Definitions Week 4

Question 1

Interactivity

Answer 1

Level of interaction between the presenter and audience, for example direct address

Question 2

Quasi-interactive

Answer 2

Whereby one party produces symbolic forms for those not present, and another party accepts those symbols even though they are unable to respond

Question 3

Liveliness

Answer 3

Level of spontaneity

Question 4

Author

Answer 4

Composing the message

Question 5

Animator

Answer 5

Uttering the message

Question 6

Principal

Answer 6

Carrying responsibility for the message’s content

Question 7

The broadcast paradox

Answer 7

Performing for a physically absent audience and speaking to that audience in an intimate/friendly manner

Question 8

Lexico-grammatical features

Answer 8

Name and location features

Question 9

Prosodic features

Answer 9

Intonation, stress and rhythm

Question 10

Spatial deixis

Answer 10

Adverbs of location used deictically

Question 11

Demonstrative referencing

Answer 11

A determiner that points to a noun

Question 12

Narrative

Answer 12

News taking the form of a story

Question 13

Commentary

Answer 13

A descriptive spoken account of an event as it happens