Roles of and Responses to Teasing at The Voice

Conversation #1: Knock-Knock, It’s Yasmin!

Conversational Flow
•Kate (Editor in Chief) Important Conversation Shifts:
approaches Max Kate: Cause it’s like,
(Editorials Editor) with “Here’s this thing we don’t really understand,”
Max: Hey man,
criticism of an editorial I can always put in the thing about knock-knock ..
If you need more space,
he edited. Kate: @@@
•Max responds by That was a ridiculous sentence.
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teasing the writer of the Juliana: Wait what?
Kevin: Well my um-
editorial, Yasmin (a new Rob: Wait let me bring it up,
Kevin: My- my sports article this week,
writer who isn’t present). Rob: [There we go.
•Kevin (Sports Editor) Kevin:
Max:
[Begins four score and seven years ago [..
[@@@
makes self-deprecating Kevin: The Georgetown Hoyas,
Max: @@
jokes, shifting the focus Yeah-
away from Imani.
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Conversation #2: Affect or Effect?

Conversational Flow
•Kate (Editor in Chief) Important Conversation Shifts:
challenges Max Max: Wait Kate what is it that you’re double majoring in,
(Editorials Editor) about (Juliana, Rob start laughing, continue after end of Max’s tease)
Max: I know it’s American Studies but what is the other one?
using effect incorrectly. Kate: I can’t write about Wordsworth,
•Max asks for others’ I certainly can’t [<XXX>]
Max: [Do you remember how snitty
input and they side with you were just a minute ago,]
him. Juliana, Rob: ]@@@
Max: You were like,
•Max teases Kate about well I know what the answer is,
her mistake Kate: Well cause I changed [it and you didn’t change it to me yeah
Max: [I didn’t say you had to sit down
•Kate acknowledges the Juliana: @@ ..
Max: Ha .. Um,
error, makes self- My new title is smug [this week on the masthead
deprecating joke Kate: [@@@@
•Max ends with a self-
deprecating joke
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Conversation #3: Gabe’s Text

Conversational Flow: Important Conversation Shifts

•Max (Editorials Editor) Max: I get this text from Gabe,
teases Gabe (a new I’d never [given him my number,
Juliana: [(TSK) A friend @[@
News writer) about a text Adam: [Max, [Max
Max: [@ I get a te[xt-
message Gabe sent him Adam: [Max,
a few days earlier Don’t humiliate my writer man.
C’mon.
•Adam (News Editor) [We need him,
tries to make Max stop Max: [And it’s just like,
“Do you know where an 18-year-old guy,
teasing Gabe such as myself could get alcohol,”
•Max continues teasing --------------------------------------------
Aaron: Just be aware that Max charges in sexual favors,
Gabe Adam: @@ No ..
This is what we’ll do,
•When Max finishes the We- [we’ll make the Max Smith Challenge,
story, Aaron (Design Max: [Ass, grass or cash.
Adam: Which is this,
Editor) and Adam tease If Max Smith does no reporting next week,
Max He has to buy Gabe alcohol.
Juliana: @@