When a government announces that it will ''listen to the
public'',we are reminded that public opinion, and not just
voting,underpins democracy. Matters olc Opinion offers an
interestinginsight into ''public opinion'' as reported in the media,
askingwhere these opinions actually come from, and how they have
theireffects. Drawing on the analysis of conversations from
focusgroups, phone-ins, and broadcast interviews with members
of''thepublic, Greg Myers argues that we must go back to
theseencounters, asking questions such as what members of''the
publicthought they were being asked, whom they were talking as,
andwhom they were talking to. He suggests that people don''t carry
astore of opinions, ready to tell strangers; they use opinions
inorder to get along with other people, and how they say things is
asimportant as what they say. Engaging and informative, this
bookilluminates debates on research methods, the public sphere,
anddeliberative democracy, on broadcast talk, and on what it meanto
participate in public life.
目錄：
EDITORS
Paul Drew, Marjorie Harness Goodwin, John J. Gumperz, Deborah
Schiffrin
Discourse strategies John J. Gumperz
Language and social identity John J. Gumperz
The social construction of literacy edited by Jenny
Cook-Gumperz
Politeness: some universals in language usage Penelope Brown
and Stephen C Levinson
Discourse markers Deborah Schiffrin
Talking voices: repetition, dialogue, and imagery in
conversational Discourse Deborah Tannen
Conducting interaction: patterns of behaviour in focused
encounters Adam Kendon
Talk at work: interaction in institutional settings Paul Drew
and
John Heritage
Grammar in interaction: adverbial clauses in American English
conversations Cecilia E. Ford
Crosstalk and culture in Sino-American communication Linda
W. L. Young and John J. Gumperz
AIDS counselling: institutional interaction and clinical
practice
Anssi Perikyli
Prosody in conversation: interactional studies Elizabeth
Couper-Kuhlen and Margret Selting
Interaction and grammar Elinor Ochs, Emanuel A. Schegloff,
and
Sandra A. Thompson
Credibility in court: communicative practices in the Camorra
Trials Marco Jacquemet
Interaction and the development of mind A. J. Wootton
The news interview: journalists and public figures on the air
Steven Clayman and John Heritage
Gender and politeness Sara Mills
Laughter in interaction Philip Glenn
Matters of opinion: talking about public issues Greg Myers
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