Impoliteness in Media Discourse (Interfaces)

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The book presents the issue of impoliteness in media discourse found in television debates, films and computer-mediated communication. The phenomenon is viewed from different theoretical perspectives, namely prosody studies, corpus linguistics, media studies and audiovisual translation, neo-Gricean approaches, reception-oriented investigations and context-bound interpretations. Authors from ten different countries – Sweden, USA, Norway, New Zealand, Mexico, Georgia, France, Poland, India, and UAE – analyse data from nine languages – English, Swedish, Georgian, Polish, Arabic, Persian, French, Croatian and Montenegrin. Cover Table of Contents Preface Impolite prosody in Swedish and the importance of context (Åsa Abelin) Abstract 1. Background 2. Method 3. Results from the corpus analysis Interaction Body language Words Emotions and attitudes Prosody 4. Results from the television debates Example 1. Discussion on whether to help beggars in the street Example 2. Discussion on the best age of retirement Example 3. Discussion on muslim feminsism Example 4. Discussion on underpaid guest workers Example 5. Discussion on children’s presence in cafés 5. Conclusion and discussion 6. Further research Notes References Internet sources ‘If you can’t share the road, then find yourself some other planet’: Impoliteness in a corpus of newspaper blog comments (Daniel Ginsberg) Abstract 1. Introduction 2. Politeness theory, computer-mediated discourse, and corpus-based sociolinguistics 2.1 Politeness and impoliteness 2.3 Impoliteness in computer-mediated discourse 2.3 Use of corpora in discourse analysis 3. Collection and annotation of the data set 4. Reliability measures 5. Quantitative word-count analysis 5.1 Word frequency and alignment 5.1. Word frequency and politeness 6. Discussion 7. Directions for future research Notes References Realizations and functions of impoliteness in discourse about language and identity in Croatian and Montenegrin media (Ljiljana Šarić / Tatjana Radanović Felberg) Abstract 1. Introduction 2. Data, methodology, and theoretical approach 2.1 Impoliteness, identity, power and emotions 3. Micro context: triggering events for impoliteness 4. Categorization of realizations of impoliteness 4.1 Use of inappropriate personal identity markers 4.1.1 Inappropriate first names/nicknames/informal short forms of first names 4.1.2 Titles with offending modifiers or invented titles 4.1.3 Non-standardized forms of women’s surnames 4.1.4 Plural forms of surnames 4.1.5 Ideological/ethnic labels 4.2 Use of direct and indirect personalized negative assertions 4.3 Irony/sarcasm/mock politeness 4.4 Use of conventionalized impoliteness (taboo, abusive, or profane language) 4.5 Specific features of impoliteness realizations: Creativity and intensification 5. Functions of impoliteness 5.1 Media-related functions: attracting and entertaining 5.2 Coercion and delegitimization of discourse participants 6. Concluding remarks Notes References Internet sources Rude Language in Personal Apologies for a Political Event (Elizabeth Riddle / Mai Kuha) Abstract 1. Introduction 2. Methodology 2.1 Framework of analysis 2.2 Data 2.3 Identification as apologies 2.4 Definition of rudeness 2.5 Addressees 2.6 Data analysis procedure 2. Discussion 3.1 Targets 3.2 Types and topics of rude expressions 3.3 Level of rudeness 3.4 Rude expression and emotion 3.5 Mitigation of rudeness 3.6 Identity and ideology 3.7 The world audience as addressees 4. Conclusion Note References Internet sources ‘That was a bit daft though, wasn’t it?’ Strategic use of impoliteness in a post-match media interview (Kieran A. File) Abstract 1. Introduction 2. Strategically employed impoliteness 3. Identifying impoliteness: issues 4. Identifying impoliteness in this study – data and analysis 5. Accounting for impolite discourse: examining the context and co-text 6. Accounting for impolite discourse: ethnographic insights from the participants 7. Summary: using impoliteness in a post-match interview context Acknowledgements References Face Attacks, offence and plastic Brits: intentional British media impoliteness (Gerrard Mugford) Abstract 1. Introduction 2. Background 3. Irish paddy 4. Denial of face 5. Source of the findings 6. Corpus 7. Headlines 8. Texts 9. Analysis 9.1 Headlines 9.2 Texts 10. Conclusion References Face-attack in Georgian political discourse. Using examples from TV debates between female politicians during the pre-election campaign for the Parliamentary elections of 2012 (Manana Rusieshvili-Cartledge) Abstract 1. Introduction 2. Theorising the interrelationship between impoliteness, gender and power 3. The Georgian political spectre: setting the scene, political parties as CofP 4. Data and methodology Extract 1 Extract 2 Extract 3 Extract 4 Extract 5 Extract 6 Extract 7 5. Discussion and conclusions Reference Trascription Conventions Impoliteness in the ‘casse-toi pauv’ con’ incident: a discursive case-study (Célia Schneebeli) Abstract 1. Introduction 3. Re-contextualizing ‘casse-toi pauv’ con’ 3. The anonymous visitor’s first reply 3.1 Utterance beginnings 3.2 Impoliteness strategies a/ Withholding politeness b/ Inappropriate speech act c/ Inappropriate identity markers d/ Enforce role shift 4. Nicolas Sarkozy’s response 4.1 The dynamics of impoliteness 4.2 The President’s offensive strategy 5. The end of the interaction 5.1 Outcome of the President’s strategy 5.2 Discourse end 6. Impoliteness and power in the ‘casse-toi pauv’ con’ incident” 7. Conclusion Notes References Impoliteness in the media and its reception (Iwona Benenowska) Abstract 1. Introduction 2. Data analysis 2.1 Sample A - S. Niesiołowski, MP (11 May 2012) 2.1.1 Situational background and linguistic behaviour 2.1.2 Discussion 2.1.3 Reception 2.2 Sample B. – K. Wojewódzki and M. Figurski (12 June 2012) 2.2.1 Situational background and linguistic behaviour 2.2.2 Discussion 2.2.3 Reception 4. Summary Notes References Internet sources Spread of impoliteness through media in the society Case in Iranian serial Qahveye Talkh (Bitter Coffee) (Marzieh Bashirpour / S. Imtiaz Hasnain) Abstract 1. Introduction 2. Approaches to impoliteness and media effects 2.1. Politeness/Impoliteness dichotomy 2.1.1. Definition of impoliteness 2.1.2. Impoliteness framework 2.2. Models of media effects 2.2.1. Direct effects 2.2.2. Conditional effects 2.2.3. Cumulative effects 2.2.4. Cognitive-transactional model 3. Data and methods 3.1. About Qahve Talkh (Bitter Coffee) 3.2. Gathering the Data 3.3. The method of analysis 4. Data analysis 4.1. Bald on record impoliteness strategies 4.2. Positive impoliteness strategies 4.3. Negative Impoliteness strategies 4.4. Sarcasm or Mock Impoliteness 4.5. Withhold politeness 5. Discussion 5.1. The impoliteness strategies 5.2 Media and language change 6. Conclusion References Translation of Taboo Expressions in Arabic Subtitling (Sattar Izwaini) Abstract 1. Introduction 2. Corpus 3. Categories of managed subtitling 3.1 God and Religion 3.2 Sexual references 3.3 Body parts 3.4 Alcohol and Drugs 3.5 Social designations 3.6 Other Taboo Expressions 4. Translation Strategies 5. Features of culturally mitigated Arabic subtitles 6. Development of translation norms 7. Conclusion Acknowledgment Notes References Sources Series Index