Redefining Trial by Media

Towards a critical-forensic linguistic interface

Simon Statham (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

325 Seiten

2016
John Benjamins Publishing Co (Verlag)
978-90-272-0658-9 (ISBN)

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Redefining Trial by Media: Towards a critical-forensic linguistic interface applies a range of linguistic models to recast trial by media not as a sensationalist and infrequent phenomenon, but as a systematic and routine process. Using critical discourse analysis and cognitive linguistic models, this book builds a Spectrum of Trial by Media which views juries in criminal trials as moulded by ideological media-made constructions of crime. The role of these media constructions is enhanced by the isolation levied on jurors by the linguistic composition of trial language, and reinforced by the language strategies of legal professionals in court. Critically deconstructing media portrayals of crime and forensically examining the language of criminal proceedings, this book offers a redefinition of trial by media which casts the role of the press as much more prevalent in the courtroom trial than is presently appreciated.

1. Introduction; 2. Acknowledgements; 3. List of tables; 4. Chapter 1. Defining the scope of the inquiry; 5. Chapter 2. Direct and enhanced trial by media; 6. Chapter 3. Media-made crime; 7. Chapter 4. Reinforced Trial by Media: Smuggled narratives in court; 8. Chapter 5. Reinforced Trial by Media: Evaluative key in court; 9. Chapter 6. Conclusion: Reconceiving the jury; 10. References; 11. Name index; 12. Subject index

Erscheinungsdatum	26.06.2016
Reihe/Serie	Discourse Approaches to Politics, Society and Culture ; 67
Verlagsort	Amsterdam
Sprache	englisch
Gewicht	660 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Sprachwissenschaft
	Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
	Recht / Steuern ► Strafrecht
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Medienwissenschaft
ISBN-10	90-272-0658-9 / 9027206589
ISBN-13	978-90-272-0658-9 / 9789027206589
Zustand	Neuware