. Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2018
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-319-87737-2 (ISBN)
58,84 inkl. MwSt

This book investigates to what extent claims of common social science risk theories such as risk society, governmentality, risk and culture, risk colonisation and culture of fear are reflected in linguistic changes in print news media. The authors provide a corpus-based investigation of risk words in The New York Times (1987-2014) and a case study of the health domain.

The book presents results from an interdisciplinary enterprise which combines sociological risk theories with a systematic functional theory of language to conduct an empirical analysis of linguistic patterns and social change. It will be of interest to students and scholars interested in corpus linguistics and digital humanities, and social scientists looking for new research strategies to examine long term social change.

Jens O. Zinn is Marie Sklodowska-Curie Fellow at the Corpus Approaches to Social Sciences Research Centre at Lancaster University, UK and Associate Professor in Sociology at the University of Melbourne, Australia. Daniel McDonald is Postdoctoral Researcher at the Eberhard Karls University, Tübingen, Germany.

1 Introduction.- 2. Conceptual Foundations.- 3. Research Design and Methods.- 4. Risk in the New York Times.- 5. Risk, Health and Medicine in The New York Times.- 6. Summary and Conclusions.

"From the outset and throughout the book, readers are very well guided through the research process of conceptualisation, hypothesis formulation and discussion of empirical evidence. ... Moreover, it offers original insights on the study of diachronic developments of risk language and a fruitful empirical path for exploring connections between language and social change, thus opening new ground for further research." (Maria Grazia Galantino, Health, Risk & Society, April, 2018)

“From the outset and throughout the book, readers are very well guided through the research process of conceptualisation, hypothesis formulation and discussion of empirical evidence. ... Moreover, it offers original insights on the study of diachronic developments of risk language and a fruitful empirical path for exploring connections between language and social change, thus opening new ground for further research.” (Maria Grazia Galantino, Health, Risk & Society, April, 2018)

Erscheinungsdatum
Reihe/Serie Critical Studies in Risk and Uncertainty
Zusatzinfo XX, 177 p. 33 illus.
Verlagsort Cham
Sprache englisch
Maße 148 x 210 mm
Gewicht 2653 g
Themenwelt Studium 1. Studienabschnitt (Vorklinik) Med. Psychologie / Soziologie
Sozialwissenschaften Kommunikation / Medien Buchhandel / Bibliothekswesen
Sozialwissenschaften Kommunikation / Medien Journalistik
Sozialwissenschaften Kommunikation / Medien Medienwissenschaft
Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie
Wirtschaft
Schlagworte Communication of possible harm • Computational Linguistics • Grammatical Analysis • Risk and culture • Risk society thesis
ISBN-10 3-319-87737-2 / 3319877372
ISBN-13 978-3-319-87737-2 / 9783319877372
Zustand Neuware
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