« Les rois de Ségou » : de l’épopée à la série télévisée by Tal Tamari

“…Dramatic and acting styles are furthermore influenced by the traditional Bamana kòtèba theatre, as well as by the foreign (especially Latin American) television soap operas widely viewed in Mali. Though the subject is ostensibly the past, the social and political critique of contemporary Mali forms the implicit subtext. …”
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Science and Technology in Brazilian TV: an analysis of Globo TV programing by Vanessa Brasil de Carvalho, Luisa Massarani, Marina Ramalho, Luis Amorim, Maria Ataide Malcher, Rosicler Neves

“…Through a content analysis, we found out that science appeared in 7.3% of TV Globo broadcast during the period analyzed and was in several television categories, from TV news to advertising, from soap operas to talk shows. Science was more related to issues of Medicine and Health. …”
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REPRESENTATION OF ‘FAMILY’ IN INDIAN TELEVISION SERIALS by Gudipaty Nagamallika

“…Rich, upper-middle-class joint families are still the most popular institutions in television serials and women continue to be dominant forces in soap operas. A shift in the importance of characters within the family fold incorporates the changing dynamics in the current Indian society. …”
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I’d like to have a house like that by Miriam Vosmeer, Jeroen Jansz, Liesbet van Zoonen

“…We notice that there is an interesting similarity between the pleasures of playing this videogame and more traditional ways of female media engagement such as reading women’s magazines or romance novels and watching soap operas. Our gamers similarly enjoy The Sims as leisurely moments for themselves, clearly and intentionally separated from domestic and family duties. …”
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Turkish soaps: understanding pleasure among Iranians and the underlying political economy by Matin, Alireza Azeri

“…Flooded with a cornucopia of tele-viewing choices, Iranian audiences have particularly been enthralled by Turkish soap operas in recent years. Such popularity, especially among younger audiences, is remarkable considering the general prohibition of satellite TV in Iran and authorities' specific censure of Turkish soaps for having corrupting effects on Iranian culture. …”
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Cidades visíveis: fragmentos da vida urbana brasileira em cinema e TV contemporâneos by Angela Prysthon

“…We also seek to investigate the relations between the mediatic urban memory and the concrete experience, contrasting the cities presented by the news and documentaries with the cities formatted by soap operas and movies, and through their differences and similarities, understand how urban experience is processed by the media. …”
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HUBUNGAN KONTEMPORER MALAYSIA–INDONESIA: TAHAP PENGETAHUAN DAN PEMAHAMAN GEN X DAN Y MALAYSIA by Rohani Hj. Ab Ghani, Ahmad Shukri bin Abdul Hamid, Zulhilmi bin Paidi, Mohan A/L Ratakrishnan, Rashidah binti Mamat, Andi Tenri Yeyeng

“…The cultural and social aspects, particularly audio-visual products such as Indonesian soap operas and Indonesian pop songs have the most significant influence in influencing the respondents' level of knowledge about Indonesia. …”
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The effectiveness of religious programs on Channel One Iranian TV on Special Occasions (Ramadan) With the Emphasis on the Views of M.A Students of Communication, Branch of Central... by Amir Masoud Amir Mazaheri, Leyla Dana

“…Accordingly, the following questions can be posed in this context: How much TV provider has been successful in traditional and new form of the religious message (movies, soap operas, shows, etc.)? Why some religious programs have not been successful in delivering their message? …”
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Health Literacy and Cervical Cancer Screening Among Mexican-American Women by Bertha E. Flores, Gayle Acton, Lyda Arevalo-Flechas, Sara Gill, Michael Mackert

“…Key Results: Several themes reflected the domains of health literacy, including fundamental literacy (“speaking of language”), science literacy (cancer prevention), cultural literacy (“we are different”), civic literacy (the availability of “consejos” [advice]), and media literacy (e.g., “telenovelas” [soap-operas] teach a lot). In this article, we present findings related to culture and language under the domains of fundamental and cultural literacy. …”
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AUTHENTIC MEDIA-RESOURCES AS A TOOL FOR DEVELOPMENT OF PROSPECTIVE FRENCH LANGUAGE TEACHERS’ INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATIVE COMPETENCY by Oksana B. Bigych, Diana A. Rusnak

“…Didactic potential of French advertisement, comic pictures (comics), movies (comedies, short films), soap operas, songs, printed and electronic media-video and multimedia reports as tools for development of students – prospective French language teachers intercultural communicative competency were researched. …”
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Editorial by Editor

“…How does the Indian soap opera project  Indian  women  and  what  are  the implications of those myths and ideologies? …”
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What Kind of Product Does the Person Who Feel Nostalgia Buy? Examine the Effect of Product Types by Hyun Seung Chung

“…The retro style began with Korean soap operas, movies, and many of famous TV shows and now it has a positive effect overall in Korea trend. …”
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Otro tipo de recompensa narrativa: el concepto de “prolongación temporal” como superación de la serialidad televisiva by Alberto Nahum García Martínez, Ted Nannicelli

“…Esta abarca, a diferencia del concepto de serialidad, tanto la manera específica en la que el medio televisivo emplea la temporalidad, así como los efectos estéticos que este manejo genera en formatos y géneros tan diversos como interminables soap-operas, dramas seriales con arcos argumentales horizontales, procedimentales episódicos, comedias de situación, telediarios, emisiones deportivas, concursos semanales, telerrealidad e, incluso, documentales. …”
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Facades of modernity : image, performance, and transformation in the Egyptian metropolis by Elshahed, Mohamed (Mohamed Kamal)

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KEBIJAKAN PENYIARAN DAN KEBEBASAN INFORMASI DI ACEH (Analisis Isi Rancangan Qanun tentang Program dan Isi Lembaga Penyiaran Di Aceh) by , maini sartika, , Dr. Phil. Ana Nadhya Abrar, M.E.S.

“…In this article stated that, "Broadcast content in the form of movies, soap operas, commercials, comedy programs, music programs, video clips, program feature / documentary and science in domestic, foreign and local non-live broadcast before the broadcast by the broadcasters must obtain sensors pass mark ". …”

Jovens em São Paulo Lazer, consumo cultural e hábitos de ver tv by Silvia Helena Simões Borelli

“…This information is the result of qualitative research on the reception of soap operas.This study has allowed a group of researchers from various universities and areas of study to be in contact with these young people and their families during the soap opera A Indomada broadcast in the Rede Globo de Televisão during prime time in 1997.…”
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Profile of characters involved in tobacco appearances in Brazilian TV programs by Caroline Cortes, Hannah Carvalho, Marcelo Reis, Silvana Turci, Luiz Antônio Camacho, Stella Bialous, Vera Luiza da Costa e Silva, Valeska Figueiredo

“…Methods Descriptive analysis, with 400 hours of programming including soap operas, Brazilian series, reality shows and film sessions. …”
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El nord-occidental a la ficció de TV3 / The north-western Catalan in TV3 fiction by Laura Ferrer Huch

“…To this end, we analyse the language used in the only two television soap operas produced by TVC which have been developed in the north-western territory (Lo Cartanyà and Gran Nord) which therefore spread a north-western language model based on lleidatà and pallarès, respectively. …”
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Representações sociais e decisões das gestantes sobre a parturição: protagonismo das mulheres Pregnant women's social representations and decisions about delivery: women's protagon... by Raquel da Rocha Pereira, Selma Cristina Franco, Nelma Baldin

“…Besides, the pregnant women's lack of knowledge about the meaning, the impact and the benefits of the delivery stage for the newborn baby makes them insecure and without critical sense about the content of other information sources, such as soap operas, other pregnant women's stories built by the social environment, and their own experience in previous deliveries. …”
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A health’s view on violence by Paula Borges Jacques, Querubina Bringel Olinda

“…Crime has become as commonplace in the fiction of soap operas as in people’s lives. Kindness in relationships and in attitudes is being lost. …”
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