Stories that are worth spreading
A communicative model of TED talk narratives
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7496138 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Nahla Nadeem (0000-0001-6887-9179, King Abdulaziz University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 31 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 434-457 |
| Publication date | 2020-02-20 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Narrative Inquiry (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1387-6740 • E-ISSN: 1569-9935 |
| Publisher | John Benjamins Publishing Company (PUBLISHER • NL) |
| DOI | 10.1075/ni.19037.nad |
| OpenAlex | W3008207855 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 34 |
The present study aims to provide a conceptualization of how narratives function in TED talks. It uses Bamberg’s positioning theory as a theoretical framework to build a communicative model of TED Talk narratives. TED narratives are “small stories” that are told, indeed performed, in the presence of an audience and designed to accomplish particular rhetorical aims. The model specifically investigates (1) how genre features affect the design and rhetorical aims of TED talk narratives, (2) TED speaker’s narrative positioning and multi-modal narrative performance, (3) evidence of the audience’s engagement in the narrative and finally, (4) TED narratives as a scaffold for potential individual and social change. Using a multi-modal discourse analysis approach, the model is applied to the narratives used in Guy Winch’s TED Talk ( Winch, 2015 ). The model provides an analytical tool for investigating the dynamic interaction and semiotic signaling involved in the communicative performance of TED Talk narratives
Conceptualization · Linguistics · Narrative · Narrative criticism · Narrative inquiry · Narrative network · Rhetorical question · Sociology · Computer Science · Media Studies and Communication · Media, Gender, and Advertising · Narrative Theory and Analysis · Philosophy · Artificial Intelligence
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Introduction
| Citations per year | 0.67 |
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| Citation span | 2023 - 2023 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |