Verbal and non-verbal samples from a TV interview

• Main Authors: Maria Cristina Faria Dalacorte Ferreira, Renata Ferreira Rios
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos 2013-04-01
• Series: Verso e Reverso
• Subjects: Conversation Analysis; interviews; verbal and non-verbal elements; conversational style
• Online Access: http://www.unisinos.br/_diversos/revistas/ojs/index.php/versoereverso/article/view/ver.2013.27.64.09/1402

This study presents the analysis of verbal and non-verbal elements displayed by the participants of the interview TV program Roda Viva. The study also focuses on the investigation of the possible influences of such effects on the social and interactional process during the TV show. The structure of the program includes the main interviewer, Marilia Gabriela, the guest, in this case, the actor Wagner Moura, and other journalists that are all seated around the guest. The study reveals that, throughout the conversation, overlaps and raising tone of voice, produced especially by the main interviewer, occur in relevant moments of the interview, possibly to collaborate with the guest, who exhibited a lot of hesitations in what would be considered a non-preferred topic. These strategies may also reveal a unique marc of Marilia Gabriela’s conversational style.