The Discourse of Public Participation Media - 9781138024946

Taylor & Francis

The Discourse of Public Participation MediaFrom talk show to Twitter\nAuthor(s): Joanna Thornborrow\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138024946, 978-1138024946\nSynopsis\nThe Discourse of Public Participation Media takes a fresh look at what ordinary people are doing on air what they say, and how and where they get to say it.\n\nUsing techniques of discourse analysis to explore the construction of participant identities in a range of different public participation genres, Joanna Thornborrow argues that the role of the ordinary person in these media environments is frequently anything but.\n\nTracing the development of discourses of public participation media, the book focusses particularly on the 1990s onwards when broadcasting was expanding rapidly: the rise of the TV talk show, increasing formats for public participation in broadcast debate and discussion, and the explosion of reality TV in the first decade of .