Gossip as strategy: The management of talk about others on reality TV show 'Big Brother'

Journal of Sociolinguistics

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 246-271

  Thornborrow, Joanna ^a   Morris, Deborah ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alignment; Big brother; Frame; Gossip; Liveness; Reality TV; Resistance; Strategy

Indexed keywords

EID: 28444436242     PISSN: 13606441     EISSN: 14679841     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9841.2004.00260.x     Document Type: Review

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