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The Survival of Soap Opera

Author : Sam Ford
Publisher : Univ. Press of Mississippi
ISBN 13 : 1604737174
Total Pages : 355 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (47 download)

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Download or read book The Survival of Soap Opera written by Sam Ford and published by Univ. Press of Mississippi. This book was released on 2010-11-03 with total page 355 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The soap opera, one of U.S. television's longest-running and most influential formats, is on the brink. Declining ratings have been attributed to an increasing number of women working outside the home and to an intensifying competition for viewers' attention from cable and the Internet. Yet, soaps' influence has expanded, with serial narratives becoming commonplace on most prime time TV programs. The Survival of Soap Opera investigates the causes of their dwindling popularity, describes their impact on TV and new media culture, and gleans lessons from their complex history for twenty-first-century media industries. The book contains contributions from established soap scholars such as Robert C. Allen, Louise Spence, Nancy Baym, and Horace Newcomb, along with essays and interviews by emerging scholars, fans and Web site moderators, and soap opera producers, writers, and actors from ABC's General Hospital, CBS's The Young and the Restless and The Bold and the Beautiful, and other shows. This diverse group of voices seeks to intervene in the discussion about the fate of soap operas at a critical juncture, and speaks to longtime soap viewers, television studies scholars, and media professionals alike.

Her Stories

Author : Elana Levine
Publisher : Duke University Press Books
ISBN 13 : 9781478008019
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (8 download)

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Download or read book Her Stories written by Elana Levine and published by Duke University Press Books. This book was released on 2020-02-25 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since the debut of These Are My Children in 1949, the daytime television soap opera has been foundational to the history of the medium as an economic, creative, technological, social, and cultural institution. In Her Stories, Elana Levine draws on archival research and her experience as a longtime soap fan to provide an in-depth history of the daytime television soap opera as a uniquely gendered cultural form and a central force in the economic and social influence of network television. Closely observing the production, promotion, reception, and narrative strategies of the soaps, Levine examines two intersecting developments: the role soap operas have played in shaping cultural understandings of gender and the rise and fall of broadcast network television as a culture industry. In so doing, she foregrounds how soap operas have revealed changing conceptions of gender and femininity as imagined by and reflected on the television screen.

Crossroads

Author : Dorothy Hobson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 184 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Crossroads written by Dorothy Hobson and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Crossroads', one of the most successful programmes on television, has attracted a huge and devoted audience of some 15 million regular viewers. Yet, like many soap operas, it is derided by the press and treated with distaste by other programme-makers. Indeed, despite its popularity, its very future currently hangs in the balance. While doing independent research on popular television in the ATV studios in 1981, Dorothy Hobson observed the storm that developed around the company's decision to dispense with Meg Mortimer, star of 'Crossroads'. The repercussions of that announcement were immense and highlighted the gulf between the broadcasting authorities and the progaramme's critics, and the 'Crossroads' production team and the audience. Through talking to the actors, the programme controller and the viewing public, she went on to explore the contradictions of why and how a soap opera is made and viewed, examining the appeal of 'Crossroads' and attempting to locate the programme as part of contemporary popular culture. The result is a revealing, controversial but also very absorbing analysis of a soap opera in crisis.

Soap Opera History

Author : Mary Ann Copeland
Publisher : Bdd Promotional Book Company
ISBN 13 : 9780792454519
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (545 download)

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Download or read book Soap Opera History written by Mary Ann Copeland and published by Bdd Promotional Book Company. This book was released on 1991-01-01 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An introduction to the slow-moving world of soap operas includes reviews of major storylines, histories of how each show began, cast lists, and other information on both daytime and evening serials

Soap Opera

Author : Alecia Swasy
Publisher : Crown
ISBN 13 : 0307824225
Total Pages : 462 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (78 download)

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Download or read book Soap Opera written by Alecia Swasy and published by Crown. This book was released on 2012-11-21 with total page 462 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As the maker of Ivory soap, Tide detergent, and Crest toothpaste, Procter & Gamble is a household name. It is America’s thirteenth largest company, lauded by business schools as a model for success. But behind P&G’s wholesome image is a control-obsessed company so paranoid that Wall Street analysts, employees, and the chairman himself refer to it as “the Kremlin.” The company demands conformity and unquestioning loyalty from its employees, who work in a strict and oppressive environment. P&G’s wealth and power ensures it gets what it wants, from tax breaks to the eager services of Washington lobbyists. In this explosive exposé, Wall Street Journal reporter Alecia Swasy—who covered P&G for three years—tells the full chilling story of life within the P&G behemoth. Drawn from interviews with over 300 former and current P&G employees (including CEO Ed Artzt), visits to P&G operations in five countries, and thousands of court and company documents, Soap Opera reveals the dirty tricks and draconian mind-set of the company with the “99 44/100% pure” façade. Included here is the real story behind P&G’s Rely brand tampons and their link to women’s deaths from toxic shock syndrome—and how P&G tried to suppress that evidence. Swasy takes us to Taylor County, Florida, where residents drink bottled water because P&G’s influence allowed the company to flood the local river with dioxin-laden toxic waste from its paper mill. Among these and dozens of other examples of the company’s cutthroat nature is Swasy’s own story of P&G’s unethical seizure of Cincinnati phone records in an effort to track down her sources. Wonderfully readable and impeccably researched, Soap Opera is a sobering look at the price of success in America.

Soap Opera Confidential

Author : Elizabeth Searle
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476627592
Total Pages : 182 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (766 download)

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Download or read book Soap Opera Confidential written by Elizabeth Searle and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2017-03-23 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Soap operas have captured loyal, often lifelong viewers since the first American daytime serial debuted in 1949. In this collection of 29 new and five classic essays and recollections, authors and soap opera insiders delve into the passion for television melodrama that compels viewers to "tune in tomorrow." The contributors include iconic soap star Thorsten Kaye, journalist Leigh Montville, authors Elinor Lipman and Ann Hood, and editors of Soaps in Depth magazine. They explore the soap phenomenon from a range of perspectives and consider the appeal of a venerable genre in which, as novelist Jacquelyn Mitchard observes, "everyone's life was more depressing than mine."

Focus On: 100 Most Popular American Male Soap Opera Actors

Author : Wikipedia contributors
Publisher : e-artnow sro
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 887 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Focus On: 100 Most Popular American Male Soap Opera Actors written by Wikipedia contributors and published by e-artnow sro. This book was released on with total page 887 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Worlds Without End

Author : Museum of Television and Radio (New York, N.Y.)
Publisher : ABRAMS
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 186 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Worlds Without End written by Museum of Television and Radio (New York, N.Y.) and published by ABRAMS. This book was released on 1997 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As a special feature for this book, The Museum of Television & Radio conducted interviews with leading writers, producers, actors, and directors of soap operas. Dozens of revealing quotes from these interviews appear throughout the book - personal and professional comments by men and women who make their living in the field.

Soap Opera Confidential

Author : Elizabeth Searle
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476665281
Total Pages : 182 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (766 download)

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Download or read book Soap Opera Confidential written by Elizabeth Searle and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2017-03-20 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Soap operas have captured loyal, often lifelong viewers since the first American daytime serial debuted in 1949. In this collection of 29 new and five classic essays and recollections, authors and soap opera insiders delve into the passion for television melodrama that compels viewers to "tune in tomorrow." The contributors include iconic soap star Thorsten Kaye, journalist Leigh Montville, authors Elinor Lipman and Ann Hood, and editors of Soaps in Depth magazine. They explore the soap phenomenon from a range of perspectives and consider the appeal of a venerable genre in which, as novelist Jacquelyn Mitchard observes, "everyone's life was more depressing than mine."

Phantom of the Soap Opera

Author : Judi Miller
Publisher : Dell Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 9780440200581
Total Pages : 388 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book Phantom of the Soap Opera written by Judi Miller and published by Dell Publishing Company. This book was released on 1988 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One by one, a ruthless killer stalks the actresses of the soap opera, All My Days, delivering the same violent end to them all. And not even street-smart police detective Theresa Morrison suspects his real identity until he comes after her.

From Soap Opera to Symphony

Author : Julie Ireland Keene
Publisher : Author House
ISBN 13 : 145200434X
Total Pages : 230 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (52 download)

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Download or read book From Soap Opera to Symphony written by Julie Ireland Keene and published by Author House. This book was released on 2010-04-19 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book not only tells a story, but provides concrete and specific tools that can help the reader understand themselves and others that have experienced difficult passages in their lives: The Soap Opera: Illegitimate, sexual abuse, foster homes, adopted at nine, alcoholic father and husbands, death of oldest son at nine, handicap of second son, divorces, desperate search for Prince Charming. The Symphony: The Cosmic Viewpoint, Inner Healing, Soul Choice, Earth School Instruction, Forgiveness and Release, Love is Forever, Genuine Wholeness and the Ultimate Relationship with the Higher Spiritual Self.

Soap Opera Super Couples

Author : Henrietta Roos
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 147662710X
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (766 download)

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Download or read book Soap Opera Super Couples written by Henrietta Roos and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2016-11-10 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A television genre best known for romantic storytelling, daytime soap operas have for decades spun tales of couples embroiled in passion, lust and adventure. Yet it was not until the early 1980s that star-crossed lovers became standard and the term “super couple” was coined by the media, marking a new era of experimentation and growth in daytime soaps. This book documents the phenomenon, tracing its history, legacy and impact on the soap opera industry and on popular culture at large.

Soap Opera

Author : Alecia Swasy
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 0671897810
Total Pages : 404 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (718 download)

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Download or read book Soap Opera written by Alecia Swasy and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 1994-09 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Behind Procter and Gamble's wholesome image is a control-obsessed company so paranoid that Wall Street analysts, employees, and the chairman himself refer to it as "the Kremlin." PandG's wealth and power ensure that it gets what it wants, from tax breaks to the eager services of Washington lobbyists.

Moonbeams

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 158 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (31 download)

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Download or read book Moonbeams written by and published by . This book was released on 1926 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Soap Opera Paradigm

Author : James H. Wittebols
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 9780742520028
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (2 download)

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Download or read book The Soap Opera Paradigm written by James H. Wittebols and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2004 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Soap Opera Paradigm is an engaging look at the pervasive use of daytime soap opera storytelling techniques in most television program genres, from prime time soap operas and reality shows to the nightly news, coverage of political campaigns, and sports programming. Drawing from a wealth of research, James Wittebols shows how programming techniques have changed over time and what roles media concentration and commercial influences have played in these changes. Visit our website for sample chapters!

The 30-Day Heartbreak Cure

Author : Catherine Hickland
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 9781416964032
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (64 download)

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Download or read book The 30-Day Heartbreak Cure written by Catherine Hickland and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2008-12-30 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A straightforward, day-by-day plan for healing heartache in one month from the star of ABC's popular daytime drama One Life to Live Day 1: It's over. You're devastated, numb, angry, lost, hurt, helpless, hopeless, shaken -- meanwhile, the source of your grief has the arrogant nerve to still be alive. He's probably having himself a perfectly good day, while you feel as if you're dying inside. Catherine Hickland knows. She's been there. More than once. She also knows that soon you will get past your pain and on to the great life that's waiting for you. Inspired by the soap diva's own trial-and-error efforts to recover from a broken heart in a healthy and productive way, The 30-Day Heartbreak Cure is an easy-to-follow, one-day-at-a-time plan for getting yourself over him and back on your feet. All you need to do is set a deadline -- one month from today -- for your pain to end, and let Catherine guide you through it. Catherine's solid, empathetic advice will help you take responsibility for your recovery, repair your self-esteem, and learn from the best and the worst of what you've been through. "Look at it this way," she says, "you only have to follow these rules for thirty days. There's nothing you can't handle for thirty days, except feel like you're feeling today." Each day brings a new reflection and a simple activity that will help you look better, feel better, and ultimately discover that you're not just as good as new thanks to this experience, you are better.

Days of Our Lives

Author : Maureen Russell
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 0786486511
Total Pages : 287 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (864 download)

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Download or read book Days of Our Lives written by Maureen Russell and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2015-06-08 with total page 287 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On November 8, 1965, Days of Our Lives debuted on NBC. The show overcame a rocky beginning to become one of the best-loved and longest running soap operas on daytime television. For 30 years, the story of the show's Horton family has been closely followed by a dedicated audience. Through extensive research, including the first-ever examination of the show's archives, and interviews with cast members, writers, producers and production personnel, the show's history is told here. This reference work provides a complete cast list from the show's debut through 1994, as well as the most comprehensive storyline of the show ever available. Also included are family trees of the show's characters, tracing the often confusing relationships involved in thirty years of developing roles.