Obesity in the news : language and representation in the press /

Obesity in the news : language and representation in the press /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Brookes, Gavin (Linguist), author.
Imprint:	Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2021.
Description:	viii, 284 pages ; 24 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	Obesity -- Press coverage -- Great Britain. Overweight persons -- Press coverage -- Great Britain. Obesity -- Public opinion. Overweight persons -- Public opinion. Public opinion -- Great Britain. Overweight persons -- Great Britain -- Social conditions -- 21st century. Discrimination against overweight persons -- Great Britain. Discourse analysis. Journalism -- Language. Great Britain.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12667595

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Other authors / contributors:	Baker, Paul, 1972- author.
ISBN:	9781108836395 1108836399 9781108818971 1108818978 9781108864732
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:	"Obesity is a pressing social issue and a persistently newsworthy topic for the media. This book examines the linguistic representation of obesity in the British press. It combines techniques from corpus linguistics with critical discourse studies to analyse a large corpus of newspaper articles (36 million words) representing ten years of obesity coverage. These articles are studied from a range of methodological perspectives, and analytical themes include variation between newspapers, change over time, diet and exercise, gender and social class. The volume also investigates the language that readers use when responding to obesity representations in the context of online comments. The authors reveal the power of linguistic choices to shame and stigmatise people with obesity, presenting them as irresponsible and morally deviant. Yet the analysis also demonstrates the potential for alternative representations which place greater focus on the role that social and political forces play in this topical health issue"--
Other form:	Online version: Brookes, Gavin (Linguist). Obesity in the news Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2021 9781108864732

Table of Contents:

The way in : shared keywords in the press
Studying difference : comparing sections of the press
Change over time
Shaming and reclaiming
Healthy body : diet and exercise
Gendered discourses of obesity
'A disease of the poor'? Obesity and social class
Going 'below the line' : reader responses.