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Peer reviewedBrown, William J.; Cody, Michael J. – Human Communication Research, 1991
Investigates the effects of India's first long-running television soap opera that was designed to promote women's status in Indian society. Finds that exposure to the program was positively associated with viewers' involvement with the characters in the program and with viewer's television dependency, but did not make viewers more aware of women's…
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Females, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
Peer reviewedRoome, Dorothy – Journal of Film and Video, 2000
Conducts interviews with nine groups of South African women, examining their responses to episodes of "Suburban Bliss," a South African television sitcom that attempted to use humor as a catalyst to transcend the aftermath of apartheid. Evaluates whether "cultural reconciliation" is possible through harnessing the varying…
Descriptors: Cultural Differences, Females, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
Peer reviewedBoyd, Douglas A.; Najai, Ali M. – Journalism Quarterly, 1984
Concludes that watching television is popular among youth in Saudi Arabia, with males preferring Western programs and females and non-Saudis living in the country preferring Arab programs. (FL)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Females, Foreign Countries, Males
Download full textAssociation for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication. – 1998
The Radio-TV section of the Proceedings contains the following 13 papers: "Computer-Assisted Reporting: A Nationwide Survey of Television Newsrooms" (Sonya Forte Duhe' and Erin Haynie); "Network Television News Coverage of the Environment and the Impact of the Electronic Newsletter 'Greenwire'" (Claudette Guzan Artwick);…
Descriptors: Broadcast Journalism, Case Studies, Content Analysis, Females
Whannel, Garry – 1986
The race between Mary Decker and Zola Budd, a head to head confrontation in the 1985 Olympic Games, is examined within the broader context of the transformation taking place in sports as a result of the combined efforts of television and the economic forces of sponsorship. Athletics is going through this process of transformation both economically…
Descriptors: Athletics, Audiences, Blacks, Competition
Gray, Ann – 1986
This paper focuses on the domestic world of home and family life as it examines important factors that bear on the use of television and video by women. Based on interviews with women of different ages, economic status, educational backgrounds, family circumstances, and general social environments, the paper describes the following feminine…
Descriptors: Audience Analysis, Broadcast Television, Family Life, Females
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
