"Television has a prime role to play in the formation of discursive domains in the everyday life of South Asian publics. This book explores various television media practices, social processes, mediated political experiences and everyday cultural compositions from Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan
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and Sri Lanka. With the help of country-specific case studies, it captures a broad range of themes which foreground the publics and their real-life experiences of television in the region. The chapters in this book discuss gendered television spaces, women seeking solace from television in pandemic, the taboo in digital TV dramas, television viewership and localizing publics, changing viewership from television to OTT, news and public perception of death, redefining ‘the national’, theatrical television and post-truth television news, among other key issues." (Publisher description)
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"The article revisits classical debates about the positive and negative relation of popular culture and socio-political developments with regard to the Arab world. Within the Frankfurt School and modern Cultural Studies at times contradictory approaches to the role of entertainment in political cult
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ure are being debated. In Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies rather positive readings of entertainments’ political potential seem to prevail. During the “Arab Spring” the impact of participatory values promoted by both popular culture and the new social media (“entertainment is political”) appeared to be actually tangible. The article discusses the dynamic relation of entertainment television and individualization on a theoretical and empirical level. On the basis of a large body of follow-up discourses of media reception (group discussions) with young Egyptians during the time of the “Arab Spring,” we ask whether contemporary television shows promote both individualization on a cognitive, affective and practical level of experience as well as the appreciation of individualization as a social value. We argue that popular culture reveals tendencies of differentiation and modernization in Arab societies, which are all too often described as “collectivistic.” The case study shows that critical faculty, media literacy and the appreciation of individual articulation can be triggered by entertainment. Moments of “ironic pleasure” and transitions of simulated empathy and stimulated action are discussed." (Abstract)
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"Satellite TV channels from the Middle East started beaming into Eritrea from 1996, and the Eritrean youth are avid consumers of the global messages from across the borders. Following an in-depth interview method as a research technique, using an unstructured, openended questionnaire, the present st
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udy presents how ethnicity and religion play a role in making meaning out of the messages of Middle East-based Arabic TV channels among lowland Tigre-/Arabic-speaking Eritrean youth aged 18–25 years. The researchers have observed the way foreign TV channel programmes have influenced family norms, social roles for women, sexual norms, lifestyles and music preferences of young Tigre viewers. The study concludes that Islam and Arabic language are two important factors influencing the lowland Tigre youth in picking up Arabic channels as they reinforce the same culture and traditions apart from creating Pan-Arab identities among the Arabic-/Tigre-speaking youth, at the same time preserving the indigenous culture from the influence of the West." (Abstract)
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"This study in a way established that soap operas have some positive contributions to the society. For example, the study shows that youth become more confident and social after watching soaps. However, in agreement with the objectives of this study, the negative effects of soap operas on young peop
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le overwhelmingly outweigh the positive impacts. For example, this study showed how relationships break after watching telenovelas; In addition, outside-marriage affairs increased or are considered normal after youths’ watch telenovelas." (Conclusion remarks, page 41)
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"[...] the aims for embarking on this study were (a) for the researcher to understand more about the TV, it’s various genres and audiences preferences; (b) Explore the applicability of cultivation theory to an African TV audience; (c) gather data about important values and value changes, and share
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it with any interested persons; (d) use the knowledge acquired to explain the value changes taking place in Zambian society, especially Catholic youth; (e) observe the emerging social trends within Zambian society, particularly among younger people, and (f) assess the suitability of TV as a means for transmission of personal values in Zambia. The dissertation is divided into three parts: Part one presents a literature review of mass media development, the nature of values and media effects theory. The second part deals with research design and methodology. Lastly, part 3 presents the research findings." (Introduction, page 12-13)
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"Building on rigorous research by the world-renowned Glasgow University Media Group, 'More Bad News From Israel' examines media coverage of the current conflict in the Middle East and the impact it has on public opinion. The book brings together senior journalists and ordinary viewers to examine how
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audiences understand the news and how their views are shaped by media reporting. In the largest study ever undertaken in this area, the authors focus on television news. They illustrate major differences in the way Israelis and Palestinians are represented, including how casualties are shown and the presentation of the motives and rationales of both sides. They combine this with extensive audience research involving hundreds of participants from the USA, Britain and Germany. It shows extraordinary differences in levels of knowledge and understanding, especially amongst young people from these countries." (Publisher description)
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"El objetivo fue conocer las actitudes, hábitos, evaluación y opinión de los niños y adolescentes peruanos sobre los medios de comunicación, especialmente la radio y televisión. Los principales temas considerados fueron la tenencia y uso de medios, hábitos de uso de medios y actividades cotid
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ianas, hábitos de consumo de radio y televisión, control parental, grado de satisfacción, programación infantil, percepción de géneros televisivos y radiales en adolescentes, y medios de comunicación en la escuela. La cobertura del estudio fue de 12 ciudades del Perú: Lima Metropolitana (Lima y Callao), Trujillo, Piura, Chiclayo, Ica, Cajamarca, Huancayo, Arequipa, Cuzco, Puno, Iquitos y Pucallpa. Universo: niños y adolescentes de 7 a 16 años. Diseño muestral: 5.851 personas: 1.110 en Lima Metropolitana y 431 en cada una de las 11 ciudades restantes." (www.concortv.gob.pe, June 16, 2011)
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"This study investigates the relationship between Libyan university students' consumption of Libyan and international Arab satellite TV news services and their perceptions of gratifications received from these news services. A self-completion questionnaire survey was administered to a sample of 400
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university students that asked about the news consumption habits, reasons for watching specific TV news services, and personal details. The findings revealed that time spent with local TV news was negatively related to reported use of international TV channels. Students said that they got less news than they desired from local TV, especially the long-established Al-Jamahiriya TV channel. The data indicated that the new satellite broadcast international news service, Al Jazeera, played an important role in serving these young Libyans with the types of information they need. The findings are discussed in relation to the growing impact of international satellite broadcast news services and the need for local TV news services to find ways of making themselves distinctive in a way that provides an alternative but still relevant and valued news source." (Abstract)
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In der umfangreichen Studie stehen zwei Fragen im Mittelpunkt: Warum setzen sich Menschen unter TV-Bedingungen Situationen aus, denen sie im wirklichen Leben nicht begegnen wollen? Welche Wirkung hat die Fernsehgewalt-Rezeption auf Einstellungen der Zuschauer? Ihr liegen die Ergebnisse einer Untersu
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