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Publication details [#64120]
Lundell, Åsa Kroon and Daniel Angus. 2018. Microphone pokes as prank or political action? Challenges to politicians’ visibility in the age of web TV. Journal of Language and Politics 17 (2) : 222–240.
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
Keywords
Place, Publisher
John Benjamins
Journal DOI
10.1075/jlp
Annotation
The production of political talk is changing in response to ongoing changes in the overall media ecology. The rise of web TV challenges the previously dominant mediated politics of traditional broadcasting. This paper examines the practices of the mediatization of politics in the web TV environment via a humorous encounter between a self-declared “prankster” posing as a web TV broadcaster, and several Swedish politicians. The discussion reflects on various data emanating from this encounter to reveal how Web TV challenges traditional broadcasting norms, and offers fresh challenges for politicians who are continuously adapting to new media logics for exposure.