Dialogue in politics / edited by Lawrence N. Berlin, Anita Fetzer.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Berlin, Lawrence N.

Fetzer, Anita, 1958-

Series:

Dialogue Studies

Dialogue studies ; v. 18

Dialogue Studies ; 18

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Communication--Political aspects.

Communication.

Communication in politics.

Language and languages--Political aspects.

Language and languages.

Dialogue analysis.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (321 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Commemorations as part of ceremonial politics normally are dialogues, speeches and symbolic actions (laying wreaths or lighting candles) between representatives and inside audiences. A TV transmission makes TV viewers another audience participating in an outside dialogue. The BBC transmission of the first UK Holocaust Memorial Day consisted of commemorative and informative discourses (aiming at "Lessons of the Holocaust") realized in footage, documentaries, testimonies, musical performances, addresses, voice-over texts, etc. Its complexity asks for a multimodal discourse analysis informed by d

Contents:

Dialogue in Politics; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Table of contents; Acknowledgements; Part I. Introduction; Dialogue in politics; 1. Introduction; 1.1 Analyzing political dialogue; 1.2 Political dialogue within media discourse; 2. The dynamics of political dialogue; 3. Politics as interaction; 4. Politics as imposition; References; Part II. Politics as interaction; Internet newspaper discussion lists; 1. Introduction; 2. Characteristics of the phenomenon; 3. A comparison to related discursive forms; 4. A comparative analysis of three cases; 4.1 Case 1. The Times 2008

4.2 Case 2. NRC Handelsblad 20104.3 Case 3. NRC-next 2011; 5. Conclusion and discussion; References; Materials; Political videos in digital news discourse; 1. Introduction; 2. Digital discourse and videos; 2.1 Studies in mediated discourses; 2.2 Videos in digital discourse; 2.3 Data; 3. Dialogue, discourse and political; 3.1 Dialogue, agents and genre; 3.2 Political dialogue and political media discourse; 4. Hybridization of news genres and journalistic stances; 4.1 Stances and news genres; 4.2 Digital news and hybridization of genres; 5. Political videos in digital news discourse

5.1 Videos as media products5.2 Genres and stances in news videos and in articles; 6. Conclusion; References; Appendix: Data sources; Watch dogs or guard dogs?; 1. Introduction; 2. What the media have done to our politics; 3. Adversarialism; 4. Specific contexts; 4.1 Interviews; 4.2 Press conferences; 4.3 News broadcasts; 5. Discussion: The role of the journalist; 6. Conclusions; References; Types of positioning in television election debates; 1. Introduction; 2. Choice of data and methodology; 3. Political discourse; 4. Dialogue in politics: Television election debates

4.1 Positioning theory5. Positioning in selected television election debates; 5.1 2008 US presidential election: Obama vs. McCain; 5.2 2010 Australian general election: Abbott vs. Gillard; 5.3 2010 British general election: Cameron vs. Clegg vs. Brown; 5.4 2008 Pennsylvania primary election: Clinton vs. Obama; 6. Summary: Strategic positioning of self and other in television election debates; References; Personal marketing and political rhetoric; 1. Introduction; 2. Personal marketing and linguistics; 3. Sociolinguistic markers and local elections in Bulgaria

4. Metaphors in the Bulgarian political discourse5. Myths in the Bulgarian political discourse; 6. Conclusion; References; Private dialogue in public space; 1. Introduction; 2. Political discourse from below and sociocultural background; 3. Motions of support as dialogic response: Structure and objectives; 3.1 Identification: Sender and receiver; 3.2 Liaison: Establishing common ground; 3.3 Focalization: Naming and thanking for political action; 3.4 Commitment: Pledging and promising future support; 3.5 Request: Requesting or asking for a favor; 3.6 Intercession: Prayer for long life

3.7 Deterrence (optional): Attacking the president's enemies

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781283894951

1283894955

9789027273086

9027273081

OCLC:

818870243