The Bridgend Suicides

Ann Luce

ISBN 10: 1137392924 / ISBN 13: 9781137392923

Edité par Palgrave Macmillan UK, Palgrave Macmillan UK Jul 2016, 2016

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Neuware -This in depth analysis looks at how suicide was represented in the British press when 20 young people between the ages of 15 and 29 took their own lives in the South Wales Borough of Bridgend in 2008. The chapters highlight specific categories of description that journalists use to explain suicide to their readers. The study also examines the discourses that emerged around suicide that continue to perpetuate stigma and shame when suicide occurs today. Using her own experience of having lost a loved one to suicide, coupled with original research, the author gives a very frank explanation of why suicide is not accepted in society today.Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 228 pp. Englisch.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: The Bridgend Suicides
• Éditeur: Palgrave Macmillan UK, Palgrave Macmillan UK Jul 2016
• Date de parution: 2016
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 1137392924
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9781137392923
• Reliure: Buch
• État de l'article: Neu
• Dimensions: 216 L x 153 H x 17 P (en millimètres) 216 millimètres de largeur par 153 millimètres de hauteur par 17 millimètres de profondeur
• Poids: 413 grammes

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Synopsis

This in depth analysis looks at how suicide was represented in the British press when 20 young people between the ages of 15 and 29 took their own lives in the South Wales Borough of Bridgend in 2008. The chapters highlight specific categories of description that journalists use to explain suicide to their readers. The study also examines the discourses that emerged around suicide that continue to perpetuate stigma and shame when suicide occurs today. Using her own experience of having lost a loved one to suicide, coupled with original research, the author gives a very frank explanation of why suicide is not accepted in society today.

À propos de l?auteur

Ann Luce is Senior Lecturer in Journalism and Communication at Bournemouth University, UK. She worked for nearly 10 years in newspaper and magazine journalism in the United States. Much of her research focuses on the reporting of suicide, but she has also worked on projects around representations of midwifery in the media, as well as teaching disabled people how to become citizen journalists.