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When being quotidian meets being ordinary

  • Yoshiko Matsumoto
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The Construction of ‘Ordinariness’ across Media Genres
This chapter is in the book The Construction of ‘Ordinariness’ across Media Genres

Abstract

Building on previous studies of casual conversations by older Japanese women in which quotidian reframing was used as a strategy to present serious and extraordinary situations from the perspective of the quotidian (e.g. Matsumoto 2011), this chapter examines how reframing to the quotidian, i.e. “doing being quotidian,” participates in the construction of ordinariness in verbal interactions in mass media and social networks in the U.S. and Japan. Through analyses of the interaction of a veteran host of a Japanese talk show with a guest, two former U.S. Presidents’ presentations of themselves at public events, and postings on a Japanese political party’s Twitter account, we consider psychological and social conditions and effects of quotidian reframing in media.

Abstract

Building on previous studies of casual conversations by older Japanese women in which quotidian reframing was used as a strategy to present serious and extraordinary situations from the perspective of the quotidian (e.g. Matsumoto 2011), this chapter examines how reframing to the quotidian, i.e. “doing being quotidian,” participates in the construction of ordinariness in verbal interactions in mass media and social networks in the U.S. and Japan. Through analyses of the interaction of a veteran host of a Japanese talk show with a guest, two former U.S. Presidents’ presentations of themselves at public events, and postings on a Japanese political party’s Twitter account, we consider psychological and social conditions and effects of quotidian reframing in media.

Chapters in this book

  1. Prelim pages i
  2. Table of contents v
  3. Introduction 1
  4. Part I. Constructing ordinariness in politicians’ discourse
  5. Are Austrian presidential candidates ordinary people? 21
  6. “You bring the steaks, I’ll bring the salad” 51
  7. Quoting ordinary people in Prime Minister’s Questions1 73
  8. “Well, Yair? When will you be prime minister?” 103
  9. Part II. Constructing ordinariness in experts’ discourse
  10. “I can do math, but I’m not that smart. I’m not brilliant” 133
  11. Ordinary science 157
  12. Constructing ‘ordinariness’ 179
  13. Part III. Constructing ordinariness in ordinary media
  14. Constructing ordinariness in online commenting in Hebrew1 and Finnish 209
  15. Ordinary people’s political discourse in old and new French media 237
  16. When being quotidian meets being ordinary 269
  17. Index 295
https://doi.org/10.1075/pbns.307.11mat

Chapters in this book

  1. Prelim pages i
  2. Table of contents v
  3. Introduction 1
  4. Part I. Constructing ordinariness in politicians’ discourse
  5. Are Austrian presidential candidates ordinary people? 21
  6. “You bring the steaks, I’ll bring the salad” 51
  7. Quoting ordinary people in Prime Minister’s Questions1 73
  8. “Well, Yair? When will you be prime minister?” 103
  9. Part II. Constructing ordinariness in experts’ discourse
  10. “I can do math, but I’m not that smart. I’m not brilliant” 133
  11. Ordinary science 157
  12. Constructing ‘ordinariness’ 179
  13. Part III. Constructing ordinariness in ordinary media
  14. Constructing ordinariness in online commenting in Hebrew1 and Finnish 209
  15. Ordinary people’s political discourse in old and new French media 237
  16. When being quotidian meets being ordinary 269
  17. Index 295
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