Dialogue in politics

Berlin, Lawrence N. (Added Author). Fetzer, Anita, 1958- (Added Author).

Summary: Commemorations as part of ceremonial politics normally are dialogues, speeches and symbolic actions (laying wreaths or lighting candles) between representatives and inside audiences. A TV transmission makes TV viewers another audience participating in an outside dialogue. The BBC transmission of the first UK Holocaust Memorial Day consisted of commemorative and informative discourses (aiming at "Lessons of the Holocaust") realized in footage, documentaries, testimonies, musical performances, addresses, voice-over texts, etc. Its complexity asks for a multimodal discourse analysis informed by d.

Record details

ISBN: 9789027273086 (electronic bk.)
ISBN: 9027273081 (electronic bk.)
Physical Description: electronic resource
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1 online resource.
Publisher: Amsterdam/Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., 2012.

Content descriptions

General Note:	3.7 Deterrence (optional): Attacking the president's enemies. Multi-User.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Dialogue in Politics; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Table of contents; Acknowledgements; Part I. Introduction; Dialogue in politics; 1. Introduction; 1.1 Analyzing political dialogue; 1.2 Political dialogue within media discourse; 2. The dynamics of political dialogue; 3. Politics as interaction; 4. Politics as imposition; References; Part II. Politics as interaction; Internet newspaper discussion lists; 1. Introduction; 2. Characteristics of the phenomenon; 3. A comparison to related discursive forms; 4. A comparative analysis of three cases; 4.1 Case 1. The Times 2008.
Source of Description Note:	Description based on print version record.