Semiotics and Verbal Texts

How the News Media Construct a Crisis

Nonfiction, Reference & Language, Language Arts, Communication, Linguistics, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science
Cover of the book Semiotics and Verbal Texts by Jane Gravells, Palgrave Macmillan UK
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Jane Gravells ISBN: 9781137587503
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan UK Publication: December 27, 2016
Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan Language: English
Author: Jane Gravells
ISBN: 9781137587503
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication: December 27, 2016
Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan
Language: English

This book offers an innovative approach to analysing written texts, grounded in principles of semiotics. Envisaging whole news media representations as ‘signs’, and using the real-world example of the BP Deepwater Horizon crisis, the author demonstrates how business crises are constructed through language. Gravells identifies patterns of language which show a progression from one kind of ‘current news’ representation to a different kind of coverage.  This coverage positions the crisis as having symbolic and conventional meaning within varied social contexts, including the arts, business and the environment. Using a wealth of examples from the BP story to illustrate her practical research approach, Gravells draws ‘language maps’ of different phases of the crisis representation, showing how an early ‘iconic’ phase of representation moves through an ‘indexical’ to a ‘symbolic’ phase, and projects a return to a ‘naturalised icon’.  This book will be of interest to researchers and students of semiotics, those exploring research methods and linguists with an interest in business and media communications.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

This book offers an innovative approach to analysing written texts, grounded in principles of semiotics. Envisaging whole news media representations as ‘signs’, and using the real-world example of the BP Deepwater Horizon crisis, the author demonstrates how business crises are constructed through language. Gravells identifies patterns of language which show a progression from one kind of ‘current news’ representation to a different kind of coverage.  This coverage positions the crisis as having symbolic and conventional meaning within varied social contexts, including the arts, business and the environment. Using a wealth of examples from the BP story to illustrate her practical research approach, Gravells draws ‘language maps’ of different phases of the crisis representation, showing how an early ‘iconic’ phase of representation moves through an ‘indexical’ to a ‘symbolic’ phase, and projects a return to a ‘naturalised icon’.  This book will be of interest to researchers and students of semiotics, those exploring research methods and linguists with an interest in business and media communications.

More books from Palgrave Macmillan UK

Cover of the book Intimacy and Friendship on Facebook by Jane Gravells
Cover of the book Postal Plots in British Fiction, 1840-1898 by Jane Gravells
Cover of the book Pragmatic Encroachment, Religious Belief and Practice by Jane Gravells
Cover of the book Autobiographical Memory in an Aboriginal Australian Community by Jane Gravells
Cover of the book Intersections of Gender, Religion and Ethnicity in the Middle Ages by Jane Gravells
Cover of the book Rape in Wartime by Jane Gravells
Cover of the book ASEAN, Sovereignty and Intervention in Southeast Asia by Jane Gravells
Cover of the book International Diplomacy and the Olympic Movement by Jane Gravells
Cover of the book Structural Revolution in International Business Architecture by Jane Gravells
Cover of the book Postcolonial Fiction and Disability by Jane Gravells
Cover of the book Language, Sex and Social Structure by Jane Gravells
Cover of the book Careers in Serious Leisure by Jane Gravells
Cover of the book Re-Imagined Universities and Global Citizen Professionals by Jane Gravells
Cover of the book The Palgrave Handbook of Early Modern Literature and Science by Jane Gravells
Cover of the book The Evolution of Intelligent Systems by Jane Gravells
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy