1. Introduction.2. Understanding Social and Linguistic Change.3. At Risk-Constructs as Research Object: Research Design and Methods.4.Risk in The Times - 1950s to 2000s.5. People and Valued Objects at Risk in The Times - 1780s to 2000s.6. From Substantial Risk to Social Relations and Rhetoric.7. Institutional Strategies and a New Quality.8. Changes in News Production and Linguistic Change.9. Social Forces and the Proliferation...