women and soap operas

Women’s Language in Soap Operas:

This paper is concerned with investigating Robin Lakoff’s claims about tentativeness in women’s language and the influence of media role models on reproducing gender stereotypes. The aim of this research project was to investigate representations of women’s language in German and Australian soap operas. The project focused on the frequency and the functions of sentenc...

women and soap operas: a study on watching motives and satisfaction level

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Socio, Economic and Cultural Impact of Soap Operas on Home Makers (A Study in Andhra Pradesh)

Soap operas have become a part and parcel of the lives of so many viewers all over the world. The popularity of this genre is ruling the Television Industry globally, nationally and locally. The history of soap opera can be traced back to the 1800s when novels such as Dickens appeared in newspapers in serialized formats (Kielwasser & Wolf) [1]. This' episodic format conformed...to melodramatic ...

Alcohol portrayals in movies, music videos and soap operas and alcohol use of young people: current status and future challenges.

AIMS To provide an overview of studies of the effects of alcohol portrayals in movies, music videos and soap operas on alcohol consumption among young people. Moreover, we highlight important issues that need to be addressed in future research. METHODS This paper reviews the current literature on alcohol portrayals on-screen and the associated gaps and challenges in alcohol media research. ...

A critical analysis of the media representations of food and eating in soap operas, televised in the United Kingdom

Object-Oriented Simulation and OPERAS

We start our monograph on Object-Oriented Simulation with a good introductory chapter that provides us with the basics for Object-Oriented Simulation (OOS). This chapter provides a brief survey of OOS concepts and practices with a general review discussion. Simulation is regarded as a special kind of software design. Reusability, adaptability, and maintainability are three standard software des...