Pandemic and crisis discourse : (Record no. 16924)
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| INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| ISBN | 9781350232723 |
| INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| ISBN | 9781350232723 |
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| ISBN | 9781350232723 |
| DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | RA644 .P36 2024 |
| TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Pandemic and crisis discourse : |
| Remainder of title | communicating COVID-19 and public health strategy |
| Statement of responsibility, etc | edited by Andreas Musolff, Ruth Breeze, Kayo Kondo and Sara Vilar-Lluch. |
| Copyright Date | |
| Place of publication | London ; |
| -- | New York : |
| Name of publisher | Bloomsbury Academic, |
| Year of publication or production | 2024 |
| PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Number of Pages | xviii, 494 pages |
| Other physical details | illustrations |
| SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | "The COVID-19 pandemic has led to a host of critical reflections about discourse practises dealing with public health issues. Situating crisis communication at the centre of societal and political debates about responses to the pandemic, this volume analyses the discursive strategies used in a variety of settings. Exploring how crisis discourse has become a part of managing the public health crisis itself, this book focuses on the communicative tasks and challenges for both speakers and their public audiences in seven areas: - establishment of discursive and political authority - official governmental and expert communication to the public - public understanding of government communication - legitimation of public health management as a 'war' - judging and blaming a collective other - cross-national comparison and rivalry - empathy and encouragement Covering global discourses from Asia, Europe, the Middle East, North and South America, and New Zealand, chapters use corpus-based data to cast light on these issues from a variety of languages. With crisis discourse already the object of fierce national and international debates about the appropriateness of specific communicative styles, information management and 'verbal hygiene', Pandemic and Crisis Discourse offers an authoritative intervention from language experts"-- |
| SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | COVID-19 (Disease) |
| SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | COVID-19 (Disease) |
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| Topical Term | Public health. |
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| Topical Term | Public relations. |
| SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Crisis management. |
| ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Musolff, Andreas, |
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| Personal name | Breeze, Ruth, |
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| Personal name | Kondo, Kayo, |
| ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Vilar-Lluch, Sara, |
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| Source of classification or shelving scheme | Library of Congress Classification |
| Koha item type | Books |
| Permanent Location | Current Location | Date acquired | Full call number | Accession Number | Koha item type |
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| Gabriel Afolabi Ojo Central Library (Headquarters). | Gabriel Afolabi Ojo Central Library (Headquarters). | 10/17/2025 | RA644 .P36 2024 | 0199228 | Books |
| Gabriel Afolabi Ojo Central Library (Headquarters). | Gabriel Afolabi Ojo Central Library (Headquarters). | 10/17/2025 | RA644 .P36 2024 | 0199229 | Books |