{"product_id":"9783319641577","title":"Critical Studies in Risk and Uncertainty: A corpus-based exploration of sociological theories","description":"\u003ch1\u003eCritical Studies in Risk and Uncertainty: A corpus-based exploration of sociological theories\u003c\/h1\u003e \u003ch2\u003eZinn, Jens O.; McDonald, Daniel\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis 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 in \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e (1987-2014) and a case study of the health domain. \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThe book presents results from an interdisciplinary enterprise which combines sociological risk theories with a systematic functional theory of language to conduct an empirical analysis of linguistic patterns and social change. It will be of interest to students and scholars interested in corpus linguistics and digital humanities, and social scientists looking for new research strategies to examine long term social change.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e \u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublished by: Palgrave Macmillan\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublication Date: 2017-11-20\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFormat: Hardcover\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN-13: 9783319641577\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDOI: 10.1007\/978-3-319-64158-4\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDimensions: 210cm x148cm\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePages: 177\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Springer International Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44406607937676,"sku":"9783319641577","price":53.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9783319641577_852fbc9f-5494-4e5b-9e2e-73a0c53c733f.jpg?v=1776776689","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9783319641577","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}