Talk on television : audience participation and public debate / Sonia Livingstone and Peter Lunt.

By:

Livingstone, Sonia M [author.]

Contributor(s):

Lunt, Peter K. (Peter Kenneth), 1956- [author.]

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Communication and society (Routledge (Firm))Publication details: London ; New York : Routledge, 1994.Description: 1 online resource (201 pages)Content type:

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

0203131916
9780203131916
9780415077378
0415077370
9780415077385
0415077389
9786610327829
6610327823
1134900449
9781134900442
1134900457
9781134900459
1280327820
9781280327827

Subject(s): Genre/Form:

Additional physical formats: Print version:: Talk on television.DDC classification:

791.45/6 20

LOC classification:

PN1992.8.T3 L58 1994eb

Other classification:

05.36
AP 36160
MS 7990

Online resources:

EBSCOhost

Contents:

Chapter 1 Television talk and talking about television -- chapter 2 The mass media, democracy and the public sphere -- chapter 3 Studio debates and audience discussions -- A television genre -- chapter 4 The critical viewer -- chapter 5 Media constructions of expertise and common sense -- chapter 6 Media management of argument and rhetoric -- chapter 7 Studio discussions, social spaces and postmodernity.

Review: 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 programmes including Kilroy, Donohue and The Oprah Winfrey Show, the authors draw on interviews with both the studio participants and with those watching at home. They ask how the media manage discussion programmes and whether the programmes really are providing new 'spaces' for public participators. They find out how audiences interpret the programmes when they appear on the screen themselves, and they unravel the conventions - debate, romance, therapy - which make up the genre. They also consider TV's function as a medium of education and information, finally discussing the dangers and opportunities the genre holds for audience participation and public debate in the future.[publisher].

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 186-197) and index.

Print version record.

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 programmes including Kilroy, Donohue and The Oprah Winfrey Show, the authors draw on interviews with both the studio participants and with those watching at home. They ask how the media manage discussion programmes and whether the programmes really are providing new 'spaces' for public participators. They find out how audiences interpret the programmes when they appear on the screen themselves, and they unravel the conventions - debate, romance, therapy - which make up the genre. They also consider TV's function as a medium of education and information, finally discussing the dangers and opportunities the genre holds for audience participation and public debate in the future.[publisher].

English.

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