4.2 Archives Podcast Flashcards
Genre / mode?
Printed transcript of audio podcast / multimodal in production and consumption
Audience?
Broad, internet accessible, interest in science fiction / history / conspiracy / military / government archives
Purpose?
Inform / entertain / contribute to debate about paranormal / reflect on government measures / transition of records to other media for posterity
Broadcast in…
2009
Generic conventions?
Spoken form / techniques, multiple speakers, equal turn length, informal tone
Ideas of…
Censorship
Released in response to…
The government moving files on UFO sightings to the National Archives
Vocab for Bob’s voice? (4)
Dismissive, cynical, transactional, sceptical
Vocab for Jo’s voice? (5)
Naive, enthusiastic, knowledgeable, mysterious, dynamic
Jo: ‘mysterious lights in the sky, unexplained radar traces’ analysis?
Mysterious lexis; familiar collocation relating to aliens; context bound lexis; alien lexis
Jo: ‘And it’s secret files on aliens!’ Analysis?
Short sentence, fronted conjunction; appeals to audience, X-Files; exclamatory, excitement, appeal to audience
Jo: ‘Oh. Okay. World War II […] British and American pilots report to seeing strange patterns of lights’ Analysis?
Shut down by Bob, dejected; cultural exophoric reference; sibilance, mystery; references to government and aliens; motif of the strange and alien
Bob: ‘Strangest set of records we have here’ analysis?
Sibilance, connotes mystery; governmental lexis; plural, personal pronoun, affiliated; implies propaganda
Jo: ‘Because it’s a fascinating insight into the workings of government’ analysis?
Fronted conjunction; elision; premodifier, focus on government and purpose; appeal to audience
Bob: ‘Another mystery solved then. I’m getting good at this.’ Analysis?
Scooby Doo / familiar collocation; shuts Jo down; congratulates self
