Question types in American political interviews. A linguistic study of broadcast interactions

Academic Paper from the year 2017 in the subject American Studies - Linguistics, , language: English, abstract: The study deals with four interviews including four important politicians, Sarah Palin, Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump and Barack Obama. Through verifying this data, the study has come out with fruitful results about the question types and how they play an important role in political interviews.

The specific question type influences broadcasting interaction in political interviews regarding the way of discussing current issues about the world or inner matters. End to this, questions appear different among political interviews, although some question types are higher than others.