The news interview has become a major vehicle for presenting broadcast news and political commentary. This book examines the place of the news interview in Anglo-American broadcasting as well as its historical development in the United States and Britain. It discusses the fundamental norms and conventions that shape conduct in the modern interview, including the linguistic and interactional practices of journalists. Through analyses of well-known interviews, the book explores the relationship between journalists and public figures, and reveals the tensions lying beneath the surface of the nightly news.
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The news interview has become a major vehicle for presenting broadcast news and political commentary. This much-needed text examines the place of the news interview in Anglo-American broadcasting as well as its historical development in the United States and Britain. It discusses the fundamental norms and conventions that shape conduct in the modern interview, including the linguistic and interactional practices of journalists. Through analyses of well-known interviews, the book explores the relationship between journalists and public figures, and reveals the tensions lying beneath the surface of the nightly news.
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If you sit down in front of your television to catch up on the news, or if you turn on the radio for the same purpose, you will very likely be treated to a series of stories narrated by an anchorperson or correspondent. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
news interview context, news interview openings, neutralistic posture, news interview questions, neutralistic stance, interviewer neutralism, more substantial impression, news interview talk, broadcast news interview, interrogative syntax, news interview shows, prefaced questions, background segment, question preface, topical agenda, interview questioning, overhearing audience, closing turn, interview closings, news interviews, current affairs programming, agenda shift, prefatory statements, questioning turn, interview discourse Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
South Africa, United States, Ted Koppel, Robin Day, Labour Party, Jim Lehrer, Dan Rather, Bob Dole, Meet the Press, Prime Minister, George Bush, Radio World, Face the Nation, Jeremy Paxman, Pat Buchanan, Ross Perot, White House, Arthur Scargill, David Frost, Herbert Beukes, John Humphrys, Sam Donaldson, Bill Clinton, Charles Gibson, Peter Snow New!
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If you sit down in front of your television to catch up on the news, or if you turn on the radio for the same purpose, you will very likely be treated to a series of stories narrated by an anchorperson or correspondent. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
news interview context, news interview openings, neutralistic posture, news interview questions, neutralistic stance, interviewer neutralism, more substantial impression, news interview talk, broadcast news interview, interrogative syntax, news interview shows, prefaced questions, background segment, question preface, topical agenda, interview questioning, overhearing audience, closing turn, interview closings, news interviews, current affairs programming, agenda shift, prefatory statements, questioning turn, interview discourse Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
South Africa, United States, Ted Koppel, Robin Day, Labour Party, Jim Lehrer, Dan Rather, Bob Dole, Meet the Press, Prime Minister, George Bush, Radio World, Face the Nation, Jeremy Paxman, Pat Buchanan, Ross Perot, White House, Arthur Scargill, David Frost, Herbert Beukes, John Humphrys, Sam Donaldson, Bill Clinton, Charles Gibson, Peter Snow New!
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