%0 Journal Article %J Journal of Popular Film and Television %D 2003 %T Audiences Talking Genre: Television Talk Shows and Cultural Hierarchies %A Mittell, Jason %K audience %K Bourdieu %K cultural studies %K genre %K survey %K talk show %K taste %K television %X The author explores howaudience members make sense of the talk show genre-from daytime issueoriented programs to late-night entertainment shows-through a qualitative survey of television viewers. He argues that the genre is linked to assumed notions of identity and hierarchies of cultural value that help explain the genre's controversial history. %B Journal of Popular Film and Television %V 31 %P 36–46 %8 2003 %G eng