Hinterfragt

Jörn Bollow uses the theory of dialogic action games developed by Weigand to distinguish two functionally different types of political TV interview. Interviews as explorative action games are determined by a superordinate search for knowledge, whereas interviewers in argumentative action games are pursuing a superordinate search for truth. The author analyses German and English interviews to show the communicative principles deployed by the actants to achieve their particular aims as effectively as possible.