Audience involvement in the epideictic discourse of television talk shows

Communication Quarterly

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 190-203

  McKenzie, Robert ^a  

^a EAST STROUDSBURG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Audience involvement; Epideictic; Moral consequence; Performative display; Praise or blame

Indexed keywords

EID: 84978980333     PISSN: 01463373     EISSN: 17464102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01463370009385590     Document Type: Article

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