Redefining trial by media : towards a critical-forensic linguistic interface /
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| Author / Creator: | Statham, Simon author. |
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| Imprint: | Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, ©2016. |
| Description: | viii, 325 pages : illustrations; 25 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Discourse approaches to politics, society, and culture (DAPSAC) ; volume 67 Discourse approaches to politics, society, and culture ; v. 67. |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10812086 |
| Summary: | Redefining Trial by Media: Towards a critical-forensic linguistic interface applies a range of linguistic models to recast trial by media not as a sensationalist and infrequent phenomenon, but as a systematic and routine process. Using critical discourse analysis and cognitive linguistic models, this book builds a Spectrum of Trial by Media which views juries in criminal trials as moulded by ideological media-made constructions of crime. The role of these media constructions is enhanced by the isolation levied on jurors by the linguistic composition of trial language, and reinforced by the language strategies of legal professionals in court. Critically deconstructing media portrayals of crime and forensically examining the language of criminal proceedings, this book offers a redefinition of trial by media which casts the role of the press as much more prevalent in the courtroom trial than is presently appreciated. |
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| Item Description: | Based on author's thesis (doctoral - Queen's University Belfast, 2014). |
| Physical Description: | viii, 325 pages : illustrations; 25 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [307]-317) and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 9789027206589 9027206589 |