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Showing 1 to 20 of 21 for “"soap operas"”.
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Disability representation and portrayal in selected South African soap operas: a content analysis
… representation of persons with disabilities in soap operas, which has been studied minimally in South Africa. The goal of the study is to contribute towards an understanding of media representation of disability and its implications in South Africa, specifically through soap opera, by …
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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
… 2013: 23). Using the case studies of two soap operas of the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC), Muvhango and 7de Laan, the study explores the role of popular media in the enhancement or consolidation of democracy, and the circumstances under which this is carried out. The media …
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The impact of commercial global television on cultural change and identity formation. A study of Kurdish women and the Turkish soap opera 'Noor'.
… the role played by international television soap operas in identity formation and cultural change in relation to Kurdish women. Currently, Kurdish women live in a cultural context where traditional values often conflict with modern values when it comes to behaviour deemed appropriate for …
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Communication, interpretation, and relationship: A study of a computer-mediated fan community
… Usenet newsgroup called ""rec.arts.tv.soaps"" (r.a.t.s.) which discusses soap operas. In newsgroups, communicative practice is the participants' primarily tool for creating social meanings. My central question is how participants create group coherence in this terrain with neither …
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From process to criteria
… architect portrayed in deodorant commercials, soap operas, nor shoe advertisements.
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As the world turns in a convergence culture
… declining ratings. This study outlines how the soap opera industry is and could be further adapting to the technological and social changes of a convergence culture to maintain and revitalize the genre's relevance for viewers and advertisers alike. CBS/Procter and Gamble Productions/TeleVest's …
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Managing ourselves: young people, soap opera and technologies of self-government
This study examines two television soap operas and their consumption by a select group of teenagers. The soap operas in question, Neighbours and Home and Away, are produced in Australia and watched by large audiences in the UK. The study's broadest aim is to discover the nature of the relationship …
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Extending and Refining an Expectancy-Value Theory of Media Gratifications: Two Studies in the Domain of Soap Opera Watching
… understanding of the reasons for exposure to soap operas remains "almost wholly in the realm of speculation and prejudice" (Cantor & Pingree, 1983, p.127).
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Surviving Reality: Survivor & Parasocial Interaction
… interaction in various forms of media from soap operas to newscasts. The purpose of this study was top examine parasocial interaction and see if the concept could be applied to the current television trend of reality television. Simultaneously, the study also examined parasocial interaction …
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"You're not portraying me as the villain this season, are you?": Formula 1: Drive to Survive and Netflix's serialized sports docuseries
… stylistic and narrative norms from scripted soap operas within their sports docuseries content, which differentiates them from competitors like HBO and ESPN. Specifically, Netflix relies on serialization to keep audiences engaged in these sports programs from episode to episode and season to …
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Facades of modernity : image, performance, and transformation in the Egyptian metropolis
… utilizes popular media such as period-based soap operas, photography exhibitions, literature and film. The second part of the process is through preservation of Cairo's modem buildings and the drafting of legislation to protect them. Architectural style, ornamentation of frontages (facades), …
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The Ethics of Entrepreneurship and Financial Literacy Education: A Security and Freedom for the Other
… policy documents, FLE and EE video games, soap operas, newspaper articles and apps), are embedded in supportive economic practices, laws and regulations and aim at creating a particular public that is both a conglomeration of financially literate entrepreneurs and a shared world. Drawing …
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Teletexts :video literacy, television texture and serial drama
… the nature of television output as a text. - Soap opera is a popular term for a continuing drama serial that derives from the original association of the form with sponsorship by detergent companies. Film theory has provided the basis for much of our understanding of moving pictures, but the …
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International Investments Flows: The Role of Cultural Preferences and Migrants Networks
… The so called Korean Wave, consisting of soap operas and Korean pop music has become extremely popular in Latin America since the mid 2000s, despite of geographic and cultural distance in terms of language and ethnicity. Yet, there is no evidence of a symmetric rise in popularity of Latin …
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Exploring the Incorporation of the Leadership for Learning (LfL) Principles in Ghana: The Case of Two LfL Basic Schools in the Central Region
… impact of communication technology – television soap operas, mobile phones and social media on leading, teaching and learning.
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Youth experience of deviant behaviour as portrayed in some television programmes: A Case Study of the Youth of Madonsi Village, Limpopo Province, South Africa
… hip-hop, gangsta rap, R&B videos and some soap operas represent deviant behaviour in a fashionable manner. That the identity of young people is constructed by the portrayal of deviant behaviour in some television programme becomes a source of national concern. Television plays a major role …
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Unwrapping the wings of the television show The West Wing
… television shows, such as family dramas and soap operas, than an opportunity to think critically about the interplay between culture and politics. What began as a casual television viewing session soon became a dinnertime ritual and finally challenged me enough to begin exploring the …
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'Sterling Towers' : a soap opera for HIV awareness among the middle class in urban India
Thesis (M.A.)--Michigan State University. Department of Telecommunications, 2005
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El Uso de la Propaganda Pol¿¿tica en las Telenovelas de Una Venezuela en Crisis
<p>Politics saturated Venezuelan television programming during the year prior to the 2004 recall referendum of Venezuelan President Hugo Ch¿¿vez Frias. Politics – whether in favor or opposed to President Ch¿¿vez – were evident not only in news and opinion programs, but also primetime dramatic …
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Discursos alimentarios en la literatura y las telenovelas Mexicanas contemporáneas
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Michigan State University. Hispanic Cultural Studies, 2009
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