A Struggle for Dominance: Relational Communication Messages in Television Programming.

Autor/inn/en	Barbatsis, Gretchen S.; und weitere
Titel	A Struggle for Dominance: Relational Communication Messages in Television Programming.
Quelle	(1979), (26 Seiten)Verfügbarkeit
Beigaben	Tabellen
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Tagungsbericht; Characterization; Females; Interaction Process Analysis; Interpersonal Relationship; Language Patterns; Language Styles; Modeling (Psychology); Programing (Broadcast); Role Models; Role Perception; Sex Role; Television; Television Research + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Weibliches Geschlecht; Prozessanalyse; Interpersonal relation; Interpersonal relations; Interpersonelle Beziehung; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung; Sprachmodell; Sprachstruktur; Sprachstil; Modeling; Modelling; Modellierung; Identifikationsfigur; Role conception; Rollenverständnis; Geschlechterrolle; Fernsehen; Fernsehtechnik
Abstract	Television's messages about sex role behavior were analyzed by collecting and coding spot samples of the ten top ranked programs in prime viewing time and proportionate numbers of daytime soap operas and Saturday morning children's programs. The content analysis was based on a relational coding system developed to assess interpersonal communication between two people. The results indicated that the depicted communication patterns were dominated by young, white, male characters; that most messages were dominance messages of a "masculine language style," whether delivered by male or female speakers; and that the communication patterns tended to place the female receiver in a more submissive position. Analyzed from a symbolic interactionist perspective, these results suggested that television and the interpersonal communication patterns it projects act as socializing agents on the viewers, creating a distorted view of society's expectations for sex role behavior. (Author/RL)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2004/1/01