The production of a live TV-interview through mediated interaction

Abstract

This paper studies live television production as an interactional process and focusses primarily on the mediated interaction between the director and the script in the control room, and the camera operators in the studio. The results show that the mediated and asymmetrical character of the interaction is consequential for how participants constitute recognizable action. Firstly, timing is identified as a crucial resource for the production of intersubjectivity in this context. Secondly, a basic action sequence in live television production, the “proposal – acceptance” sequence, is described, as well as what constitutes its respective action types. Thirdly, the possibility for participants to make successful hypotheses regarding the production of one of these action types by reference to other aspects of the interactional context is demonstrated, and a case of conflicting projectabilities is also analyzed. The study underscores the relevance of CA methodology for studying the work of producing live television.

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