LA TÉLÉVISION, UN AUTRE CIRCUIT PRAGMATIQUE : LE CAS DU DÉBAT

Television and, implicitly, televised debate imply specific communication: a link is established, first, between the television and the viewer, i.e. a link with an audience that is not physically present. Then, another link is established between the speakers inside the television studio. This is another pragmatic circuit, since television provides us with an image of the utterer (the television itself), an image of the addressee (the audience or the speakers participating in the debate) and even an image of the relationship that is established in and through the discourse. Television offers a specific vision of each debate, as it involves a moment of confrontation between the interpretations proposed by each actor (participants and moderator), building a dialogic and dialogical model that involves the existence of several utterers and, at the same time, the existence of several speakers. A televised debate is, consequently, a joint construction of the interlocutors and the conclusion of the debate remains the responsibility of the final addressees.