Follow-ups in political talk shows and their visual framing
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Christoph Sauer
Abstract
The chapter aims to provide corpus-analytical insights into the multimodality of political discourse in the Dutch talk show Pauw & Witteman. The show combines conversations with video clips and other visuals. Thus, it realises a macro follow-up by linking talk items to (earlier) news reports that are shown before the talk starts: talk as a ‘prolongation’ of politics. Meanwhile, video clips or stills accompany the developing conversation: they may support, contradict, confirm or soften it. We consider this screening on the go a micro follow-up constellation. It works, among other things, as visual framing of the evolving verbal discourse: it triggers the exchanges and determines their lines. A corpus analysis of one week proves the show’s multimodality that increases the meaning-making potential of socio-political media discourse and imposes visual authority on the speakers and participants. It turns out that classical interviews can remain as prominent accountability rituals (“set piece”), while additional forms of political conversation can diversify and become more fluid, such as in the way described here.
Abstract
The chapter aims to provide corpus-analytical insights into the multimodality of political discourse in the Dutch talk show Pauw & Witteman. The show combines conversations with video clips and other visuals. Thus, it realises a macro follow-up by linking talk items to (earlier) news reports that are shown before the talk starts: talk as a ‘prolongation’ of politics. Meanwhile, video clips or stills accompany the developing conversation: they may support, contradict, confirm or soften it. We consider this screening on the go a micro follow-up constellation. It works, among other things, as visual framing of the evolving verbal discourse: it triggers the exchanges and determines their lines. A corpus analysis of one week proves the show’s multimodality that increases the meaning-making potential of socio-political media discourse and imposes visual authority on the speakers and participants. It turns out that classical interviews can remain as prominent accountability rituals (“set piece”), while additional forms of political conversation can diversify and become more fluid, such as in the way described here.
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents vii
- Following up across contexts and discourse domains: Introduction ix
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Follow-ups in the new media
- Follow-ups in broadcast political discourse 3
- Intertextual references in Austrian parliamentary debates 25
- “I have nothing to do but agree” 57
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Follow-ups across speech events
- Bravo for this editorial! 83
- Metacommunicative follow-ups in British, German and Russian political webchats 109
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Follow-ups across speech events
- Framing the Queen’s head scarf 139
- Follow-ups in political talk shows and their visual framing 169
- Follow-ups in interpreter-mediated interviews and press conferences 205
- Follow-ups in pre-structured communication 231
- Index 263
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents vii
- Following up across contexts and discourse domains: Introduction ix
-
Follow-ups in the new media
- Follow-ups in broadcast political discourse 3
- Intertextual references in Austrian parliamentary debates 25
- “I have nothing to do but agree” 57
-
Follow-ups across speech events
- Bravo for this editorial! 83
- Metacommunicative follow-ups in British, German and Russian political webchats 109
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Follow-ups across speech events
- Framing the Queen’s head scarf 139
- Follow-ups in political talk shows and their visual framing 169
- Follow-ups in interpreter-mediated interviews and press conferences 205
- Follow-ups in pre-structured communication 231
- Index 263
