Ofer Feldman
List of John Benjamins publications for which Ofer Feldman plays a role.
2017 Do important questions demand respectful replies? Analyzing televised political interviews in Japan Journal of Asian Pacific Communication 27:1, pp. 121–157 | Article
This paper examines the attributes of questions asked during televised political interviews in Japan. It details the type, style, and mode of questions posed during broadcast programs to national- and local-level politicians, and nonpoliticians, including experts in different areas. Based on… read more
2017 Expanding factors in threat to face: Assessing the toughness/equivocation connection in Japanese televised political interviews Language and Dialogue 7:3, pp. 336–359 | Article
This paper details aspects related to the “face” – one’s social standing, reputation, and dignity – during interactions between interviewers and interviewees (both politicians and nonpoliticians) in more than 5,000 questions posed during three different broadcast interview programs aired… read more
2017 Failures in Leadership: How and Why Wishy-Washy Politicians Equivocate on Japanese Political Interviews Journal of Language and Politics 16:2, pp. 285–312 | Article
This paper examines how Japanese leading politicians deal with the communicative problems posed to them during broadcast political interviews. Based on data gathered during 14-month period in 2012–2013, the paper replicates and modifies the “Theory of Equivocation” to explore the extent to which… read more
2012 Understanding audience affiliation in response to political speeches in Japan Language and Dialogue 2:3, pp. 375–397 | Article
Affiliative response invitations were analysed in 38 speeches delivered during the 2009 Japanese general election by 18 candidates for the House of Representatives (the lower house of the National Diet of Japan). The results clearly replicated those reported by Bull and Feldman (2011) in their… read more
Beyond acceptable criticism: Assessing Japanese politicians’ debasing rhetoric Language and Dialogue: Online-First Articles | Article
This paper utilizes the concept of debasement to examine politicians’ rhetoric in Japan. It focuses on 3,233 questions posed by opposition party members to Cabinet ministers during the 2023 meetings of the budget committee in both houses of the National Diet. The analysis identifies debasement… read more