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 exploitative shows and political interviews.
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 (storytel...
This is the first book to examine the discourse of reality television. Chapters provide rigorous case studies of the discourse practices that characterise a wide range of generic and linguistic/cultural contexts, including dating shows in China and Spain, docudramas in Argentina and New Zealand, and talent shows in the UK and USA.
This is the first book to examine the discourse of reality television. Chapters provide rigorous case studies of the discourse practices that characte...
This is the first book to examine the discourse of reality television. Chapters provide rigorous case studies of the discourse practices that characterise a wide range of generic and linguistic/cultural contexts, including dating shows in China and Spain, docudramas in Argentina and New Zealand, and talent shows in the UK and USA.
This is the first book to examine the discourse of reality television. Chapters provide rigorous case studies of the discourse practices that characte...
A state-of-the-art collection of works on institutional discourse across the Spanish-speaking world. This volume focuses on how language is used in the media, politics and the workplace; what discursive identities are constructed; and how interpersonal relations are negotiated.
A state-of-the-art collection of works on institutional discourse across the Spanish-speaking world. This volume focuses on how language is used in th...