Displaying the Nature of Relationships in Media: An Analysis of Relationship Dimensions in "Hill Street Blues."

Autor/inn/en	Benoit, Pamela J.; und weitere
Titel	Displaying the Nature of Relationships in Media: An Analysis of Relationship Dimensions in "Hill Street Blues."
Quelle	(1986), (40 Seiten)Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Characterization; Communication Research; Conflict Resolution; Egocentrism; Interaction Process Analysis; Interpersonal Communication; Interpersonal Competence; Interpersonal Relationship; Personal Autonomy; Social Behavior; Speech Communication; Television Research; Work Attitudes + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Kommunikationsforschung; Conflict solving; Konfliktlösung; Konfliktregelung; Egozentrismus; Prozessanalyse; Interpersonale Kommunikation; Interpersonale Kompetenz; Interpersonal relation; Interpersonal relations; Interpersonelle Beziehung; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung; Individuelle Autonomie; Social behaviour; Soziales Verhalten; Work attitude; Arbeitshaltung
Abstract	A study examined the nature of audience perceptions of television characters' relationships in "Hill Street Blues" and displayed how relational differences in fictional couples are communicated. Using a relational dimensions instrument, the relationships between Frank Furillo and Fay Furillo and between Frank and Joyce Davenport were categorized as independent, traditional, or separate. Frank and Joyce were independent, while Frank and Fay were separate. Display of conversational synchrony, use of implicit topic changes, and occurrence of private language and teasing episodes were communicative cues that indicated Frank and Joyce have a more integrated relationship than Frank and Fay. Further, Frank and Joyce were portrayed as equals while Frank and Fay's relationship was complementary. Communicative cues also indicated that Frank and Joyce were work-centered while Fay was self-centered. With Joyce, when dealing with conflict, Frank chose an integrative strategy 50% of the time, and a distributive strategy 36% of the time. The pattern was similar with Fay. Joyce chose a distributive strategy in 91% of their arguments, and Fay chose a distributive strategy 65% of the time and an integrative strategy 35% of the time. After viewing videotaped scenes, subjects answered several open- and closed-ended questions. Answers indicated that the audience's perceptions of these relationships match those achieved through content analysis of the show. (SRT)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC