The Last of England: Banal Nationalism and Communities of Loss in British Pub Closure Media Narratives. [PDF]
Br J SociolABSTRACT While pubs have long been celebrated as a quintessential part of British culture, the ongoing and increasingly rapid closure of British pubs has raised concerns about the impacts of their loss on the wider cultural life and identity of the nation.
Deakin R, Thurnell-Read T.
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Chemical Reactions, Drowning Swimmers, Owner's Manuals: The Power of Metaphors in Couple Therapy. [PDF]
Fam ProcessABSTRACT Over many years of working with couples, I have found that certain metaphors—drawn from images, films, stories, jokes, song lyrics, research findings, or events in my life—can be especially effective and memorable in clarifying and normalizing the diverse experiences of distressed couples.
Nielsen AC.
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Promoting HIV/AIDS Prevention through Soap Operas
Communicare, 2022 In the past three decades television soap operas have been used as a means of health education and persuasion. In recent years, the proliferation of entertainment television worldwide has made the soap opera a powerful source of educational and social ...
William Brown +2 more
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Impact of Soap Operas on the Television Viewers: Experience from Pakistani Society
Journal of Business and Social Review in Emerging Economies, 2021 Soap operas are popular genre in media industry from all over the world. Generally, Soap operas focus on family dramas, domestic issues and women plight. There were number of studies conducted to explore public perception regarding soap operas.
Beenish Zaheen +2 more
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A reinforcement sensitivity perspective on adolescents' susceptibility to the influence of soap opera viewing on alcohol attitudes [PDF]
, 2015 Previous research found support for an association between exposure to alcohol-related media content and alcohol attitudes, intentions and behavior. Nevertheless, research on what makes young people susceptible to the occurrence of this relationship is ...
Beullens, Kathleen +6 more
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Gender Roles, Family Models and Community-Building Processes in Poblenou
Rassegna Iberistica, 2018 This article explores connections between construction of gender roles, family models and community-building processes in soap opera narratives. The underlying research hypothesis maintains that construction of gender roles and family models in soap ...
Grassi, Silvia
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Programs for Children the Neglected World [PDF]
, 2012 What do children watch on Indonesian television? This article tries to answer this question in the conviction that TV shows made for children require an understanding of their needs in order to grow, motorically, cognitively, psychologically, socially ...
Sarumpaet, R. K. (Riris)
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Soap opera viewing in a communal context
Communicare, 2022 This paper presents some of the findings of an ethnographic audience study of the soap opera viewing patterns and interpretations of Zulu-speaking students living in residences at a South African university (Natal University’s Durban campus) who watch ...
Michele Tager
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To Drink or Not to Drink? Collective Alcohol Consumption Among Young University Students: Mapping a Path Towards Moderation. A Qualitative Study. [PDF]
Nurs OpenABSTRACT Aim The aim of this study was to develop a theory based on the understanding of collective alcohol use as a cultural phenomenon by exploring the perceptions and meanings attributed to this behaviour by health science university students. Design This research is a grounded theory study.
Algarra-López LS +3 more
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Between Fact and Fiction: Documentary Telenovela, or Docusoap Polish Style
Kwartalnik Filmowy, 2013 The article deals with documentary soap operas, or the Polish version of docusoaps. This is a television genre that is a hybrid of observational documentary and elements typical of soap operas. In the introduction the author presents up to date research
Beata Kosińska-Krippner
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