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The Last Word: The Prattling, Tattling Parrots of Popular Lore
The Journal of Popular Culture, Volume 58, Issue 6, Page 290-299, December 2025.ABSTRACT Garrulous parrots appear in a wide array of pop culture forms—from urban legends, television sitcoms, and advertising, to comics, pulp detective fiction, and jokes (naming a few). The birds can be helpful, clever agents; but more often they are mischief makers challenging social norms. Among the pandemonium of parrots in expressive culture, we
Greg Kelley
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Contre les personnages, tout contre : Seinfeld ou le trouble éthique
TV SeriesThe sitcom Seinfeld (NBC, 1989-1998), created by Larry David and Jerry Seinfeld, presents a series of ethical problems in a complex and entertaining way through its narrative and its aesthetic characteristics.
Guillaume Gomot
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Incidental Vocabulary Acquisition Through Captioned Viewing: A Meta‐Analysis
Language Learning, Volume 75, Issue 4, Page 939-987, December 2025.Abstract Second language (L2) viewing with captions (i.e., L2 on‐screen text) is now a proliferating as well as promising area of L2 acquisition research. The goal of the present meta‐analysis was to examine (a) the relationship between captioned viewing and incidental vocabulary learning and (b) what variables related to learners, treatment ...
Satsuki Kurokawa +2 more
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Psychology and Psychotherapy: Theory, Research and Practice, Volume 98, Issue 4, Page 934-959, December 2025.Abstract Introduction Cisnormativity is a sociocultural narrative that contributes to the marginalisation of transgender and gender diverse (TGD) people. The schema therapy model theorises that humans have five core emotional needs that must be met to support psychological well‐being.
George Radford +3 more
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Enlightened Racism and The Cosby Show
The Owl, 2014 As one of the beloved sitcoms in United States history, scholars and viewers remember The Cosby Show as a progressive force in racial relations. For the first time in the representation of African Americans, Cosby and others created a television show ...
Rachel Crooks
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Norsk Medietidsskrift, 2016 Sammendrag Denne artikkelen undersøker det kontroversielle reality-konkurranseprogrammet Paradise Hotel Norge (TV3 2009–) som et estetisk objekt.
Gry Rustad
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You Owe Me a Make‐Up: Second Thoughts on the Second Person
European Journal of Philosophy, Volume 34, Issue 1, Page 364-376, March 2026.
Wayne Martin
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From Friends to “The Girl Friend”: the Early Evolution of Jennifer Aniston’s Star Image
TV Series, 2022 In the more than twenty-five years since the spectacular success of the iconic television sitcom/cultural phenomenon Friends (NBC, 1994-2004), the ensemble program’s six actors have parlayed that visibility into careers of varying success on network and ...
Jessica Thrasher Chenot
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Russian Sitcoms: From Post-Soviet Copycats to Aspiring Global Players
Palabra Clave, 2017 Russian sitcoms have gone through a series of rapid changes since their introduction following the end of the Cold War. The genre was initially met with skepticism in the post-Soviet period.
Jeffrey Brassard
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Adaptation of stand-up persona to the narratives of sitcom and dramedy
Series. International journal of tv serial narratives, 2016 This article explores the results of the adaptation of Louis C.K.’s stand-up persona to the narrative and genre conditions of the sitcom and the television dramedy.
Zemfira Salamova
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