Abstract
The present study aims to explore the gender patterns during interruptions in the context of political television discussions in the Arab community. Five mixed-sex episodes of the well-known program “The Opposite Direction” presented on Al-Jazeera Channel were examined. Quantitative and qualitative analyses were carried out to determine, which gender did more interruptions than the other. The study has considered each gender to use verbal and non-verbal statements to express that they were doing interruptions or that they were being interrupted. The results showed that women interrupted more than did men. Moreover, it has also been shown that men reacted in a more severe and aggressive way, when they were interrupted by women.
Highlights
The unstable political situation of the Middle East has increased the number of viewers of political television discussions (PTDs) in the last two decades
The number of IIs made by female guests was (n=28), accounting for (58.3%) percent of all IIs performed by both genders
Bahrain.... a public uprising or a political conflict? Total number of intrusive interruptions performed by each gender in all PTDs
Summary
The unstable political situation of the Middle East has increased the number of viewers of political television discussions (PTDs) in the last two decades. Al-Jazeera TV channel is a famous news channel in the whole world as well as in the Arabic world This channel has a very big impact on the industry of news media and has attracted attention of all Arab television viewers. One of the most popular PTD programs is called “Al Eteijah al Muakes”, which means “The Opposite Direction” broadcasted on the Arabic channel, Al-Jazeera. This TD program tackles important current political and social issues of the Arabic community; most of the topics are politically-oriented. “The Opposite Direction” PTD is similar to panel discussions, in which a discussion about a certain topic is happening between some guests (most of the time two) and a host mediating between them. Though this PTD has been broadcasting for more than twenty years, any a frequent observer of the show notices the small participation of women in comparison to men
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