‘Witnessing’: The use of first-hand knowledge in legitimating lay opinions on talk radio

Discourse Studies

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 481-497

  Hutchby, Ian ^a  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

authentication; broadcasting; conversation analysis; first hand knowledge; legitimation; opinions

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993763147     PISSN: 14614456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1461445601003004009     Document Type: Article

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