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Peer reviewedGandy, Oscar H., Jr.; Signorielli, Nancy – Journalism Quarterly, 1981
Examines the extent to which violence contributes to the size of the audience for a television program. (FL)
Descriptors: Advertising, Audiences, Broadcast Industry, Content Analysis
Download full textGerbner, George; Signorielli, Nancy – 1979
This report presents an analysis of the characters created for prime time and weekend daytime network television drama and viewer conceptions associated with exposure to television. Data was gathered through 10 years of monitoring television programs, analyzing characters, and conducting surveys of child and adult viewers. Trends in representation…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Childhood Attitudes, Concept Formation, Cultural Images
Peer reviewedSignorielli, Nancy – Journal of Broadcasting, 1982
Discusses the presentation of married, formerly married, and single male and female characters in prime time television dramas, specifically in relation to sexual stereotyping, occupational status, and regularly-emphasized personality traits. A brief review of similar research is given and the method of the study is summarized. (JL)
Descriptors: Age, Characterization, Drama, Females
Peer reviewedSignorielli, Nancy – Youth and Society, 1993
Updates knowledge about the representation of occupations on prime-time network dramatic television using data on 14,902 television characters, and explores how these representations may be related to perceptions of over 3,000 high school students about their future work. Television may be doing young people a disservice in its portrayals. (SLD)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Audience Response, Broadcast Industry, Characterization
Peer reviewedSignorielli, Nancy – Youth and Society, 1991
Using cultivation theory, the portrayal of marriage on prime-time television was examined, and the relationship between television viewing and ambivalence about marriage and family was explored for over 3,200 high school seniors. It was evident that television may cultivate important ideas about marriage, interpersonal relationships, and family.…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Attitude Measures, Family Life, High School Seniors
Signorielli, Nancy – 1997
This document presents an executive summary of a study that examined messages sent to adolescent girls (ages 10 to 17) across 6 types of media most heavily used by adolescent girls: television, movies, magazines, music videos, television commercials, and magazine advertisements. The study asked what messages are sent about gender roles--primarily…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Females, Films, Gender Issues
Signorielli, Nancy – 1997
A study examined kinds of messages prevalent in the media used by preteen and teenage girls, asking what messages are sent about goals, dating, careers, behavior, and appearance and its relationship to well being. Four media were the subject of the study, which comprised 12 samples from television programs, theatrical films, music videos, and teen…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Females, Films, Gender Issues
