Synthetic personality

Synthetic personality

A synthetic personality is a constructed, friendly, approachable persona, often used in broadcast media. The term was initiated by Andrew Tolson, and is related to face and politeness theory.

Tolson focuses upon how the speech genre of chat is found across many broadcasts, including interviews. He identifies three features:

#topical shift towards the 'personal'
#the shift may be accompanied by displays of wit
#opens up the possibility of transgression (the interview"ee" asking the interview"er" questions)

He describes an interview between Robin Day and Margaret Thatcher in which the discourse about the General Election shifts to the personal.

ee also

*Critical discourse analysis

References

*Talbot, Mary M., Karen Atkinson & David Atkinson (2003) "Language and Power in the Modern World". Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press. ISBN 0-7486-1538-5

*Tolson, Andrew (1991) "Televised chat and the synthetic personality" In: P. Scannell (ed.) "Broadcast Talk" London: Sage. ISBN 0-8039-8375-1


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