Jörn Bollow uses the theory of dialogic action games developed by Weigand to distinguish two functionally different types of political TV interview. Interviews as explorative action games are determined by a superordinate search for knowledge, whereas interviewers in argumentative action games are pursuing a superordinate search for truth. The author analyses German and English interviews to show the communicative principles deployed by the actants to achieve their particular aims as effectively as possible.
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