Public information messages : a contrastive genre analysis of state-citizen communication /

Public information messages : a contrastive genre analysis of state-citizen communication /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Barron, Anne.
Imprint:	Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., 2012.
Description:	1 online resource (1 volume)
Language:	English
Series:	Pragmatics & Beyond New Series (P & BNS) ; 222
Subject:	Pragmatics -- Cross-cultural studies. Speech acts (Linguistics) -- Cross-cultural studies. Mass media -- Social aspects -- Germany. Mass media -- Social aspects -- Ireland. Public relations -- Germany. Public relations -- Ireland. Mass media -- Social aspects. Pragmatics. Public relations. Speech acts (Linguistics) Germany. Ireland. Electronic books. Cross-cultural studies.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11158164

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ISBN:	9027273405 9789027273406 9789027256270 9027256276 1283548976 9781283548977
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:	Public information messages are an important means of state-citizen communication in today's societies. Using this genre, citizens are directed to "never ever drink and drive", to "slow down" and to "learn to say no". Yet, this book presents the first in-depth analysis of public information messages from a linguistic perspective, and indeed also from a cross-cultural perspective. Specifically, the study, adopting genre analysis, contrasts a corpus of state-run national public information campaigns in Germany and Ireland. A taxonomy of moves is developed inductively and the interactional features of the genre are analysed and related to the context of use. The comprehensive discussion of theoretical and methodological issues, the in-depth analysis and the extensive bibliography make this book of interest to researchers and students in (contrastive) discourse analysis, (cross-cultural) pragmatics, contrastive rhetoric, advertising, social psychology, mass communication and media studies. Copy-writers will also profit from the insights gained, particularly within the context of an increase in Europe-wide public information campaigns.
Other form:	Print version: 9789027256270 9027256276

Table of Contents:

-1. Prelim pages
0. Table of contents
1. List of figures
2. List of tables
3. List of transcripts
4. List of abbreviations
5. Acknowledgements
6. 1. Introduction
7. 2. Genre analysis
8. 3. A genre perspective on public information messages
9. 4. Methodology
10. 5. Move structure and move register
11. 6. Personalising the impersonal
12. 7. Public information messages
13. 8. Conclusion
14. Bibliography
15. Appendix
16. Index