Disruptive and Cooperative Interruptions in Prime-Time Television Fiction: The Role of Gender, Status, and Topic

Speech characteristics of male and female characters in fictional television have received only scant attention in media content research. A content analysis of prime‐time television revealed that male characters were more likely to initiate disruptive interruptions than female characters whereas fe...

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Published in:Journal of communication 2003-06, Vol.53 (2), p.347-362
Main Authors: Zhao, Xiaoquan, Gantz, Walter
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Broadcasting
Communication
Content analysis
Fiction
Gender
Interaction
Linguistics
Mass media
Social status
Sociolinguistics and ethnolinguistics
Sociology
Speech
Status
Television
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Gender
Interaction
Linguistics
Mass media
Social status
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Speech
Status
Television
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