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The Nature of Conversational Structure in Family Interaction in Television Programming: An Analysis of Three Program Formats of Television Content in the U.S.A.

Davis, Leslie K.; Johnson, Fern L. – 1978

Research was conducted to examine selected formal features of conversational segments enacted by family members in three modes of television programming: documentary, prime time, and soap opera. A sample of videotape recordings for each program format was content-analyzed for: (1) segment length, (2) length of conversational turn, and (3) duration…

Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, Documentaries, Language Patterns, Language Research

Hesitation Phenomena in the Language of Family Conversations Across Three Conversational Styles in Three Formats of Television Programming in the U.S.A.

Johnson, Fern L.; Davis, Leslie K. – 1978

The research investigated the nature and frequency of hesitation phenomena in speech as presented within content segments featuring interaction among family members on three modes of television programming: documentary, prime time, and soap opera. A sample of videotape recordings for each program format was content-analyzed by noting repetitions,…

Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, Documentaries, Grammar, Language Patterns

Familial Relationships, Topics, and Conversation Styles in Family Interaction on Television in the U.S.A.

Johnson, Fern L.; And Others – 1978

The research presented here is a descriptive account, consonant with ethnographic methods, of interactions between and among family members in selected segments of documentary, prime time and soap opera television programming. The analysis of each program format was based on kinship relationships of participants, topics of conversation involving…

Descriptors: Dialogs (Literary), Discourse Analysis, Documentaries, Ethnography