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Isidingo as entertainment-education
Communicare, 2022 In developing countries, the popular media can be used effectively to address social problems (Vaughan, Rogers, Singhal & Swalehe, 2000:82). In recent decades, various developmental, educational and other socially useful messages have often been ...
Nadia van der Merwe
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POPULAR ENTREPRENEURSHIP: A Grammar of Moral Economy in Contemporary Urban Peripheries
International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.Abstract This article examines how popular entrepreneurship operates as a cultural grammar that disrupts established practices of wageless life in urban peripheries. Drawing on four years of ethnographic research conducted in São Paulo, it analyses entrepreneurial discourses not simply as ideological impositions, but as ambivalent mediations of ...
Henrique Costa
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Journal of Agricultural Extension, 2020 The study assessed the scriptwriters’ perception of the use soap opera for agricultural information management in Southwestern Nigeria. A total of 30 scriptwriters were interviewed using questionnaire to elicit information on their personal ...
Rasak Bamidele Olajide, T. A. Ladigbolu
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Population and Development Review, EarlyView.Abstract Demographers have a rich understanding of the fertility transitions that have been observed in many contexts. Yet, we lack evidence to explain whether long‐run declines in fertility levels are accompanied by simultaneous changes in reproductive variability.
Ewa Batyra, Ben Wilson
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International Journal of Islamic Education, Research and MulticulturalismThe soap opera "Cinta Fitri" is one of the most popular TV drama series (soap operas) not only in Indonesia but also in Singapore (MdEntertainment). This paper focuses on the phenomenon of soap operas and gender representation in Indonesian media.
Bernika Yustisiana Narang
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Analisa: Jurnal Pengkajian Masalah Sosial Keagamaan, 2016 This study is entitled THE USES OF RELIGIOUS SYMBOL TO REPRESENT ISLAM (A Study on Religious Soap Opera Bukan Islam KTP). The background of the research is based on the facts of the arbitrary use of symbols to represent Islam shown on Indonesian ...
sholihati siti +2 more
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Charting New Paths in the Study of Kin Term Acquisition
Topics in Cognitive Science, EarlyView.Abstract Kin terms appear among infants’ earliest words, yet a full mastery of kin concepts typically emerges only in late childhood. This prolonged developmental trajectory reflects not only children's acquisition of an abstract relational system of words, but also their growing understanding of social relationships and interactional norms.
Marisa Casillas +2 more
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People and Nature, Volume 8, Issue 10, Page 3269-3283, October 2026.Abstract High aggregate levels of wildlife consumption in cities in Central Africa highlight the need for solutions that balance wildlife protection, local livelihoods and the relational values between people and nature. This study explores the impacts of demand‐ and supply‐side interventions on wild meat consumption through two randomized control ...
Abdoulaye Cisse +2 more
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Infant and Child Development, Volume 35, Issue 5, September/October 2026.ABSTRACT Body dissatisfaction (BD) often arises from the discrepancy between a person's perceived body and an ‘ideal’ body. Mass media's adult‐targeted body ‘ideals’ also reach children and shape their body perceptions. BD is arising at increasingly younger ages in global north populations, however, there is scant research investigating media impacts ...
T. Thornborrow +3 more
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The Mutable Original: How Chinese Counterfeits Become Nigerian Originals in African Markets
American Anthropologist, Volume 128, Issue 3, Page 581-594, September 2026.ABSTRACT Affordable Chinese copies of Western brands are ubiquitous in African markets. Despite democratizing consumer access, these goods appear to cement hegemonic value hierarchies that rank Chinese or local products as inferior to Western goods.
Jing Jing Liu
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