Communication and Discourse Theory by Leen Van Brussel

Communication and Discourse Theory by Leen Van Brussel

This volume gathers the work of the Brussels Discourse Theory Group, a group of critical media and communication scholars that deploy discourse theory as a theoretical backbone and an analytical research perspective. The book seeks to show the value and applicability of discourse-theoretical analysis (DTA) within the field of media and communication studies, through a variety of case studies that highlight both the radical contingent nature and the hegemonic workings of media and communication practices.

'This work significantly contributes to research intersections on discourse and communication[...] This book’s main contribution is to demonstrate that DT is employed in communication studies not from lack of attention but for its practicability, which represents a strong, systematic interpretation of communication practices. The authors fill methodological gaps with their analyses by explaining how the interpretative mechanisms underlying DT are operationalized. [...] The work further contributes by translating DT into a DTA methodology.'

-- Xin Zhang and Yiming Chen, International Journal of Communication

Leen Van Brussel is a staff member of the Flemish Institute of Healthy Living (Vlaams Instituut Gezond Leven), where she works on health promotion ethics and health communication.

Nico Carpentier is associate professor in media and communication studies at the Department of Media Studies of Charles University in Prague.

Benjamin De Cleen is assistant professor at the Communication Studies Department of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB-Free University of Brussels) where he is the coordinator of the English-language master’s on journalism and media in Europe.

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ISBN 13	9781789380545
ISBN 10	1789380545
Title	Communication and Discourse Theory
Author	Leen Van Brussel
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Intellect Books
Year published	2019-03-31
Number of pages	312
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