Announced refusal to answer: A study of norms and accountability in broadcast political interviews

Discourse Studies

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 681-702

  Ekström, Mats ^a  

^a ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Accounts; Announced refusal; Broadcast interview; Non answer; Norms; Political interview

Indexed keywords

EID: 71649103316     PISSN: 14614456     EISSN: 14617080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1461445609347232     Document Type: Article

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