@article{esj 198, author = {Ariel Vazquez}, title = {The ‘Fingerprint’ of Vox Pop Interviews}, volume = {2}, year = {2009}, url = {http://publications.essex.ac.uk/esj/article/id/198/}, issue = {1}, doi = {10.5526/esj143}, abstract = {<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 6pt 4.75pt 6pt 0cm; line-height: 22px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Sylfaen, serif; color: black;">The present study is framed within the methodological basis of Conversation Analysis (CA), and it is focused on institutional talk. By means of comparing and contrasting the vox pop interview with other institutional interactions, the paper exposes the institutional and interactional features of the vox pop interview with the purpose of defining the ‘fingerprint’ of this kind of interaction. For the aim of this paper, twenty vox pop interviews were taken from the Mexican news broadcast called <i>El Notifiero</i>, available online. A total of ten vox pop interviews were selected to be analysed and transcribed using the transcription conventions of CA. The analysis of the data revealed three possible ways in which the interviewer (IR) may react to the answer of the respondent (RT); these are: nodding, making an assessment, and reformulating. It also showed that the IR may shape the interaction in order to elicit talk from the RT, and that the IR could, in some cases, build an argument just like a lawyer would in a courtroom.<o:p></o:p></span></p>}, month = {11}, keywords = {Conversation Analysis,institutional talk,vox pop interview.}, issn = {2633-7045}, publisher={University of Essex Library Services}, journal = {Essex Student Journal} }