Conversational Analysis of Five Pakistani Talk Shows
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2015
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University of Management and Technology
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The purpose of this study is to explore the different behaviors of the participants regarding turn taking strategies and turn allocation in different talk shows. In the course of conversation analysis, the researcher examines hosts and guests' transaction of turn taking in these talk shows. Allocation of turns and the study of interruptions are part of this research. There are number of talk shows conducted by different hosts. This research analyzes the talk of five Pakistani talk shows of different channels. The selected shows are ‘Aesay nhi chalay ga' (Ptv), ‘Capital talk' (Geo), ‘News eye' (Dawn), ‘Kal tak' (express), ‘Off the record' (Ary). The selected shows are evening talk shows starting at 8:00 pm. The topic of all the selected talk shows is ‘target killing in Karachi (Media workers killed' 9th September, 2015). The data was collected from aforementioned talk shows. The study shows that turn taking occurs in conversation of these talk shows. However, many times, the rules of conversation are not obeyed by particpipants. The mechanism does not occur in an orderly fashion. There are some violations in turn taking such as overlapping and interruption. This research focuses on the conversational analysis of turn taking mechanism in the aforementioned talk shows. The analysis of turn taking mechanism consists of yielding the floor, holding the floor, taking the floor and turn allocation procedures. The research explains the types and causes of turn taking mechanism, which are mostly used in Pakistani talk shows and elaborates the cause of turn taking that occurs in conversation in these talk shows.
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Supervised by: Dr Muhammad Shaban Rafi
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Pakistani talk shows, Pakistani news channels, M.Phil Thesis