Publications
Publication details [#57347]
Placencia, María Elena and Catalina Fuentes Rodríguez. 2013. In between spectacle and political correctness: Vamos con todo – an ambivalent news/talk show. Pragmatics 23 (1) : 117–145.
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
Keywords
Language as a subject
Place, Publisher
International Pragmatics Association
Journal DOI
10.1075/prag
Annotation
This paper discusses the ambivalent televised Ecuadorian news/talk show 'Vamos con todo', in which hosts-panellists first convey (pre-recorded) interviews as scandalous ‘news’ stories on local and national celebrities, and then try to defuse the scandal.