1st Edition
Talk on Television Audience Participation and Public Debate
216 Pages
by
Routledge
214 Pages
by
Routledge
216 Pages
by
Routledge
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Not only is everyday conversation increasingly dependent on television, but more and more people are appearing on television to discuss social and personal issues. Is any public good served by these programmes or are they simply trashy entertainment which fills the schedules cheaply? Talk on Television examines the value and significance of televised public debate. Analysing a wide range of... Read more
List of tables, Acknowledgements, 1 Television talk and talking about television, 2 The mass media, democracy and the public sphere, 3 Studio debates and audience discussions: a television genre, 4 The critical viewer, 5 Media constructions of expertise and common sense, 6 Media management of argument and rhetoric, 7 Studio discussions, social spaces and postmodernity, Appendix 1: Data collection, Appendix 2: Programme selection, Appendix 3: Coding of focus group discussions, References, Index
Biography
Sonia Livingstone, Peter Lunt
