What is the connection between what is said on TV and how it is said? Structured around four key features of the current broadcast landscape (storytelling,closeness, conflict and persuasion), Television Discourse examines the specific forms and structures of talk across media genres as varied as reality showsand political interviews. ÍNDICE: - Abbreviations - List of Extracts, Tables and Figures - Acknowledgements - Introduction - PART I: STORYTELLING - Storytelling...or the Entertaining Construction of Reality - Once Upon a Time in a Documentary - Once Upon aTime in a Talk Show - PART II: CLOSENESS - Closeness...or How Television GetsUp Close and Personal - Live News and Closeness - 'Close' Talk and Moral Worthiness - PART III: CONFLICT - Conflict...or the Rise of Spectacular Incivility- Emotional Conflict Talk and Reality Television - Conflict Talk and Politics- PART IV: PERSUASION - Persuasion...or the Art of Occultatio - Persuasion, Politics and Television - Persuasion and Lifestyle Television - Interacting in a Broadcast Medium: Some Final Words - Glossary - Guide to Further Reading - Bibliography - Index
- ISBN: 978-1-4039-3429-1
- Editorial: Palgrave Macmillan
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 248
- Fecha Publicación: 12/12/2008
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés