Provides a significant contribution to studies of silence, absence and discourse

Fills a lacuna by approaching these topics from a social science-based perspective

Analyses how new and old media alike are silent on certain issues

"The studies presented in this book provide meaningful results and show relevant empirical routes into the study of absence and silence in discourse, thus filling in an important gap in literature." (Fernanda Andrioli, Language in Society, Vol. 48 (3), June, 2019)