Palgrave Macmillan, 2010. — x, 170 pages. — ISBN978-0-230-28305-3.
This book engages with key theoretical and analytical issues in the field of media, communication and cultural studies. Using case studies of radio, internet, text messaging and photojournalism, it deploys Bourdieu's ideas to reveal how language in the media is implicated in broader social patterns of 'symbolic violence'.
Theoretical Issues in Studying Language and the MediaBourdieu–Language–Media
Bourdieu, Language and Media Studies
Interrogating Bourdieu on Language: Critical Discourse Analysis, Postmodernism and Ethnomethodology
Case StudiesJournalism, Language and the City
The Body in the Press: Social Codes in Urban Photojournalism
Voice, Radio, Field
Language, Media and Opinion Polling
Bourdieu and Language Technologies: Texting–Mobility–Habitus
Conclusion: Linguistic Market, Audiences and Reflexivity