‘Thanks for being here with us’: Para-social interaction and the effects of pundit talk on the Hannity and Maddow shows

IF 2.7 2区文学 Q1 COMMUNICATION

Journalism Pub Date : 2024-02-17 DOI:10.1177/14648849241232798

Andrea McDonnell, Adam Silver

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Abstract

Contemporary American television news centers pundits as key voices in national political discourse. The most prominent pundits anchor their own programs, often during primetime hours, reaching large audiences . This paper analyzes pundits’ performance of a type of news talk that is designed to appear unscripted and therefore authentic, enhancing parasocial interaction (PSI) with viewers and affirming pundits’ roles as experts. Data collected from two of the most-watched pundit-helmed news shows— Hannity and The Rachel Maddow Show—suggests that pundits use greeting tokens, personal pronouns, repetition, and rhetorical questions during their opening monologues. We discuss the mechanisms through which punditry may contribute to political polarization by creating emphasis frames.

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感谢与我们在一起汉尼提和玛多节目中的准社会互动和专家谈话的效果

当代美国电视新闻以专家学者为中心，他们是国家政治话语的主要代言人。最著名的专家往往在黄金时段主持自己的节目，拥有大量观众。本文分析了专家学者在一种新闻谈话中的表现，这种谈话的目的是为了显得没有脚本，因而真实可信，增强与观众的寄生社会互动（PSI），并肯定专家学者作为专家的角色。从两档收视率最高的专家主持的新闻节目--《汉尼提》（Hannity）和《蕾切尔-玛多秀》（The Rachel Maddow Show）中收集的数据表明，专家在开场独白中使用了问候代词、人称代词、重复和反问。我们讨论了专家学者通过创建强调框架来促进政治两极分化的机制。

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Journalism COMMUNICATION-

CiteScore

7.90

自引率

10.30%

发文量

123

期刊介绍： Journalism is a major international, peer-reviewed journal that provides a dedicated forum for articles from the growing community of academic researchers and critical practitioners with an interest in journalism. The journal is interdisciplinary and publishes both theoretical and empirical work and contributes to the social, economic, political, cultural and practical understanding of journalism. It includes contributions on current developments and historical changes within journalism.