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Showing 1 to 20 of 30 for “"American TV"”.
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Liminal identity in contemporary American television science fiction
… of liminal human protagonist in contemporary American television Science Fiction. These protagonists, which I have termed the ‘unliving,’ exist in-between the realms of life and death, simultaneously both alive and dead whilst occupying an indistinct middleground. I examine how the liminal …
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THE IMPACT OF AMERICAN TELEVISION ON CHINESE COLLEGE STUDENTS
The present study examined the viewing of American Television among Chinese college students and the relationship between American TV exposure and its impact in terms of value, knowledge, belief, attitude and behavior. Data were collected from 279 Chinese college students using a cross-sectional …
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A Question of Queerness: Case Studies of Contemporary American Television
… the portrayals of gay people have changed on American television. Three contemporary programs - Will & Grace, Queer Eye for the Straight Guy and The L Word - are examined as examples of how far American television has progressed in terms of treating gay people with respect. Whether those shows …
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In Search of an AliBI: Narratives of Bisexuality in Contemporary American Television
Walter Fisher’s narrative paradigm holds that human beings are storytellers who understand the world around them through the use of stories, which inform processes of narrative rationality. This thesis explores the role that televised narratives play in the process of narrative rationality, …
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PERFECTION, WRETCHED, NORMAL, AND NOWHERE: A REGIONAL GEOGRAPHY OF AMERICAN TELEVISION SETTINGS
… identity shaped by more than seven hundred American television series that aired from 1947 to 2007. Each state's relative share of these programs is described. The geographic themes, patterns, and images from these programs are analyzed, with an emphasis on identity in five American regions: …
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Making American television series: A study of experts in the production process
… question of why and how makers of contemporary American television series obtain knowledge about social and political issues from people who have expert knowledge about these issues. I divide this question into three parts: why do TV makers need experts? Why and how do experts come to Hollywood? …
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Value chain dynamics and evolving consumer demographics in the American television industry
The American television industry has always been one of very fast 'clockspeed,' characterized by the rapid pace of innovation and the emergence of new business models. This has never been truer than now. The entrance of low-cost, viewer-tailored, subscription-based Over the Top (OTT) …
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"Other" news : enemy image construction and otherization of Al Jazeera in American television news
… the Arabic news network Al Jazeera on mainstream American television news. A textual analysis of transcripts from American television news programs on ABC, NBC, CBS, CNN and Fox News was conducted using a model of enemy image construction and Otherization in order to describe American television …
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Jewish Identity on American Television and Viewer Attitudes in an Era of Rising Anti-Semitism
… how Jewish characters are presented on screen. American entertainment has struggled with accurate portrayals of Jewish culture and characters; negative Jewish stereotypes frequently appear and perpetuate these perceptions. Due to the current rise of anti-Semitism in the United States, it is …
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THE REAL ATLANTA: REPRESENTATIONS OF BLACK SOUTHERN CULTURE, MASCULINITY, AND WOMANHOOD AS SEEN IN SEASON ONE OF THE FX SERIES ATLANTA
… challenges previous notions of Blackness on American television. The series <em>Atlanta </em>delves into conversations on hip-hop and Black culture through what has been considered an authentic representation of Black Atlanta. This paper examines tropes of Southerness and perceived homophobia …
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¿Qué significa ser LGTB en televisión estadounidense actual? estudio de cuatro personajes LGTB
… LGBT characters created in recent years on American television that show a new type of representation for each part of the LGBT community, one that is closer to the way people identify themselves, less offensive and more diverse.
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African American in Televised Advertisements: A Content Analysis
The purpose of this study was to analyze African American portrayals in televised advertisements over a sixday period in November 1995. A total of 799 advertisements were analyzed, including 205 that depicted at least one African American actor. Content analysis was used to describe the following, …
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Media Images of Sub-Saharan African Countries on the Three U.S. Television News Networks (Abc, Cbs, and Nbc) From January 1980 to September 1988: a Content Analysis
… what salient events are more likely to appear on American television networks? A content analysis of the networks' evening newscasts was conducted using the Television News Index and Abstracts. The findings support the research hypotheses that: (1) Networks coverage of Sub-saharan Africa is likely …
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Producing Representation: Re-Visiting Jewish Women in/on the American Sitcom
… of young, liberal, Jewish womanhood on the American television sitcom through the subjective experiences of television production workers, the representations they produce, and the conceptual audiences they produce them for. It grapples with the contradictions behind Jewishness and gender, …
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Cannibalism in contact narratives and the evolution of the wendigo
… Woman</em>. To close, I demarcate the trend of American television shows to appropriate the wendigo, ascertaining a fundamental misunderstanding of indigenous cultural beliefs by American popular culture.</p>
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A Social Cognitive Approach Towards Understanding The Effects Of Popular Poker Television Shows On College Students
… shows have become a leading ratings draw on American television. Since ESPN and the Travel Channel began airing their innovative poker shows in 2003, the game has reached a new following, particularly among college students. There are unique and psychologically significant factors that …
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The Amazon in antiquity and on television : deployments of a figure within gender (re)negotiations
… artists, geographers and historians, and the American television show Xena: Warrior Princess.
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Your Thoughts Projected: Television Comedies, Economic Content, and American Economic Attitudes, 1949-1990
This study analyzes the relationship between American television audiences and television comedies in the latter half of the twentieth century. The driving questions are how did television comedies depict economic content and how was that content related to American audiences' economic perceptions? …
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Contentious comedy : negotiating issues of form, content, and representation in American sitcoms of the post-network era
… have occurred within the post-network era of American television have impacted on the situation comedy in terms of form, content, and representation. This thesis argues that as one of television's most durable genres, the sitcom must be understood as a dynamic form that develops over time in …
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