Meaning in the Media: Discourse, Controversy and Debate by Alan Durant (English)

Description: Meaning in the Media: Discourse, Controversy and Debate by Alan Durant Meaning in the Media addresses the issue of how we should respond to competing claims about meaning put forward in confrontations between people or organisations in highly charged circumstances such as bitter public controversies and expensive legal disputes. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Meaning in the Media addresses the issue of how we should respond to competing claims about meaning put forward in confrontations between people or organisations in highly charged circumstances such as bitter public controversies and expensive legal disputes. Alan Durant draws attention to the pervasiveness and significance of such meaning-related disputes in the media, investigating how their 'meaning' dimension is best described and explained. Through his analysis of deception, distortion, bias, false advertising, offensiveness and other kinds of communicative behaviour that trigger interpretive disputes, Durant shows that we can understand both meaning and media better if we focus in new ways on moments in discourse when the apparently continuous flow of understanding and agreement breaks down. This lively and contemporary volume will be invaluable to students and teachers of linguistics, media studies, journalism and law. Notes Addresses how we should respond to competing claims about meaning put forward by people and organisations. Author Biography Alan Durant is Professor of Communication at Middlesex University Business School, London. His previous publications include How to Write Essays and Dissertations: A Guide for English Literature Students (2nd edition, 2005) and Ways of Reading (3rd edition, 2007). He was also co-editor of The Linguistics of Writing: Arguments Between Language and Literature (1987). Table of Contents Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part I. Communication Failure and Interpretive Conflict: 1. From personal disagreement to meaning troublespot; 2. Signs of trouble; 3. Different kinds of meaning question; Part II. Making Sense of Meaning: 4. Meaning and the appeal to semantics; 5. Interpretive variation; 6. Time-based meaning; Part III. Verbal Disputes and Approaches to Resolving Them: 7. Meaning as a knockout competition; 8. Standards of interpretation; Part IV. Analysing Disputes in Different Fields of Law and Regulation: 9. Defamation: reasonably capable of bearing the meaning attributed; 10. Advertising: not only what is said, but what is reasonably implied; 11. Offensiveness: if there is a meaning, it is doubtless objectionable; Part V. Conclusion: 12. Trust in interpretation; References. Review Brilliant, highly readable, sophisticated, and illustrated with a wealth of well-chosen examples, Meaning in the Media offers a major new analysis of disputes about meaning in public life, and of the linguistic, legal and social factors that affect their resolution. Essential reading not only for linguists, media scholars and specialists in language and the law, but for anyone who has ever been involved in a debate about defamation, honesty in advertising, or offensive language. Deirdre Wilson, Emeritus Professor of Linguistics, University College London and co-author with Dan Sperber of Relevance: Communication and Cognition Meaning in the Media is that rare find: a work accessible to students and researchers whose clarity and readability will give linguistics the type of visibility it deserves in our meaning-suffused society. For scholars and students working in a number of fields, in law and beyond, it offers a common vocabulary and analytical model with which to tackle contested meaning. Graeme Dinwoodie, Professor of Intellectual Property and Information Technology Law, University of Oxford Review Quote Meaning in the Media is that rare find: a work accessible to students and researchers whose clarity and readability will give linguistics the type of visibility it deserves in our meaning-suffused society. For scholars and students working in a number of fields, in law and beyond, it offers a common vocabulary and analytical model with which to tackle contested meaning. Graeme Dinwoodie, Professor of Intellectual Property and Information Technology Law, University of Oxford Promotional "Headline" Addresses the issue of what we should make of competing claims about meaning when debated in highly charged circumstances. 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Details ISBN0521136407 Author Alan Durant Short Title MEANING IN THE MEDIA Publisher Cambridge University Press Language English ISBN-10 0521136407 ISBN-13 9780521136402 Media Book Format Paperback Year 2010 Imprint Cambridge University Press Subtitle Discourse, Controversy and Debate Place of Publication Cambridge Country of Publication United Kingdom DEWEY 302.23 Pages 254 Publication Date 2010-03-04 Birth 1954 Residence US Affiliation University of Middlesex, UK Audience Professional and Scholarly UK Release Date 2010-03-04 AU Release Date 2010-03-04 NZ Release Date 2010-03-04 Illustrations 1 Tables, unspecified We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:168629088;

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