Constructing the ‘Knife Crime Epidemic’: A Corpus-Assisted Critical Study of the Media Reporting | AHRC DTP
Subject: Linguistics
School: School of Critical Studies, College of Arts and Humanities
Supervisors: Dr James Balfour, University of Glasgow; Prof Alistair Fraser, University of Glasgow; Dr Susan Batchelor, University of Glasgow
Keywords: critical discourse analysis, corpus linguistics, knife-enabled crime, criminal justice
Discipline+Catalyst: Linguistics
Knowledge Exchange Hub: Creative Economies
Strategis Themes & Priority Areas: Equalities, Diversity, Inclusion (EDI) and Social Justice within Arts & Humanities contexts
About Aleksei’s Research:
The research utilises a combination of computer-assisted analysis techniques and critical discourse analysis to investigate how media reporting on knife-enabled crime shapes stigmatising attitudes toward young people and ethnic minorities, fostering public support for punitive measures. To explore the influence of stances presented in British national newspapers, the research adopts sociological theories on media and crime. Ultimately, this effective combination of computer-assisted analysis and sociological approaches aims to unveil how the media might manipulate language to create distorted images of knife-enabled crime and the criminal justice system.
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E-mail: a.konshin.1@research.gla.ac.uk
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