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Situation comedies and the single woman on television
… female character in twentieth century situation comedies and an in-depth analysis of three twenty-first century American sitcoms, this dissertation investigates how television creators, writers, producers, and actors have interpreted the figure of the single woman and attempted to make …
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The Diverse Portrayals of the American Family in Major Situation Comedies from the 1950s to the 2000s
… of the American family portrayed in situation comedies in the twentieth century. The popular representations of the family from the 1950s to the recent years on television have given me the idea to search for more details in connection with the roots of the genre and historical …
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Gender, Humor and Quality of Life in Workplace Sitcoms: A Content Analysis Examining Agency in Post-Recession Situation Comedies
<p>This study used content analysis to analyze gender representations in post-recession workplace sitcoms using a typology developed using Maslow's Hierarchy of needs. 100 episodes of programming were analyzed by five graduate researchers for a total of 2579 cases. Though men dominated the sample, …
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Pro-social and anti-social effects of television viewing on adolescents: Speculations based on family situation comedy content
… previous research finds that family oriented situation comedies are among children's favorite television programs. Ten episodes of each series were recorded and analyzed for their anti-social verbal content. The brother-sister sibling relationship was analyzed within each episode and coded …
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The expansion of television in the 1950's and 1960's: institutions, society and culture.
… conflict in its individual programmes such as situation comedies and dramas, and through juxtaposition of high and low cultural vales, themes and forms in its mixed programme schedule. By looking at issues such as intimacy, performance, authenticity and sociability, the thesis argues that …
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Television sitcom production at the BBC 1973-1984: an integrated approach
… produced and transmitted a number of popular situation comedies. These were designed to be light-hearted, inoffensive entertainment, but they nevertheless explored, reflected and reinforced changing public attitudes to private sexual behaviour. Central to the emergence of these series at this …