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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
White Listeners' Responses to "Sounding Black" and "Sounding White": The Effects of Message Content on Judgments about Language.
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Johnson, Fern L.; Buttny, Richard – Communication Monographs, 1982
Does not support the hypothesis that "sounding Black" predisposes White listeners to respond more negatively than "sounding White," regardless of content. Partially supports the hypothesis that "sounding Black" predisposes White listeners (1) to describe the speaker in stereotypic terms and (2) to respond negatively…
Descriptors: Black Dialects, Black Stereotypes, College Students, Communication Research
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