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Constructions of Risks to Life in News Media

Name: Constructions of Risks to Life in News Media
Brand: Bloomsbury Academic
SKU: 48931527
Price: 131.89 EUR
Availability: InStock
Author: Michaela Mahlberg
ISBN: 9781350530638

Michaela Mahlberg

Gavin Brookes

Language

English

Book Hardback

Libristo code: 48931527

Publishers Bloomsbury Academic, February 2026

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This book investigatesthe construction of risks through discourse to provide new insights into the relationship between risk discourse and society.

It explores how British newspapers used language to discursively construct four different types of risks to life, namely terror attacks, earthquakes, road accidents, and heart attacks, between 2017 and 2020, examining what makes some risk events newsworthy, and how this relates to the way they are perceived.

The author offers new insights into risk reporting by using an approach combining theories and methodologies from corpus linguistics and critical discourse studies focusing on news values and risk perception. Through a focus on risks to life, related social actors, and consequences, he demonstrates salient discursive strategies found in risk reporting, including dramatisation, naturalisation, impersonalisation, blame, responsibility, and risk management. These strategies contribute differently to the construction of the risks and can potentially be linked to how the media amplify or attenuate risk perception in society, a consequence of media language use.

This interdisciplinary book goes beyond linguistics to engage with discussions related to media studies, e.g. the concentration of media ownership in the UK, and news values; risk literature, e.g. risk perception, sociological theories of risk, and risk communication; and the relationship between media and risk perception, and studies related to each risk.