Steven E. Clayman
List of John Benjamins publications for which Steven E. Clayman plays a role.
2020 Gender matters in questioning presidents The Mediated Communication of Gender and Sexuality in Contemporary Politics, Smith, Angela and Michael Higgins (eds.), pp. 125–143 | Article
This paper traces the increasing prominence of women in the White House press corps over the latter half of the 20th century, and considers how this trend toward greater gender balance has impacted the questioning of presidents. Modest gender differences are documented in the topical content of… read more
2017 Hardballs and softballs: Modulating adversarialness in journalistic questioning The micro-politics of sequential organization: Contributions from conversation analysis and ethnomethodology, Mondada, Lorenza and Sara Keel (eds.), pp. 19–39 | Article
The design of questions in news interviews and news conferences has proven to be an illuminating window into the tenor of press-state relations. Quantitative studies have charted aggregate variations in adversarial questioning, but less is known about variations in the intensity of… read more
2014 Benefactors and beneficiaries: Benefactive status and stance in the management of offers and requests Requesting in Social Interaction, Drew, Paul and Elizabeth Couper-Kuhlen (eds.), pp. 55–86 | Article
The implementation and ascription of ‘first actions’ has until recently been an understudied area within conversation analysis. Recently, exploratory studies in the domains of epistemics and deontics have led to a revival of interest in this problem. This paper addresses the same issue through the… read more
2011 Chapter 1. Questioning candidates Talking Politics in Broadcast Media: Cross-cultural perspectives on political interviewing, journalism and accountability, Ekström, Mats and Marianna Patrona (eds.), pp. 15–32 | Chapter