ABSTRACT

Direct quoting is a distinctive and essential phenomenon in the media, albeit, how it materializes varies according to the medium in which it occurs. In television and radio, the statements drawn from interviews are embedded as sound bites into a media item, whereas in print publications selected quotes-to-be are rendered as quotations. The Internet has allowed for the transgression of this traditional dichotomy, since written items can be published there without concrete printing – and mixed and blended with audio and audiovisual items without traditional broadcasting.