Bøger af Andrea Mayr

Looks at the study of crime and deviance through written, spoken and visual representation. This book deals specifically with the role of language in representations and constructions of crime, deviance and punishment in the media. It provides a toolkit for the analysis of language and images in examples across a range of media.

With unique and powerful data from within a big city prison, this book clarifies the role that conversational analysis can have within a Critical Discourse Analysis perspective.

Offers students with an overview of the field of institutional discourse, introducing the key theorists including Foucault, Habermas, Weber, Giddens, Althusser and Gramsci, among others. This book covers a range of institutional contexts including the workplace, the media, prison, courtroom and academia.