Her Stories

Her Stories

Author: Elana Levine

Publisher: Duke University Press Books

Published: 2020-02-25

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781478007661

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Since the debut of These Are My Children in 1949, the daytime television soap opera has been foundational to the history of the medium as an economic, creative, technological, social, and cultural institution. In Her Stories, Elana Levine draws on archival research and her experience as a longtime soap fan to provide an in-depth history of the daytime television soap opera as a uniquely gendered cultural form and a central force in the economic and social influence of network television. Closely observing the production, promotion, reception, and narrative strategies of the soaps, Levine examines two intersecting developments: the role soap operas have played in shaping cultural understandings of gender and the rise and fall of broadcast network television as a culture industry. In so doing, she foregrounds how soap operas have revealed changing conceptions of gender and femininity as imagined by and reflected on the television screen.


Soap Fans

Soap Fans

Author: Carine Harrington

Publisher: Temple University Press

Published: 2010-06-10

Total Pages: 238

ISBN-13: 1439903875

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A dispute of the simplistic illusion of soap fans as bored housewives or losers.


Children and Media

Children and Media

Author: Dafna Lemish

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2015-03-02

Total Pages: 294

ISBN-13: 1118786777

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Taking a global and interdisciplinary approach, Children and Media explores the role of modern media, including the internet, television, mobile media and video games, in the development of children, adolescents, and childhood. Primer to global issues and core research into children and the media integrating work from around the world Comprehensive integration of work that bridges disciplines, theoretical and research traditions and methods Covers both critical/qualitative and quantitative approaches to the topic


A Companion to Reality Television

A Companion to Reality Television

Author: Laurie Ouellette

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2016-12-19

Total Pages: 598

ISBN-13: 1119325196

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International in scope and more comprehensive than existing collections, A Companion to Reality Television presents a complete guide to the study of reality, factual and nonfiction television entertainment, encompassing a wide range of formats and incorporating cutting-edge work in critical, social and political theory. Original in bringing cutting-edge work in critical, social and political theory into the conversation about reality TV Consolidates the latest, broadest range of scholarship on the politics of reality television and its vexed relationship to culture, society, identity, democracy, and “ordinary people” in the media Includes primetime reality entertainment as well as precursors such as daytime talk shows in the scope of discussion Contributions from a list of international, leading scholars in this field


The Handbook of Children, Media, and Development

The Handbook of Children, Media, and Development

Author: Sandra L. Calvert

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2009-01-22

Total Pages: 640

ISBN-13: 1444302760

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The Handbook of Children, Media and Development bringstogether an interdisciplinary group of experts in the fields ofdevelopmental psychology, developmental science, communication, andmedicine to provide an authoritative, comprehensive look at theempirical research on media and media policies within thefield. 25 newly-commissioned essays bring new research to theforefront, especially on digital media, developmental research, andpublic policy debates Includes helpful introductions to each section, a theoreticaloverview of the field, and a final chapter that offers a vision offuture research Contributors include key, international authorities in thefield