{"product_id":"the-language-of-fear-piotr-cap-9781349955718","title":"The Language of Fear: Communicating Threat in Public Discourse","description":"This book investigates linguistic strategies of threat construction and fear generation in contemporary public communication, including state political discourse as well as non-governmental, media and institutional discourses. It describes the ways in which the construction of closeness and remoteness can be manipulated in the public sphere and bound up with fear, security and conflict. Featuring a series of case studies in different domains, from presidential speeches to environmental discourse, it demonstrates how political and organizational leaders enforce the imminence of an outside threat to claim legitimization of preventive policies. It reveals that the best legitimization effects are obtained by discursively constructed fear appeals, which ensure quick social mobilization. The scope of the book is of immediate concern in the modern globalized era where borders and distance dissolve and are re-imagined. It will appeal to students and researchers in linguistics, discourse analysis, media communication as well as social and political sciences.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Piotr Cap\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 134995571X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781349955718\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Palgrave MacMillan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/23\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 91\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.29lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.27h x 5.83w x 0.22d","brand":"Piotr Cap","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48742531891455,"sku":"9781349955718","price":64.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-language-of-fear-piotr-cap-9781349955718","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}