Download or read book Bourdieu, Language and the Media written by J. Myles and published by Springer. This book was released on 2010-08-18 with total page 179 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book engages with key theoretical and analytical issues in the field of media, communication and cultural studies. Using case studies of radio, internet, text messaging and photojournalism, it deploys Bourdieu's ideas to reveal how language in the media is implicated in broader social patterns of 'symbolic violence'.