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Rao, Dingxin; Lee, Changhee; Dressman, Mark – Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 2023
Reality television (RT) programming is frequently and rightfully criticized and yet its popularity among adolescent and young adult viewers is also undeniable. In response to the need for media literacy programs to address the pleasures, the problems, and the pedagogy of the genre, we have chosen to take a cross-national, comparative approach and…
Descriptors: Media Literacy, Television Viewing, Foreign Countries, Content Analysis
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Wainryb, Cecilia – New Directions for Child Development, 1997
Uses data from studies comparing Western and Non-Western societies to support the argument that study of intracultural diversity in concepts of rights and duties will contribute to the study of diversity between cultures. Notes that individuals participate in multifaceted social experiences, developing distinct goals, interests, and perspectives;…
Descriptors: Children, Civil Liberties, Comparative Analysis, Context Effect
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Hart, Daniel; Edelstein, Wolfgang – Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 1992
Investigates the relationship of children's self-understanding to social class, community type (modern or traditional), and teachers' ratings for 73 12 year olds in Reykjavik (Iceland) and 21 12 year olds in traditional villages in Iceland. Children in higher social classes offer more psychological descriptions. The inadvisability of generalizing…
Descriptors: Community Influence, Comparative Analysis, Cultural Differences, Cultural Influences
Pleck, Elizabeth H. – 2000
This book examines family traditions of over two centuries in the United States and finds a complicated process of change in the way Americans have celebrated holidays such as Christmas, Easter, Thanksgiving, Passover, and Chinese New Year as well as the life cycle rituals of birth, birthdays, coming of age, marriage, and death. The book notes…
Descriptors: Birth, Comparative Analysis, Consumer Economics, Cultural Differences
Hashmi, Mahmud S. – 1988
Successful conduct of business in Saudi Arabia requires attitudes and skills significantly different from those needed in the United States. Distinct societal differences can turn winning practices in one culture into failures in another. Despite Saudi Arabia's recent emergence as a wealthy marketplace, traditional values and a unique lifestyle…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Age Differences, Business Administration, Comparative Analysis