Possible investigations:

Gender differences in conflict resolution:

For this I would look at mixed gender parliamentary debates, and transcribe them and look at the different techniques used to by genders to resolve conflict and argument. I thought it would be interesting to see how people in power –namely prime ministers such as David Cameron, Tony Blair compared with Margaret thatcher who had quite a lot of controversy and conflict in her time.

I also thought maybe I could look at big brother, as although this is on TV and made to be watched (which may ruin the validity) it isn’t filmed and is very spontaneous, which is what would make the data genuine and not distorted which maybe a problem in other samples e.g. the apprentice

I would then study the transcripts and see what techniques they use to resolve/how they resolve and what their response is to conflict.

This may pose a problem, with lack of data sources and lack of comparability between my two data sources.

Male and female use of taboo language in conflict:

For this area of study I could again look at big brother as this is spontaneous, i could alsp look at shows such as TOWIe which are "unscripted lines but in a structured way" so this would allow me to see how big brother and TOWIE compare as being made of TV but presented in different ways, but with the only way is Essex having some kind of structure and big brother just being an observation shown on TV.

Interview techniques of male and female interviewers:

To study this I could look at different interview shows and see how male and female interviewers ask questions or interact with the guest differently. hows such as Jonathon Ross, Ellen Degeneres, Graham Norton and Oprah could be studies and transcribed. I could also look deeper into how they interact with different gendered guests and same sex guests and more than one guest etc.