Does the television program connectedness explain the television viewership patterns in Pakistani housewives? [PDF]
Media always helps to reveal the real face of the societies while it is also a source of entertainment besides portraying the various societal allegories to illuminate the various issues of various societies.
Hasan, Syed Akif +1 more
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Qualitative exploration of the effect of a television soap opera storyline on women with experience of postpartum psychosis. [PDF]
Roberts L +6 more
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Recreando la sociedad del pasado : modernización y conflicto social en La Señora [PDF]
El presente trabajo ahonda en la función socializadora del medio televisivo. Parte del supuesto de que el relato televisivo tiene la capacidad de proveer a sus públicos de estructuras de interpretación sobre la realidad circundante.
Chicharro Merayo, Mar
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La popularidad de las telenovelas Brasileñas
A diversity of factors contributing to the popularity of Brazilian soap operas, both within and outside of Brazil, is discussed. Among these is the emergence of a typical style of soap opera in national television which has developed its own language
Jose Marques de Melo
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Girls and the Media: Girlhood Studies Agenda and Prospects in Italy [PDF]
Within the Italian context, girlhood studies can hardly be considered a specific field: adolescence and gender construction in Italy have historically been investigated by sociology and psychology, although, in recent years, media studies have also ...
Romana Ando'
core
More Convoluted Than a Brazilian Soap Opera: How an Eager Chemistry Professor and a Well-Intended but Misguided Federal Judge Ignited an Industry of False Hopes. [PDF]
Fernandes GDS, Lopes GL.
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BeastEnders: Pets and Soap Opera
While soap operas typically focus their storylines on human characters, animals serve significant roles in them too. Focussing on the most common animal in the series – dogs – this analysis examines the functions animals play in EastEnders (1985-present), foregrounding species-based hierarchies and popular culture’s
openaire +2 more sources
(Re)contextualising audience receptions of reality TV [PDF]
This paper seeks to recontextualise key findings from recent studies of reality TV audiences in light of insights drawn from across the wider field.
Michelle, Carolyn
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Development of a Video-Delivered Serial Drama Designed to Reduce Community Homophobia and HIV Stigma, Decrease Sexual Risk Behavior, and Increase HIV Testing Among Black Youth. [PDF]
O'Leary A +4 more
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Human Communication Systems Evolve by Cultural Selection [PDF]
Human communication systems, such as language, evolve culturally; their components undergo reproduction and variation. However, a role for selection in cultural evolutionary dynamics is less clear.
Barr, Dale +3 more
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