Abstract:
This research was conducted to investigate the interaction between host and guests , the process of production and the audience attitude toward Thai television health programs in Ethnography of Communication. Case study "Prik furn Sukkapab Kon Mueng" and "Variety Prik furn Sukkapab" with the concept and theoretical framework of Thai Medical Service System and Western Medical Service System, An ethnography of communication by Dell Hymes and Saville-troike ,The Polite way of Language by Brown and Levinson and Discourse Analysis. Base on these frameworks, this research investigated methods of conceptualizing issue that presenting in the programs, content's structure of the program, analyzing the form of interaction between host and guests and audience attitude by using qualitative research method and ethonography method.The research found that "Prik furn Sukkapab Kon Mueng" program submitted the theoretical of Biomedicine while "Variety Prik furn Sukkapab" submitted the theoretical of health care system. Both programs emphasized on modern medical system and the patience should rely on medical institute.The form of interaction between host and guest consisted of 4 communicative events, which are the opening session, the introducing session, the question & answer session and the ending session. In each communicative event contained many speech act such as speech acts of introduction, introducing guest, greeting, calling, announcing, explaining, warning, ordering, telling story, reference, showing appreciation and inviting.The audiences' attitudes toward health program were as follows. The interviewing between host and guest should be a combination of essence of knowledge and relaxed style, and the audience still trusted the doctor's messages more than other guests' messages.