Ordinary People and the Media Jodi Lamanna and revealing in ways neither

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The authors explore what professionals and policy-makers can do to assist families living in poverty

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Using the lens of cognitive linguistics and combining insights from trauma studies and redaction criticism

Ordinary People and the Media Jodi Lamanna and revealing in ways neitherThe 'demotic turn' is a term coined by Graeme Turner to describe the increasing visibility of the 'ordinary person' in the media today. In this dynamic and insightful book he explores the 'whys' and 'hows' of the 'everyday' individual's willingness to turn themselves into media content through: * Celebrity culture, * Reality TV, * DIY websites, * Talk radio, * User generated materials online. Initially proposed in order to analyse the pervasiveness of