Handbook of communication in the public sphere

• Other Authors: Wodak, Ruth, 1950-, Koller, Veronika, 1973-
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin ; New York : Mouton de Gruyter, c2008.
• Series: Handbooks of applied linguistics ; v. 4.
• Subjects: Communication.; Language and languages.; Critical discourse analysis.; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Communication Studies.; Taal.; Communicatie.; Openbaar leven.; Electronic books.
• Online Access: ebrary; View fulltext via EzAccess; MyiLibrary

As you are reading this, you are finding yourself in the ubiquitous public sphere that is the Web. Ubiquitous, and yet not universally accessible. This volume addresses this dilemma of the public sphere, which is by definition open to everyone but in practice often excludes particular groups of peop...

Table of Contents:

• Frontmatter; Contents; Introduction: Shifting boundaries and emergent public spheres; 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; 5. Advertisements and Public Relations; 6. Language and communication design in the marketplace; 7. Identity, image, impression: Corporate self-promotion and public reactions