Handbook of Communication in the Public Sphere

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Contents
• Introduction: Shifting boundaries and emergent public spheres
• I. Theoretical foundations
  • 1. Language, communication and the public sphere: Definitions
  • 2. Public space, common goods, and private interests: Emergent definitions in globally mediated humanity
  • 3. Media discourse and the naturalisation of categories
  • 4. Language, communication and the public sphere: A perspective from feminist critical discourse analysis
• II. Language and communication in business
  • 5. Advertisements and Public Relations
  • 6. Language and communication design in the marketplace
  • 7. Identity, image, impression: Corporate self-promotion and public reactions
  • 8. Creating a “green” image in the public sphere: Corporate environmental reports in a genre perspective
  • 9. Britain™ and “corporate” national identity
• III. Language and communication in politics
  • 10. Political terminology
  • 11. Rhetoric of political speeches
  • 12. Dissemination and implementation of political concepts
  • 13. The contribution of critical linguistics to the analysis of discriminatory prejudices and stereotypes in the language of politics
  • 14. Tabloidisation of political communication in the public sphere
• IV. Language and communication in the media
  • 15. News genres
  • 16. Specific genre features of new mass media
  • 17. Specific debate formats of mass media
  • 18. The sounds of silence in the media: Censorship and self-censorship
  • 19. Technology, democracy and participation in space
• Backmatter