This book engages with key theoretical and analytical issues in the field of media, communication and cultural studies. Using case studies of radio, internet, text messaging and photojournalism, it deploys Bourdieu's ideas to reveal how language in the media is implicated in broader social patterns of 'symbolic violence'.

Autorentext
JOHN MYLES is Senior Lecturer in Communication Studies at the University of East London, UK. He has published articles on Bourdieu's sociology and cultural studies in journals including Media, Culture and Society , Theory, Culture and Society and Sociological Review .

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List of Illustrations List of Tables Acknowledgements Introduction PART 1: THEORETICAL ISSUES IN STUDYING LANGUAGE AND THE MEDIA Bourdieu-Language-Media Bourdieu, Language and Media Studies Interrogating Bourdieu on Language: Critical Discourse Analysis, Postmodernism and Ethnomethodology PART 2: CASE STUDIES Journalism, Language and the City The Body in the Press: Social Codes in Urban Photojournalism Voice, Radio, Field Language, Media and Opinion Polling Bourdieu and Language Technologies: Texting-Mobility-Habitus Conclusion: Linguistic Market, Audiences and Reflexivity Bibliography