The before and after of a political interview on TV : Observations of off-camera interactions between journalists and politicians

• This article deals with the organization of off-camera interactions between journalists and politicians. What kinds of talk transpire between the participants before and after the broadcast interview? What functions do the before and after interview interaction seem to have? What social norms and conventions seem to influence the character of the pre-interview and post-interview discourse? How are their respective professional roles negotiated in these settings? The framing of the interview as an object of study in its production context aims to contribute to existing research on the news interview, specifically within Conversation Analysis (e.g. Clayman and Heritage 2002), which has not studied processes of production, but has mostly restricted itself to analyses of that which is broadcast to the audience.

Subject headings

SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP  -- Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap (hsv//swe)

SOCIAL SCIENCES  -- Media and Communications (hsv//eng)

Keyword

interview

off-camera

interactions

journalism

front-region

back-region

interactional asymmetry

communication

goals

teaming

Media and communication studies

Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap

medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap

medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap

Publication and Content Type

ref (subject category)

art (subject category)