by Andrew Tolson (Editor)
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.
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 222
Edition: 1
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 13 Jul 2001
ISBN 10: 0805837469
ISBN 13: 9780805837469