ISBN:
9781410600950
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (viii, 203 p)
Edition:
Online-Ausg. Palo Alto, Calif ebrary 2011 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Series Statement:
LEA's communication series
Parallel Title:
Print version Television Talk Shows
DDC:
302.2345
Keywords:
Television talk shows
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Television talk shows
Abstract:
This study provides a deconstruction of the actual "talk" of television talk shows, and seeks to demonstrate how this "talk" is a dramatic performance: discursive dynamics fed by the host of the show with certain formulaic progress designed to get the audience hyped up
Description / Table of Contents:
BOOK COVER; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS; CONTRIBUTORS; INTRODUCTION: THE TALK SHOW PHENOMENON; CHAPTER 1 TALKING ABOUT TALK: THE ACADEMIC DEBATES; CHAPTER 2 PERFORMING TALK; CHAPTER 3 "NO, YOU RIOTED!": THE PURSUIT OF CONFLICT IN THE MANAGEMENT OF "LAY" AND "EXPERT" DISCOURSES ON KILROY; CHAPTER 4 THE MANY FACES OF WITH MENI: THE HISTORY AND STORIES OF ONE ISRAELI TALK SHOW; CHAPTER 5 "HAS IT EVER HAPPENED TO YOU?" TALK SHOW STORIES AS MEDIATED PERFORMANCE; CHAPTER 6 "IT MAKES IT OKAY TO CRY": TWO TYPES OF "THERAPY TALK" IN TV TALK SHOWS
Description / Table of Contents:
CHAPTER 7 CONFRONTATION AS A SPECTACLE: THE ARGUMENTATIVE FRAME OF THE RICKI LAKE SHOWCHAPTER 8 I'M OUT OF IT; YOU GUYS ARGUE" MAKING AN ISSUE OF IT ON THE JERRY SPRINGER SHOW; REFERENCES; INDEX
Note:
"Four of the chapters were first presented as papers at a conference on 'Identity and Performance in Broadcast Talk' held in September 1998 at the Media Research Institute of the University of Stirling"--Introd
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 193-198) and index
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Includes studies of three American talk shows (Sally Jesse Raphael, Ricki Lake, and Jerry Springer), two British (Kilroy and Trisha), and one Israeli (With Meni)
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
