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Department of English and American Studies Politicians In Masaryk University Faculty of Arts Department of English and American Studies English Language and Literature Bc. Šárka Havelková Politicians in Late-Night Celebrity Talk Shows Master’s Diploma Thesis Supervisor: doc. Mgr. Jan Chovanec, Ph.D. 2019 This page intentionally left blank 2 I declare that I have worked on this thesis independently, using only the primary and secondary sources listed in the bibliography. …………………………………………….. Bc. Šárka Havelková 3 Acknowledgement I would like to thank my supervisor doc. Mgr. Jan Chovanec, Ph.D. for his valuable advice and also to my family and friends for their endless support. 4 Table of Contents 1. Introduction .................................................................................................................. 7 2. The talk shows ............................................................................................................. 9 2.1 Definition of genre .............................................................................................. 9 2.2 Classification of talk shows .............................................................................. 12 2.2.1 Late-night entertainment talk show .................................................... 13 2.3 Socio-historical background ............................................................................. 15 3. Analyzing talk show interviews ................................................................................. 18 3.1 Description of methods ..................................................................................... 18 3.1.1 Conversation Analysis ........................................................................ 18 3.1.2 Sociopragmatics ................................................................................. 20 3.2 Research objectives .......................................................................................... 21 3.3 The data for analysis ......................................................................................... 22 3.4 The Tonight Show & Jimmy Kimmel Live! ....................................................... 22 4. Interactional phenomena in late-night talk show interviews...................................... 24 4.1 Turn-taking ....................................................................................................... 24 4.1.1 Basic question-answer pattern ............................................................ 26 4.1.2 Deviations from the question-answer ................................................. 27 4.1.3 Extended turn delivery ....................................................................... 33 4.2 Topics of discussion ......................................................................................... 37 4.2.1 Topic management ............................................................................. 37 4.2.2 Personally-oriented topics .................................................................. 38 4.2.3 Politically-oriented topics ................................................................... 40 4.3 Audience participation ...................................................................................... 43 4.3.1 Audience-orientation .......................................................................... 44 4.3.2 Audience-evaluation ........................................................................... 46 4.4 Linguistic devices ............................................................................................. 49 4.4.1 Conversation-like devices .................................................................. 50 4.4.2 Political rhetoric ................................................................................. 51 4.4.3 Humor ................................................................................................. 55 4.5 Chapter summary .............................................................................................. 59 5 5. Politicians in late-night celebrity talk show interviews .............................................. 61 5.1 Who is a celebrity? ............................................................................................ 61 5.2 Commodification .............................................................................................. 63 5.3 Personalization and congeniality ...................................................................... 67 5.4 Ordinariness ...................................................................................................... 70 5.5 Chapter summary .............................................................................................. 73 6. Conclusion .................................................................................................................. 75 References ....................................................................................................................... 78 Primary Sources ....................................................................................................... 78 Secondary Sources ................................................................................................... 79 Resumé in English ........................................................................................................... 85 Resumé in Czech ............................................................................................................. 86 Appendices ...................................................................................................................... 87 Appendix A: Transcription Conventions ................................................................. 87 Appendix B: The list of selected interviews ............................................................ 88 Appendix C: Transcribed Interviews ....................................................................... 89 Transcript 1 ..................................................................................................... 89 Transcript 2 ..................................................................................................... 94 Transcript 3 ................................................................................................... 101 Transcript 4 ................................................................................................... 108 Transcript 5 ................................................................................................... 114 Transcript 6 ................................................................................................... 118 Transcript 7 ................................................................................................... 121 Transcript 8 ................................................................................................... 127 Transcript 9 ................................................................................................... 132 Transcript 10 ................................................................................................. 141 Transcript 11 ................................................................................................. 151 Transcript 12 ................................................................................................. 157 6 1. Introduction Talk shows are popular television programs especially in the United States. They have a prolonged tradition within American culture and nowadays, they constitute an integral part of American entertainment industry. Due to the Internet connection, they also became well-known throughout the whole world. There are several types and variations of talks shows, however, the most prominent type in American televisions is late-night celebrity talk show. It is broadcasted late at night featuring usually a middle-aged male host who interviews popular figures of showbiz industry, such as actors, models, singers, or sportsmen. In the course of the last few years, however, also politicians have appeared in some of these shows. As there are many studies concerning talk shows but only a few of them take account of politicians’ appearances in the late-night celebrity format, this thesis aims to conduct a thorough analysis of interviews with politicians within late-night talk shows and explore what changes brings the persona of politician into the specifically celebrity genre. The thesis is divided into theoretical and analytical part. In the theoretical part (Chapter 2), firstly, the genre of talk show is defined in terms of spatial setting, participants and attributes of the talk. Secondly, the classification of the talk shows based on the most frequent criteria of discussion topics and broadcasting time is introduced and followed by a specification of late-night entertainment talk show that is the subject of forthcoming analysis. Thirdly, the chapter is concluded with a brief socio-historical background of the talk shows in order to contextualize and affirm the traditional character of the talk show genre. Regarding the analytical part, it is divided into three sections. In the first section (Chapter 3), the materials and methods used for the analysis are described. The chapter 7 provides a brief overview of Conversation Analysis and sociopragmatics as two inspiring methods chosen for the analysis. After that, research objectives are set forth and followed by the description of the data that consist of the late-night talk show interviews with American politicians. At the end of the chapter, the more detailed description of two selected talk
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