Political Interview - Broadcast Talk in the Interactional Combat Zone

This book examines the increasingly combative arena of live televised political interviewing in the twenty-first century. It draws into question not just the evasion and slipperiness of politicians but also the ethics and neutrality of journalists in a broadcast environment where "interview" can readily morph into "argument."

List of contents

Acknowledgements
Chapter 1: The Political Interview in Context
Chapter 2: Analyzing Interviews as Arenas of Language Use
Chapter 3: Total Mediatization: A Media Ecology of the Political Interview
Chapter 4: Rules of Engagement: The Conventional Political Interview
Chapter 5: "It's a Simple Question": The Adversarial Political Interview
Chapter 6: "So My Position Is...": Explanatory Answers and Agenda Contests
Chapter 7: Opinion, Emotion and Personalization in the Hybrid Political Interview
Chapter 8: Tribuneship, Objectivity and the Public Interest
Chapter 9: The Political Interview in an Opinionated World: Concluding Reflections
Appendix: Transcription Conventions
References
Index
About the Author

About the author

By Ian Hutchby

Summary

This book examines the increasingly combative arena of live televised political interviewing in the twenty-first century. It draws into question not just the evasion and slipperiness of politicians but also the ethics and neutrality of journalists in a broadcast environment where “interview” can readily morph into “argument.”

Product details

• Authors: Ian Hutchby, Hutchby Ian
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.09.2023
• EAN: 9781793640116
• ISBN: 978-1-79364-011-6
• No. of pages: 196
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Other languages / Other literatures; Media Studies, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Sociolinguistics, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Communication Policy, Sociolinguistics, Central / national / federal government policies, Communications engineering / telecommunications, Central government policies