The Media Inerview

This book analyses examples of the work of famous interviewers, particularly looking at three very different journalists-intimate Caroline Jones, confrontational Paul Lyneham and chat-show host Michael Aspel. The authors argue that interviews create important type of social meaning for their audiences. They identify various interview genres, place each in its historical and social context, and provide original ways of analysing the meaning behind the verbal exchanges.
About Author :
Philip Bell has taught communications and media studies at The University of New South Wales and Macquarie University. He is the author of many articles and book chapters and is co-author of Programmed Politics: A Study of Australian Television and Implicated; America in Australia. He is currently Head of Mass Communication in the School of English and Linguistics at Macqurie University. Theo van Leeuwen taught in mass communication at Macquaries University and is now principal lecturer in communication theory at the London College of Printing. He has written many articles and book chapters and is joint author with Gunteher Kress of Reading Images.
Contents :
Acknowledgments Questions in Society A short history of the modern Caroline Jones and the search for meaning Political interviews: the adversarial genre Aspel and Co: the talkshow interview Interviewing: the first word or the las word Endnotes Name Index Subjects Index