Risk in The New York Times (1987-2014) A corpus-based exploration of sociological theories /

• Main Authors: Zinn, Jens O. (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), McDonald, Daniel (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: Critical Studies in Risk and Uncertainty,
• Subjects: Mass media.; Communication.; Sociology.; Journalism.; Social medicine.; Media Sociology.; Knowledge - Discourse.; Medical Sociology.

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 i...

Table of Contents:

• 1 Introduction
• 2. Conceptual Foundations
• 3. Research Design and Methods
• 4. Risk in the New York Times
• 5. Risk, Health and Medicine in The New York Times
• 6. Summary and Conclusions.