Talk on television : audience participation and public debate /

Livingstone, Sonia M.

Talk on television : audience participation and public debate / Sonia Livingstone and Peter Lunt. - London ; New York : Routledge, 1994. - 201 p. ; 24 cm. - Communication and society . - Communication and society (Routledge (Firm)) .

Includes bibliographical references (p. [186]-197) and index.

1. Television talk and talking about television -- 2. The mass media, democracy and the public sphere -- 3. Studio debates and audience discussions: a television genre -- 4. The critical viewer -- 5. Media constructions of expertise and common sense -- 6. Media management of argument and rhetoric -- 7. Studio discussions, social spaces and postmodernity -- Appendix 1: Data collection -- Appendix 2: Programme selection -- Appendix 3: Coding of focus group discussions.

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Television talk shows.
Television viewers.
Television broadcasting--Social aspects.

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