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A Critical Look at the Discourse of Popular Television: The Case of "Friends"
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Mora, Raul A. – Online Submission, 2006
The following study explored the structures and themes found in a few episodes of a popular TV sitcom ("Friends"). Drawing on James Gee's ideas about critical discourse analysis as the main analytical lens for this study, this study discussed the language found in a sitcom and analyzed the complexity of structures and vocabulary in the…
Descriptors: Popular Culture, Discourse Analysis, Media Literacy, Television