Handbook of Communication in the Public Sphere

This volume brings together research from different traditions which maps the vast territory of language and communication in the public sphere from a variety of angles, including (critical) discourse analysis, genre theory and media studies. The book is divided into the three broad fields of business, politics and media, ensuring the interdisciplinary nature of the volume. Every contribution provides the state of the art of the respective field as well as most relevant theoretical frameworks, a discussion of methodologies and some empirical examples. The book addresses students and researchers in various fields of the Social Sciences. Key features: collects international researchers from different traditions in a single compendium combines an up-to-date overview with cutting-edge research interdisciplinary nature of the volume

Introduction to the handbook series
Shifting boundaries and emergent public spheres	p. 1
Theoretical foundations
Language, communication and the public sphere: Definitions	p. 21
Public space, common goods, and private interests: Emergent definitions in globally mediated humanity	p. 45
Media discourse and the naturalisation of categories	p. 67
Language, communication and the public sphere: A perspective from feminist critical discourse analysis	p. 89
Language and communication in business
Advertisements and Public Relations	p. 113
Language and communication design in the marketplace	p. 131
Identity, image, impression: Corporate self-promotion and public reactions	p. 155
Creating a "green" image in the public sphere: Corporate environmental reports in a genre perspective	p. 181
Britain[superscript TM] and "corporate" national identity	p. 203
Language and communication in politics
Political terminology	p. 223
Rhetoric of political speeches	p. 243
Dissemination and implementation of political concepts	p. 271
The contribution of critical linguistics to the analysis of discriminatory prejudices and stereotypes in the language of politics	p. 291
Tabloidisation of political communication in the public sphere	p. 317
Language and communication in the media
News genres	p. 343
Specific genre features of new mass media	p. 363
Specific debate formats of mass media	p. 383
The sounds of silence in the media: Censorship and self-censorship	p. 401
Technology, democracy and participation in space	p. 429
Biographical notes	p. 447
Index	p. 453
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