Bourdieu, Language and the Media engages with key theoretical and analytical issues in the field of media, communication and cultural studies. Whilst taking the reader through the rich theoretical ideas associated with Bourdieu's social and cultural writings on media and society, this book demonstrates how the ideas can be applied in media analysis. Drawing on press reports, talk radio, internet polls and photojournalism, the book enables its readers to see how Bourdieu's ideas can offer a real alternative to other approaches in the analysis of language and the media such as semiotics, critical discourse analysis and ethnomethodology.