Internet Discourse and Health Debates

1. Auflage 2005
ISBN: 978-1-349-51192-1
Verlag: Springer Nature B.V.

Buch, Englisch, 236 Seiten, Format (B × H): 127 mm x 203 mm, Gewicht: 253 g

Applying multimodal textual analysis to the languages and images of on-line communication forms, Kay Richardson shows, from an applied linguistic perspective, how the Internet is being used for global, interactive communication about public health risks. Detailed case studies of the possible risks posed by SARS, by mobile phones and by the vaccination of babies against childhood diseases are situated within the context of research on computer-mediated communication, as well as within the broader social context of globalization and discourses of risk and trust.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Richardson, K.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Tables List of Figures Acknowledgements Introduction Computer-mediated Communication and Language Public Discourses of Risk, Health and Science Mobile Phones and Brain Cancer SARS MMR and Autism Constructions of Risk: Change, Conflict and Trust The Internet and the Public Interest Notes Appendix: List of Sampled Newsgroups by Topic References Index

Über Autor(innen)

KAY RICHARDSON is Senior Lecturer in the School of Politics and Communication Studies at the University of Liverpool,UK. Her other books include (co-authored with Natalie Fenton), (co-authored with Deborah Cameron, Elizabeth Frazer, Penelope Harvey and Ben Rampton), (co-edited with Ulrike H. Meinhof) and
(coauthored with Ulrike H. Meinhof).