Publications

Publication details [#39570]

Thornborrow, Joanna and Debbie Morris. 2004. Gossip as strategy: The management of talk about others on reality TV show 'Big Brother'. Journal of Sociolinguistics 8 (2) : 246–271.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

discourse strategy | gossip | reality | television

Place, Publisher

Blackwell Publishers

Journal WWW

www.ingenta.com/journals/browse/bpl/josl

Annotation

This article investigates the strategic management of gossip talk to establish social relationships in the context of the reality TV show 'Big Brother'.