Hutchby1997

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Hutchby1997
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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