The conversationalization of television talk in the mediated public sphere : an analysis of the British audience participation talk show and the docu-soap

This thesis investigates the daytime audience participation talk show and the docu-soap, in terms of public participation in a televisual public sphere. It is argued that these genres show the conversationalization of television talk where the dichotomies of public/private, citizen/consumer and info...

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Main Author: Hair, Carolyn Houston
Published: Southampton Solent University 2003
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.436062