Not just any Tom, Dick or Harry: the grammar of names in television drama
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TV viewers can make cultural inferences about characters based upon their names, as shown by a study of college students given questionnaires about names from 106 crime shows. In addition, there are race and gender differences in accuracy with which viewers pair traits and names, indicating social factors. For example, white women tended to do better than white men whereas there was no gender gap for nonwhites, and nonwhites tended to have less accuracy than whites.
Publication Name: Media, Culture & Society
Subject: Mass communications
ISSN: 0163-4437
Year: 1992
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The rise of national programming: the case of Indian television
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India's broadcasting policy does not serve the public. A national programming has grown out of compromise among the forces of business, social groups and government bureaucracy. One failure of this programming is the exclusion of the Muslim minority from the media. Another shortcoming is the focus of prime time entertainment on the affluent middle class, which composes only 1/4 of the population.
Publication Name: Media, Culture & Society
Subject: Mass communications
ISSN: 0163-4437
Year: 1993
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