Shows the complexity that underlies giving a presentation. This book details when things go according to plan from the perspective of the listening audience and shows how seminar presenters interact with the audience and objects around them to produce a coherent whole that is the academic presentation.

The book is of interest to academics interested in the analysis of talk and interaction, situated talk, ethnomethodology and conversation analysis.

Transcription Conventions
Introduction
Transcribing video data
The presentation as monologue
Doing the academic presentation
Showing structure within the academic presentation
Doing deixis
Interacting with objects
Conclusion
References
Index.