Real Talk: Reality Television and Discourse Analysis in Action is the first book to examine the discourse of reality television. It provides state-of-the-art contextualization chapters on relevant concepts and methods, followed by rigorous case studiesof the discourse practices that characterise a wide range of generic and linguistic / cultural contexts, including dating shows in China and Spain, docudramas in Argentina and New Zealand, and talent shows in the UK and the USA. These are structured in relation to two key themes: identity and aggression. This book will be essential reading for upper-level undergraduates and graduates in linguistics, discourse analysis and media studies, as well as for practitioners in these fields-- Real Talk: Reality Television and Discourse Analysis in Action is the first book to examine the discourse of reality television. It provides state-of-the-art contextualization chapters on relevant concepts and methods, followed by rigorous case studies of the discourse practices that characterise a wide range of generic and linguistic / cultural contexts, including dating shows in China and Spain, docudramas in Argentina and New Zealand, and talent shows in the UK and the USA. These are structured in relation to two key themes: identity and aggression. This book will be essential reading for upper-level undergraduates and graduates in linguistics, discourse analysis and media studies, as well as for practitioners in these fields.
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'Overall, the collection convincingly offers insights into theories, methodologies and topics of relevance to the study of language use in reality TV shows from a discourse analytic perspective. This carefully edited work is highly recommended for scholars working in media linguistics and discourse analysis, especially those who work on identity construction, (im)politeness and genre.' - Journal of Pragmatics
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| Introduction |
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Part I The Reality of Discourse and Discourse Analysis: Theory, Approaches, Practices |
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1 Reality television: a discourse-analytical perspective |
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Pilar Garces-Conejos Blitvich |
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2 Discourse approaches to the study of reality television |
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Part II Reality Television and Identity |
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3 How `real' is reality television in China? On the success of a Chinese dating programme |
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4 The (inter)play of nationality, religiosity and gender: textual mechanisms for the rich representation of Israeli identity on a reality race gamedoc |
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5 `There's no harm, is there, in letting your emotions out': a multimodal perspective on language, emotion and identity in MasterChef Australia |
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6 The aesthetics of poverty and crime in Argentinean reality television |
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7 Heroic endeavours: flying high in New Zealand reality television |
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Part III Reality Television and Aggression |
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8 (Im)politeness and exploitative TV in Britain and North America: The X Factor and American Idol |
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9 Impoliteness in US/UK talent shows: a diachronic study of the evolution of a genre |
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10 `No eres inteligente ni para tener amigos... Pues and a que tu' [ `You are not even clever enough to have any friends... Look who's talking!']: a quantitative analysis of the production and reception of impoliteness in present-day Spanish reality television |
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11 `You are killing your kids': framing and impoliteness in a health makeover reality TV show |
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12 Moments of truth: telling it like it is on The Jeremy Kyle Show |
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Monika Bednarek, University of Sydney, Australia José Luis Blas-Arroyo, Universitat Jaume I, Castellón, Spain Patricia Bou-Franch, University of Valencia, Spain Jonathan Culpeper, Lancaster University, UK Pilar Garcés-Conejos Blitvich, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA Cynthia Gordon, Syracuse University, USA Oliver Holmes, previously of Lancaster University, UK Nuria Lorenzo-Dus, Swansea University, UK María Laura Pardo, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina Philippa K. Smith, AUT University in Auckland, New Zealand Andrew Tolson, De Montfort University, UK
