Television discourse : analysing language in the media
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| Language: | English |
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New York :
Palgrave Macmillan ,
c2009
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Table of Contents:
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Storytelling...or the entertaining construction of reality
- 3. Once upon a time in a documentary
- 4. Once upon a time in atalk show
- 5. Closeness...or how television gets up close and personal
- 6. Live news and closeness
- 7. 'Close' talk and moral worthiness
- 8. Conflict...or the rise of spectacular incivility
- 9. Emotional conflict talk and reality television
- 10. Conflict talk and politics
- 11. Persuasion...or the art of occultatio
- 12. Persuasion, politics and television
- 13. Persuasion and lifestyle television
- 14. Conclusion...television discourse