“Don’t Interrupt Me! – The Etiquette of Dialogue and the Virtue of Listening” [ - Atlantis Ballroom- ]
Thursday, 13 May 2010 03:45 PM – 05:00 PM
A recent study by Mohammed Al-Nughaimish, Kuwaiti writer and researcher, featured in a book titled “Don’t Interrupt Me” shows that 70 per-cent of Arabs who participate in debates on television programmes do not have the proper etiquette of dialogue and they continuously interrupt their fellow debaters and speakers, which implies a crisis of listening and dialogue in the Arab world.
The study has also shown that 57 per cent of the speakers who are interrupted continue to speak regardless of the fact that they have been interrupted and who they have been interrupted by. This leads to live on-screen chaos that prompts viewers to switch to other channels.
This session aims to analyse the outcome of this study on the challenges in live television debates.
Topics:
- Different perspectives of different speakers during a debate/programme hold the key to a successful discussion. Keeping this in mind, do you think interruption also holds another key to successful on-screen debates?
- When is it acceptable to interrupt a speaker during a debate?
- In a debate with one guest, does the show presenter always have to play the role of a “devil’s advocate”?
- Is a quiet more low-key debate less interesting and demanding to viewers than a chaotic loud debate?
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