Investigating Media Discourse

by Anne O'Keeffe

Book Overview

Investigating Media Discourse explores spoken interactions in the media, drawing on contemporary sources from the English speaking world including chat shows, radio phone-ins and political interviews with leaders such as Tony Blair and George W.Bush.

The main theoretical framework used in this work is influenced by Goffman, where each media encounter is viewed as a three-way participation framework involving the broadcaster, interviewee...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415364671
• ISBN13: 9780415364676
• Release Date: June 2006
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.67 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.2" x 9.0"