Television Discourse by Nuria Lorenzo-Dus
What is the connection between what is said on TV and how it is said? Structured around four key features of the current broadcast landscape (storytelling, closeness, conflict and persuasion), Television Discourse examines the specific forms and structures of talk across media genres as varied as reality shows and political interviews.
In a clear and engaging style, this book offers the reader a sophisticated yet accessible insight into the nitty-gritty of televisual discourseMoving seamlessly across an astounding range of programme formats, speech genres, and analytic frameworks, Lorenzo-Dus explains how television shapes our perceptions, worldviews and lifestyles. Read this book and watch television with your eyes and ears open. Scary, gripping and thought-provoking. - Professor Adam Jaworski, Centre for Language and Communication Research, Cardiff University '...useful and interesting...' - Journal of Sociolinguistics
NURIA LORENZO-DUS is Reader in the in the Department of English Language and Literature at Swansea University, UK. She has published widely on media discourse and cross-cultural pragmatics in international journals, such as Media, Culture& Society and Journal of Pragmatics, and is currently involved in an AHRC funded project on mediated memory and commemoration.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781403934291 |
| ISBN 10 | 1403934290 |
| Title | Television Discourse |
| Author | Nuria Lorenzo-Dus |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Year published | 2008-11-25 |
| Number of pages | 288 |
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