Publications

Publication details [#55649]

Carpentier, Nico and Nick Resmann. 2011. The “Ordinary” on Commercial Radio and TV: A Reception Analysis of the Subject Position of Ordinary People in the Participatory Programs Recht van Antwoord and Zwart of Wit. The Communication Review 14 (1) : 1–23.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

radio | reception | subject | talk show | television

Language as a subject

Dutch

Place, Publisher

Taylor & Francis

Annotation

This paper explores the articulation and the reception of the subject position 'ordinary people' by examining focus group discussions on 2 North Belgian commercial (semi-) participatory programs: the radio talk show “Black or White” (Zwart of Wit) and the TV audience discussion program “Right of Answer” (Recht van Antwoord).