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Showing 1 to 6 of 6 for “"Entertainment Television"”.
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The Role of Entertainment Television in Shaping Social Behaviour of Children. A case of Kinondoni Municipality in Dar Es Salaam Region
Television as an electronic medium of communication has evolved into a potent force to be reckoned with in the transmission of social values and norms in a civilised society. It has not only become a part of everyday life, but serves as a veritable source of information, education and entertainment …
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Depictions of Donation: A Thematic Analysis of Organ Donation Storylines in Television Medical Dramas
… a better understanding of how the media utilizes entertainment television to portray storylines related to organ donation. The analyzed shows included in this study were: Grey's Anatomy, The Good Doctor, New Amsterdam, Chicago Med, and The Resident. From the analysis, six major themes emerged: …
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Gendered and classed stereotyping : the effects of viewing Teen Mom
… Media effects research demonstrates that television is impactful on audiences beyond simply serving an entertainment function. Television messages serve a socialization function, communicating cultural values and expectations to audiences. Mediated representations of sociocultural groups …
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"Motherhood", "the family" and Murphy Brown : New Zealanders' receptions of an American sitcom text
… study examines the role of American entertainment television in the social construction of 'motherhood' and 'the family' in New Zealand. It investigates how differently positioned viewers made sense of, and responded to, a particularly controversial episode of the American sitcom …
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The use of paratextual devices in broadcast promotion: a content analysis of season three of Glee on Facebook
… the third season of the Fox Broadcast Network television show Glee (n=763), from August 2011 to May 2012. The study illustrated that Facebook posts can be considered valuable paratextual devices (Gray, 2010b) that can be used in the promotion of a television program. The program’s promoters, …
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The media's role in the consolidation of democracy in South Africa: the case of the SABC's soap operas as a cultural public sphere
… and McGuigan's (2005) interest in the popular entertainment content which has often been regarded as having little significance in politics, especially democracy. In its emphasis on the consolidation aspect of South African democratic transition, the study is conducted against the backdrop of …