Discourse of Public Participation Media - From Talk Show to Twitter

The Discourse of Public Participation Media takes a fresh look at what 'ordinary' people are doing on air - what they say, and how and where they get to say it.

List of contents

1. Introduction: Talking on Television and Radio 2. Identity and expertise 3. Performance and the Mediated ‘Self' 4. Discourses of Participation: Telling Stories 5. Discourses of Participation: Opinion and Argument 6. Discourses of Participation: Conflict and Judgement 7. Discourses of Participation: Advice and Makeover 8. Conclusions References

About the author

Joanna Thornborrow is Professor of English Language and Linguistics at the University of Western Brittany. She has published widely on forms of media talk and social interaction in edited books and major international journals, and is the author of Power Talk: Language and Interaction in Institutional Discourse (2002).

Summary

The Discourse of Public Participation Media takes a fresh look at what ‘ordinary’ people are doing on air – what they say, and how and where they get to say it.

Product details

• Authors: Joanna Thornborrow, Joanna (University of Western Brittan Thornborrow, Thornborrow Joanna
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.11.2014
• EAN: 9781138024946
• ISBN: 978-1-138-02494-6
• No. of pages: 200
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > General, dictionaries; History, Cultural Studies, Discourse Analysis, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies, Humanities, Communication Studies, TV & society, Media studies: TV and society, Semantics, discourse analysis, stylistics