附註:"Four of the chapters were first presented as papers at a conference on "Identity and Performance in Broadcast Talk" held in September 1988 [sic] at the Media Research Institute of the University of Sterling"--Introduction.
Includes studies of three American talk shows (Sally Jesse Raphael, Ricki Lake, and Jerry Springer), two British (Kilroy and Trisha), and one Israeli (With Meni).
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Talking about talk : the academic debates / Andrew Tolson -- Performing talk / Louanne Haarman -- "No YOU rioted!" : the pursuit of conflict in the management of "lay" and "expert" discourses on Kilroy / Helen Wood -- The many faces of With Meni : the history and stories of an Israeli talk show / Shoshana Blum-Kulka -- "Has it ever happened to you?" : talk shows as mediated performance / Joanna Thornborrow -- "It makes it okay to cry" : two types of "therapy talk" in TV talk shows / Raina Brunvatne and Andrew Tolso.
