Viral Language: Analysing the Covid-19 Pandemic in Public Discourse

by Luke C Collins and Veronika Koller

Viral Language considers a range of different types of public communication and their discussion of the Covid-19 pandemic as a way to investigate health communication. The authors introduce and apply a range of approaches informed by linguistic theory to investigate experiences of the pandemic across a variety of public contexts. In doing so, they demonstrate how experiences of health and illness can be shaped by political messaging, scientific...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0367756684
• ISBN13: 9780367756680
• Release Date: September 2023
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 198 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"