"I have not finished!" Understanding perceived Western media's bias against China through interruption in BBC HARDtalk interviews
Tuesday 28 May 2024, 12:00pm to 1:30pm
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What explains interruptions in TV interviews? This paper compares interruptions in two interviews on BBC HARDtalk with prominent Hong Kong political figures: Ronny Tong and Nathan Law.
What explains interruptions in TV interviews? Yingnian Tao compares interruptions
in two interviews on BBC HARDtalk with prominent Hong Kong political figures:
Ronny Tong and Nathan Law. Using conversational analysis, interruptions are
analysed in relation to their position and composition. Findings reveal that
interviewer and interviewee interrupt each other at similar frequency, while the
interviewees' responses to being interrupted vary significantly. Tong's responses
feature argumentation and resistance (e.g., claims of speaking rights violation,
personal attacks on the interviewer), whereas Law's responses exhibit deference
to interview norms. The interviewees’ differential responses contribute to social
media perceptions of media bias, further exacerbated by interviewer’s pursuit of
adversarial questioning.
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Name | Andrew Chubb |
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