24th Ross Priory International Seminar on Broadcast Talk
Hellenic Army Academy
Athens, 8-9 September 2016
Seminar Programme
Thursday, 8 September
Welcome and introduction to this year’s seminar theme:
‘Crisis and the media: mediated representations of crisis in different contexts’ Marianna Patrona
“I put myself in the place of the audience”: an ethnographic case study of audience design in a debate about a crisis. Marcel Burger
Citizens’ voices and the problematic relationships to political institutions Mats Ekström and Andrew Tolson
“Down Your Way”: Ethnographic vox pops in contemporary TV news Andrew Tolson
Contestations of crisis, solidarity and human rights in media debate about the refugee issue Marianna Patrona
The threat of the other: The discursive management of ‘toxic guests’ in political debates Jan Chovanec
Sincerity, authenticity and broadcast sociability: the case of First Dates. Angela Smith
Friday, 9 September
Journalistic Questioning and Sociopolitical Change: The Case of Marriage Equality in the U.S. Steven Clayman
Interviewer style and question formats in French TV interviews with mainstream and far right politicians: a case study from ‘Des paroles et des actes’ (Words and Deeds), France 2 Joanna Thornborrow
The management of political talk in a “character” interview Michael Higgins
Changing interview practices in the age of web TV or just an innocent poke prank? Åsa Kroon
“I love Tim Howard’s beard”: Humour and expertise in football talk on the web Göran Eriksson
Comic relief in times of social tension: Representations of the Greek crisis in television comedy Georgia Aitaki
Round table discussion: seminar themes and findings; suggestions for further research, events and publications
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