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Audience Participation in Political Discourse

A Study of Public Meetings

Nick Llewellyn

University of Warwick

This article describes rhetorical and sequential resources used by audiences as they participate in political discourse.The data are recordings of Area Assemblies held in North London between 2001 and 2003.The research contributes to studies of political discourse, by describing the fine interactional organization of the seemingly ‘unruly’ scenes that arise when councillors and officers confront large numbers of angry residents.

Key Words: audience behaviour • conversation analysis • local government • public meetings

Sociology, Vol. 39, No. 4, 697-716 (2005)
DOI: 10.1177/0038038505056028
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