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Showing 1 to 20 of 84 for “"TV Shows"”.
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Criminological Self-Efficacy: Increased or Hindered From Crime TV Shows
… murder. These factors are the amount of crime TV a person watches, aggressive tendency, recklessness tendency, and potential protective factors. It is hypothesized that the more crime TV watched, the higher aggressive and recklessness tendencies and fewer protective factors, the higher their …
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Associations Between Primetime Television Shows and Viewers' Mathematics Knowledge, Science Knowledge and Confidence
In recent years, a rise in science and mathematics content has been observed in adult television programs. The programs CSI and Numb3rs, for example, frequently contain specific references to various science and mathematics problems. It is possible that a viewer's academic self-efficacy, defined as …
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Self-care will take you to freedom: weight-loss reality TV shows in South Korea
… the neo-liberal genre of ""body-care reality TV shows"". The second is to look at the ways in which body-care, as depicted in weight-loss reality TV shows, can be considered as a new medium for ordinary Korean women to achieve self-fulfillment by taking care of their bodies as an everyday …
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A Social Cognitive Approach Towards Understanding The Effects Of Popular Poker Television Shows On College Students
Tournament poker 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 …
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Can buzz on Twitter predict TV ratings and viewers? : a study of US TV shows premiering in fall 2013
… interact with other fans and discuss opinions on TV shows (amongst others). The new wave of social media applications brought in yet another platform for viewers to express their opinions. Twitter, founded in 2006, and one of the poster childs of social media wave, provided a real-time platform …
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How to Get Away with Feminist Propaganda: An Afrocentric Analysis of Gender Ideology and Relationships in Black Female-Lead Television Dramas
… perpetuated in Black female-lead television shows from an africological perspective. Research questions that will be explored in this study are: a) what is feminist propaganda and is it observable in Black female lead television shows? b) Are the relationships between Black women and men in …
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IN PURSUIT OF A BLACK IDENTITY IN CONTEMPORARY SOUTH AFRICA: CULTURE, CLASS, AND GENDER IN WEDDING REALITY TV SHOWS, TV AUDIENCE COMMENTS, AND WEDDING SPEECHES
… programs. In addition, the study examines the TV programs’ audience narratives in online spaces. Analyzing online conversations helps to show how audiences actively engage with and interpret messages disseminated by the TV shows as they talk back to the shows and among themselves. The study …
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The waging of a virtual war against Islam: an assessment of how post-9/11 war-themed video games stereotype Muslims
… scholars have examined how fictional television shows and films communicate Islamophobic ideology among the American public, and around the world. While much research focuses on popular culture in the form of television and film, less has addressed how video games represent Muslims. The present …
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Hierarchy and Responsibility in Media: Cults, Culpability, and Culture
… is to see how the selected films and television shows portray issues of hierarchy and culpability within the cult and to explore how the genre and theme of the content was utilized in order to evoke certain reactions and sentiments in the audience. The selected films were The Sacrament, Martha …
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Losing Sight of Ourselves: Applying Durkheim. Giddens, Baudrillard and Vaknin to Reality Television
… of theory to various reality television shows in order to discuss the emergence and encouragement of the false self in our society is the focus of this work. Toddlers and Tiaras, Hoarders and Sister Wives are the three television shows that will be analyzed by using content analysis in …
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Enhancing children's educational television with design rationales and justifications
… sends messages to parents about the television shows that their children watch. The information in the messages tries to model dialogues that promote more frequent and longer conversations, which include inquiry and explanation. These conversations might facilitate additional learning from …
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Atheists in the Media: How Public Figures and Fictional Characters Affect Public Perceptions of Atheists
… habits, including news sources, television shows, and movies, as well as identify real atheists in the public eye. Respondents were then asked to rate positive and negative statements about both atheists and religious people on a Likert scale and provide basic demographic information about …
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Let me skip the ads! Revisiting the psychological reactance theory in an advertising context through examining the role of expectation
Many young people watch TV content online or with a DVR, giving viewers more control over ads. This thesis hypothesizes that having control over ads placed in the middle of TV shows increases viewers’ expectation of the freedom to watch TV without ad interruptions, compared to having no control. It …
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Reality television and its impact on women's body image
… viewed, but the viewing of appearance focused shows that affected body image. Schooler, Ward, Merriwether and Caruthers (2004) came to the conclusion that women's viewing of shows with predominantly white casts lead to greater body dissatisfaction. To date, no investigations have looked at a …
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The Effects of Appearance-Based Reality Shows on Body Image
… of appearance-based reality television shows on body image and eating behaviors. Participants were 154 undergraduate females of ages 18-25 at two Southern California universities. Results indicated that although participants reported lower levels of viewership of cosmetic surgery shows …
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A Content Analysis of A&E's Hoarders
… in 1996 and is evident by six television shows centered on the topic. This thesis reports the results a content analysis of two seasons (21 episodes) of the popular T.V. series A&E’s <em>Hoarders</em>. People rationalize hoarding in ways that both differ and overlap. Doctors, professional …
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Motion transformation by example
… illusion of life to feature films, television shows, video games, and educational simulations. However, it is difficult for artists to define natural and expressive movement. This challenge is compounded by the fact that people are intrinsically sensitive to subtle inaccuracies in human motion. …
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Improving English skills through Video: A Conversation-Based Curriculum for Chinese EFL Adult Learners
… resources, based on U.S. media like television shows, to be used in EFL classes in China to improve the conversational skills of students.</p>
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"""Wild Boyz"" and ""Jackass""es: Masculinity and Reality Television"
… examines several popular reality television shows in relation to their depiction of gender generally, and masculinity specifically. In examining reality television, this dissertation traces the genre from its roots in the television game show through its most recent manifestations. Whether …
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