Bourdieu, Language and the Media
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Bourdieu, Language and the Media John F. Myles School of Humanities and Social Sciences University of East London
John F. Myles 2010 Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 2010 978-0-230-22209-0 All rights reserved. No reproduction, copy or transmission of this publication may be made without written permission. No portion of this publication may be reproduced, copied or transmitted save with written permission or in accordance with the provisions of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, or under the terms of any licence permitting limited copying issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency, Saffron House, 6 10 Kirby Street, London EC1N 8TS. Any person who does any unauthorized act in relation to this publication may be liable to criminal prosecution and civil claims for damages. The author has asserted his right to be identified as the author of this work in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. First published 2010 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN Palgrave Macmillan in the UK is an imprint of Macmillan Publishers Limited, registered in England, company number 785998, of Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS. Palgrave Macmillan in the US is a division of St Martin s Press LLC, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10010. Palgrave Macmillan is the global academic imprint of the above companies and has companies and representatives throughout the world. Palgrave and Macmillan are registered trademarks in the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe and other countries. ISBN 978-1-349-30762-3 ISBN 978-0-230-28305-3 (ebook) DOI 10.1057/9780230283053 This book is printed on paper suitable for recycling and made from fully managed and sustained forest sources. Logging, pulping and manufacturing processes are expected to conform to the environmental regulations of the country of origin. A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. A catalog record for this book is available from the Library of Congress. 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10
To my parents Marie and Walter
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Contents List of Figures List of Tables and Boxes Acknowledgements viii ix x Introduction 1 Part I: Theoretical Issues in Studying Language and the Media 1 Bourdieu Language Media 9 2 Bourdieu, Language and Media Studies 23 3 Interrogating Bourdieu on Language: Critical Discourse Analysis, Postmodernism and Ethnomethodology 32 Part II: Case Studies 4 Journalism, Language and the City 55 5 The Body in the Press: Social Codes in Urban Photojournalism 78 6 Voice, Radio, Field 93 7 Language, Media and Opinion Polling 111 8 Bourdieu and Language Technologies: Texting Mobility Habitus 124 Conclusion: Linguistic Market, Audiences and Reflexivity 144 References 153 Index 163 vii
List of Figures 1. Monument to modernity is a symbol of division (Manchester Evening News, 21 July 2009, p. 8, Opinion) 62 2. Ian s sky-high ambition (Manchester Evening News, 20 July 2009, p. 11, Diary) 65 3. It s NOT the end of the road for Peaks bypass (Manchester Evening News, 5 August 2009, p. 20, News) 67 4. Eco-friendly village to rise from the ashes of colliery (Manchester Evening News, 7 August 2009, p. 30) 68 5. Destination: Manchester (Manchester Evening News, 12 August 2009, p. 9, Features) 85 6. Don t bulldoze homes, say families on hit list (Manchester Evening News, 22 July 2009, p. 19, News) 86 7. Grant Thornton boss starts own consultancy (Manchester Evening News, 30 July 2009, p. 4, Business) 88 8. 300,000 fillip for Church St market (Manchester Evening News, 6 July 2009, p. 23, Business) 89 viii
List of Tables and Boxes Table 1 Habermas s four main types of communicative action and their relation to forms of knowledge 71 Table 2 Summary: social codings of routine urban photojournalism 83 Table 3 YouGov/Daily Mirror survey results, 15 17 October 2008 114 Box 1 YouGov/Daily Telegraph poll, 27 29 October 2008 116 Box 2 YouGov/Sunday Times survey, 9 10 October 2008 119 ix
Acknowledgements Thanks to: Sue my wife for her support and encouragement and my children Alice and Klinten. The Manchester Evening News for permission to reproduce the reports and photographs appearing in Chapters 4 and 5. YouGov for permission to reproduce the poll tables and questions appearing in Chapter 7. The editors and reviewers of The Sociological Review for their comments on an earlier version of Chapter 7 which appeared as Making Don t Knows Make Sense (Vol. 56.1, pp. 102 16). The editors and reviewers of the Journal of Communication Inquiry for their comments on an earlier version of Chapter 6 which appeared as Carnival Radio: Soca-Calypso Music and Afro-Caribbean Voice (Vol. 24.1, pp. 87 112). Maggie Humm and Derek Robbins at the University of East London. Christabel Scaife, Catherine Mitchell and Jo North at Palgrave Macmillan. Nick Couldry at Goldsmiths College, Bridget Fowler at the University of Glasgow. And Michael Dillon and Scott Lash for great support during my time as a postgraduate student and researcher at Lancaster University. x