Tabloid Britain

Constructing a Community through Language
1. Auflage 2005
ISBN: 978-0-415-35552-0
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 238 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 529 g

Tabloid Britain examines four popular tabloid newspapers and uncovers the variety of linguistic strategies they use to depict contemporary Britain. Martin Conboy considers how this imaginary community of the British nation is drawn through themes such as 'outsiders' and 'insiders', women, celebrity, history and politics.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Conboy, Martin

Fachgebiete

• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftssektoren & Branchen Medien-, Informations und Kommunikationswirtschaft Presse & Journalismus

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. When Did The Populars Become Tabloid? 2. The Rhetorical Patterns of Tabloid Language 3. The Semantics and Narratives of Nation 4. Tabloid history 5. Outsiders and the National Community Readers 6. Gender and Sexuality in Tabloid Britain 7. Popular Politics in a National Context 8. Celebrity and National Community 9. ‘Tabloidization’-Global Formats, National Contents Bibliography

Über Autor(innen)

Martin Conboy is a Reader in Journalism Studies at the University of Sheffield. He is the author of The Press and Popular Culture (2002), Journalism: a Critical History (2004), as well as being the co-editor of r aseries of books on Journalism Studies.