Hutchby1997
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BibType | ARTICLE |
Key | Hutchby1997 |
Author(s) | Ian Hutchby |
Title | Building alignments in public debate: A case study from British TV |
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Tag(s) | EMCA, Debates, Alignment, Conversation Analysis |
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Year | 1997 |
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Volume | 17 |
Number | 2 |
Pages | 161–179 |
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DOI | 10.1515/text.1.1997.17.2.161 |
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Abstract
This artide analyses how talk is managed in a TV debate show, where politicans discuss issues in the presence of a Studio audience. Taking äs its case an episode from the British TV show Question Time, it examines the contextually sensitive use of conversational resources to build a local structure of alignment and counter-alignment between two disputing panel members and sections of the Studio audience. Analyzing a single case in detail, the article focusses on the use of recompletiont a rhetorical device described in previous work on political rhetoric (Atkinson, 1984), to construct sides in 'live political talk on TV.
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