Research on Behind the Headlines
Abstract: TV talk shows emerged in mainland of China in 1990s. Because of their intimacy, the TV talk shows won the popularity of audience. As a new talk mode, Behind the Headlines attracted the concerns of people by its unique way. This thesis first stated the development of Behind the Headlines, and then analyzed its four major characteristics including program form, content, scene and hosting style. And thereby, the factors making the show successful were mainly analyzed. Finally, this thesis pointed out the problems of inappropriateness of utterances and lack of captions in the show, and put forward solutions to improve the commentary environment and captions in the hope that Behind the Headlines can have a better development.
Key Words: ‘Behind the Headlines’; host; talk show
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