SOAP OPERA · I. INTRODUCTION 1. Origin/History The soap opera form first developed on American radio in the 1920s‚ and expanded into television starting in the 1940s‚ and is normally shown during the daytime‚ hence the alternative name‚ daytime serial. The first concerted effort to air continuing drama occurred in 1946 with the serial Faraway Hill. The term "soap opera" originated from the fact that when these serial dramas were aired on daytime radio‚ the commercials aired during the shows
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Soap Operas In our life soap operas are very popular. Many people find them enjoyable and realistic‚ but some people don’t think so. There are as much opinions about soap operas as people. I can’t say that soap operas are good or bad. I think that there are some advantages and disadvantages and now I will discuss them. On the one hand‚ soap operas can help us have a good spare time‚ because usually they are very interesting and true-to-life. Another good thing is that soap operas can wake our feelings
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Thai Soap Operas always in favor In some houses‚ family fight for TV remote control and what to watch: Drama‚ Fantasy‚ Comedy‚ or Romance? For many decades‚ prime-time soap operas‚ or Lakorn Nam Nao‚ have remained so popular. From generation to generation‚ Thai people have a very great loyalty to their soaps and their favorite characters. From the greatest-hooked Raeng Ngao‚ the audience becomes addicted to see the battle of wife and mistress. The saga of wife and mistress‚ love
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Sometimes‚ when people watch soap opera’s they see it as how their life is going to turn out in a couple of years‚ when really soap opera’s are only on television to keep one entertained. In fact‚ most of the things that are in movies and on television are only there to keep one entertained‚ they aren’t supposed to give you a taste of real life. There is a big difference between reality and the reality on soap operas. There is always a lot of drama in soap opera’s. Someone is always sleeping
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TV Soap Operas - Then and Now Experiencing Real Life through Reel Life Fazil Qayoom Talking about TV soap operas has now become a household gossip in India. Inevitably‚ one has to pass out some comments over the daily episodes of these soaps. We are aware of the reality that television has a greater potential impact on social development than ever before in human history but how much? We prove ourselves so meek in the sphere of reel world that it tends to even shape and mould our behaviors and
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Journal of Marketing Studies Vol. 4‚ No. 3; June 2012 Korean TV Soap Operas in Taiwan: An Investigation of Consumers’ Clothing Purchase Behavior Hsiu-Ju Hsu Department of Fashion Design and Management‚ National Pingtung University of Science and Technology No. 1 Shuehfu Rd.‚ Neipu‚ Pingtung 912‚ Taiwan‚ R.O.C. E-mail: hsu@mail.npust.edu.tw Received: February 15‚ 2012 doi:10.5539/ijms.v4n3p16 Abstract In a recent trend‚ Korean TV soap operas have become extremely popular in Taiwan. This article examines
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has been considered as a very strong influence on society. The largest television stations here in the Philippines are the ABS-CBN and GMA. They provide different formats of viewing such as music‚ news‚ animation‚ children programs‚ educational‚ soap operas or telenovelas‚ fantaseryes‚ game shows or reality shows and many more; that might help or worsen once lifestyles. 2These programs are monitored by MTRCB (Movie & Television Review & Classification Board).By rating it through G‚ PG and SPG
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Does TV have a negative influence on society? At-risk categories are kids and elderly people. The average American kid spends more time watching TV than attending school. Kids eat while watching TV‚ and they may do the same while doing homework. Elderly people watch TV even more than kids‚ since this is their main entertainment at home. TV is inherent in our lives. It is natural for a person to enter an apartment‚ switch on the light‚ then switch on the TV‚ and then keep on doing other things
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In a small town in Boston‚ America‚ there are those relationships that can’t be understood. Samantha and Richard have been married for 20-year. They have had two beautiful daughters‚ Alice and Laura. Richard always wonders if Alice really is his daughter because he doesn’t feel there is any connect between him and Alice. Beside‚ he really likes her so he decided to hire a spy to find out about Alice’s DNA. Coincidently‚ the spy Richard hired is Mark – Laura’s husband. But Mark has also made a promising
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an American prime time television soap opera‚ aired on CBS from April 2‚ 1978 to May 3‚ 1991 on CBS. Anna Liza was produced by GMA Network. Like its American counterpart‚ GMA Network started out as a radio station. Anna Liza was Philippine television series‚ or so to say a teleserye‚ in slangspeak. 1980 was the year it was launched. It ran for 6 years‚ ending with the untimely death of its lead actress Julie Vega. Its final episode aired in 1986. Soap operas cater to different classes in the Philippine
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