Ian Hutchby is honorary professor of sociology at the University of York.

• AcknowledgementsChapter 1: The Political Interview in ContextChapter 2: Analyzing Interviews as Arenas of Language UseChapter 3: Total Mediatization: A Media Ecology of the Political InterviewChapter 4: Rules of Engagement: The Conventional Political InterviewChapter 5: “It’s a Simple Question”: The Adversarial Political InterviewChapter 6: “So My Position Is…”: Explanatory Answers and Agenda Contests Chapter 7: Opinion, Emotion and Personalization in the Hybrid Political InterviewChapter 8: Tribuneship, Objectivity and the Public InterestChapter 9: The Political Interview in an Opinionated World: Concluding ReflectionsAppendix: Transcription ConventionsReferencesIndexAbout the Author

This book gives a comprehensive overview of the contemporary developments in broadcast political interviews from a conversation analytical point of view. Ian Hutchby is a keen observer of interactional techniques that often go unnoticed in the communication between journalists and politicians. He describes and explains them in a fine-grained and systematic way, thereby adding a valuable contribution to both the study fields of political communication and media discourse.

Ian Hutchby is honorary professor of sociology at the University of York.

• AcknowledgementsChapter 1: The Political Interview in ContextChapter 2: Analyzing Interviews as Arenas of Language UseChapter 3: Total Mediatization: A Media Ecology of the Political InterviewChapter 4: Rules of Engagement: The Conventional Political InterviewChapter 5: “It’s a Simple Question”: The Adversarial Political InterviewChapter 6: “So My Position Is…”: Explanatory Answers and Agenda Contests Chapter 7: Opinion, Emotion and Personalization in the Hybrid Political InterviewChapter 8: Tribuneship, Objectivity and the Public InterestChapter 9: The Political Interview in an Opinionated World: Concluding ReflectionsAppendix: Transcription ConventionsReferencesIndexAbout the Author

This book gives a comprehensive overview of the contemporary developments in broadcast political interviews from a conversation analytical point of view. Ian Hutchby is a keen observer of interactional techniques that often go unnoticed in the communication between journalists and politicians. He describes and explains them in a fine-grained and systematic way, thereby adding a valuable contribution to both the study fields of political communication and media discourse.

Ian Hutchby is honorary professor of sociology at the University of York.

• AcknowledgementsChapter 1: The Political Interview in ContextChapter 2: Analyzing Interviews as Arenas of Language UseChapter 3: Total Mediatization: A Media Ecology of the Political InterviewChapter 4: Rules of Engagement: The Conventional Political InterviewChapter 5: “It’s a Simple Question”: The Adversarial Political InterviewChapter 6: “So My Position Is…”: Explanatory Answers and Agenda Contests Chapter 7: Opinion, Emotion and Personalization in the Hybrid Political InterviewChapter 8: Tribuneship, Objectivity and the Public InterestChapter 9: The Political Interview in an Opinionated World: Concluding ReflectionsAppendix: Transcription ConventionsReferencesIndexAbout the Author

This book gives a comprehensive overview of the contemporary developments in broadcast political interviews from a conversation analytical point of view. Ian Hutchby is a keen observer of interactional techniques that often go unnoticed in the communication between journalists and politicians. He describes and explains them in a fine-grained and systematic way, thereby adding a valuable contribution to both the study fields of political communication and media discourse.