Research On Oprah Winfrey's Talk Show

Oprah Winfrey is the gold medal host of the American talk show.Her own level of hosting in the program and her ability to control the language have set a good example in the host development industry.Her show "Oprah Winfrey Program" has been called "First Rating" for decades,and has occupied the number one position in TV talk shows for 18 consecutive years.During the period of the program broadcast,the ratings of TV programs are constantly refreshed,which has important and far-reaching significance in the development history of the entire talk show.US President Barack Obama once commented on Oprah: "Oprah,you are our good friend.But I want you to know that you changed the country in an incredible way.As people say,you have a big lenient.Heart,you share your inner feelings with people.There is no one who knows how to keep in touch with people.We are very grateful for your existence." This shows that Oprah plays an indispensable role in the development of society as a whole.The role and influence of lack.The academic research on TV talk shows and the host's research mainly focuses on the host's discourse analysis,image communication,development path,etc.,and most of them focus on the comparative study of Chinese talk shows and foreign talk shows.This thesis takes Oprah Winfrey as the research object,and uses the relevant theories of mass communication,interpersonal communication and semiotics,from the four aspects of Oprah's career growth process,image orientation,host positioning and the establishment of the conversation field.Departure,analyze Oprah Winfrey's skills and methods to achieve interpersonal communication to the masses in the talk show.According to the analysis,Oprah's success in the Oprah Winfrey program is not only due to the host's intimate appeal,vivid language charm,but more importantly,in the program.Constantly showing self,novel topics,sharp questions,let the audience on the scene and the audience in front of the TV to produce the same viewing experience and psychological feelings,launched a new TV media form development model.Oprah,as the iconic figure of the host of foreign talk shows,opened up a new model in the development path of the host and the mode of expression of the host inthe program,but in contrast to the development of the host of the talk show in China,it should be from China's national conditions.Starting from the good experience of foreign countries,combined with the characteristics of China's localization,let the talk show achieve real landing and long-term development in China.The study is divided into five chapters.In the introduction part,the concepts related to this research are defined,and the reasons for selecting samples are explained accordingly.The first chapter analyzes the development of her whole life from Oprah's growth experience and career history.The second chapter analyzes the external image of Oprah and the characteristics of the internal image.The third chapter is from the program.The selection of questions,the discussion of topics,the filming and production of the show and the soul of the show analyze Oprah's host positioning;The fourth chapter takes Michael Jackson as an example.He uses semiotics to analyze the scenes appearing in the whole program and Oprah's dialogue.The fifth chapter is the reflection and summary of this research after the analysis of the above chapters,and looks forward to the future research prospects of this kind.