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Overcoming discursive prohibitions in participatory media: A case study on talk about homosexuality in Tanzania
Department of Linguistics, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), UCLA, Linguistics, 3125 Campbell Hall, 335 Portola Plaza, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-6497-8986
2018 (English)In: Language & Communication, ISSN 0271-5309, E-ISSN 1873-3395, Vol. 58, p. 34-46Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

Novel genres of participatory media often criticized as info- or edutainment are regularly used in developing countries for pursuing liberal ideologies. Conversation and discourse analysis applied to unedited footage of such genre from East Africa reveals how its format and organization introduce participants and audience to the political role of active citizens. A detailed analysis of a selected episode on homosexuality—a crime and a subject of legal censorship in the region—investigates how televised media may contribute to changing discursive norms. By strategically shifting footing and generating a vivid televisual conflict, the hosts open up a discursive space that allows for the transgression of discursive prohibitions without jeopardizing the legal status of the show.

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Elsevier, 2018. Vol. 58, p. 34-46
Keywords [en]
Participatory media, Discourse analysis, Conversation analysis, Homosexuality, Censorship, Swahili
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General Language Studies and Linguistics
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URN: urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-160865DOI: 10.1016/j.langcom.2017.10.003OAI: oai:DiVA.org:liu-160865DiVA, id: diva2:1360258
Available from: 2019-10-11 Created: 2019-10-11 Last updated: 2020-01-13Bibliographically approved

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