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This book presents a case study of the proliferation of at risk-language in The Times news coverage from 1785 to 2009, illuminating the changing social experience of risk. Zinn presents an historical examination of the forces which have shaped the language of risk over time, and considers how linguistic developments in recent decades are underpinned by issues such as cultural and structural transformations, the management of infectious and chronic diseases and climate change. He also explores changes in the public sphere, including the production of the news. Based on an interdisciplinary research project which combines linguistic research tools with sociological analysis of the social contexts, the book contributes to a better understanding of how 'at risk' has become a defining feature of the UK in recent decades, and one which permeates all kinds of social domains. This research will be a point of reference for students and scholars engaging with risk studies from various disciplines including sociology, media studies, history and socio-linguistics. .

Historical sociology. --- Sociolinguistics. --- Historical Sociology. --- Media Sociology. --- Language and languages --- Language and society --- Society and language --- Sociology of language --- Language and culture --- Linguistics --- Sociology --- Integrational linguistics (Oxford school) --- Anthropology --- History --- Social aspects --- Sociological aspects --- Mass media. --- Communication. --- Communication, Primitive --- Mass communication --- Media, Mass --- Media, The --- Communication

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This book investigates to what extent claims of common social science risk theories such as risk society, governmentality, risk and culture, risk colonisation and culture of fear are reflected in linguistic changes in print news media. The authors provide a corpus-based investigation of risk words in The New York Times (1987-2014) and a case study of the health domain. The book presents results from an interdisciplinary enterprise which combines sociological risk theories with a systematic functional theory of language to conduct an empirical analysis of linguistic patterns and social change. It will be of interest to students and scholars interested in corpus linguistics and digital humanities, and social scientists looking for new research strategies to examine long term social change.

Social sciences. --- Mass media. --- Communication. --- Social sciences in mass media. --- Sociology. --- Social medicine. --- Journalism. --- Social Sciences. --- Media Sociology. --- Knowledge - Discourse. --- Medical Sociology. --- Writing (Authorship) --- Medical care --- Medical sociology --- Medicine --- Medicine, Social --- Social theory --- Communication, Primitive --- Mass communication --- Media, Mass --- Media, The --- Behavioral sciences --- Human sciences --- Sciences, Social --- Social science --- Social studies --- Social aspects --- Literature --- Publicity --- Fake news --- Public health --- Public welfare --- Sociology --- Medical ethics --- Medical sociologists --- Social sciences --- Mass media --- Communication --- Civilization --- Risk --- Sociological aspects. --- New York times. --- Sociology of risk --- Sociology of uncertainty --- Uncertainty --- Sociological aspects --- NY times --- Gray lady --- Journalism --- History

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