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Kitatani, Kenji – 1982
A study examined how much of the news being presented by other developed nations' network television news programs involved the United States in comparison to those stories involving other developed and developing nations. It was expected that if the American dominance existed in other developed nations' media, the New World Information Order's…
Descriptors: Content Analysis, Developing Nations, Foreign Countries, News Media
Peer reviewedChu, Donna; McIntyre, Bryce T. – Communication Research Reports, 1995
Finds that male characters outnumbered female characters by a ratio of 2:1, but that female characters enjoyed far greater representation in cartoons produced in Japan than in cartoons produced in the United States and Great Britain. Shows that characters conformed to gender-related stereotypes, with males being more aggressive, rough, sloppy, and…
Descriptors: Cartoons, Childrens Television, Communication Research, Content Analysis
Breen, Myles P. – 1985
A study was conducted to explore the way network television news observes three countries friendly to the United States: Australia, Canada, and Japan. Every news story from 1968 to 1983 on the ABC, CBS, and NBC networks that mentioned any of the three countries or their people was examined. Coders classified the 4,038 stories based on origin,…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Content Analysis, Foreign Countries, Information Sources
Peer reviewedHoltzman, Joseph M.; Akiyama, Hiroko – Gerontologist, 1985
Compares Japanese and American television programs most often watched by children and evaluates frequency and quality of portrayal of older characters. American television was found to portray older characters more frequently and more positively than Japanese television. (NRB)
Descriptors: Children, Content Analysis, Cross Cultural Studies, Elementary Education
Download full textCooper, Anne M. – 1988
A study compared the visibility and participation of women working in United States television with that of women working in television in other countries. Video tapes of five consecutive evening news broadcasts in 1986 from the United States, Japan, Sri Lanka, Colombia, and Jamaica were analyzed for such data as the proportion of women anchors,…
Descriptors: Content Analysis, Developing Nations, Employed Women, Employment Patterns
Anzai, Yayoi; And Others – 1986
To explore the portrayals of Americans in Japanese television commercials and Japanese in American television commercials, and how those portrayals are perceived by each nationality, a two-part study examined 745 American commercials and 956 Japanese commercials. Researchers first coded the number of American males and females who appeared in the…
Descriptors: Characterization, Content Analysis, Cultural Differences, Cultural Images
Kodaira, Sachiko Imaizumi – 1986
In Japan, the production and broadcasting of television (TV) programs for children began in 1953. After the first few years of trial and error, children's programs gradually rose in popularity with the introduction of TV animation, dramas, special-effects photography, music/variety and quiz shows, comedies, and action dramas. Since the inception…
Descriptors: Academic Aptitude, Children, Childrens Television, Content Analysis
