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ERIC Number: EJ412971
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1990
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ISSN: ISSN-1041-794X
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Compliance Gaining on Prime Time Family Programs.
Haefner, Margaret J.; Comstock, Jamie
Southern Communication Journal, v55 n4 p402-20 Sum 1990
Studies compliance gaining behaviors among characters in 18 prime time television programs. Finds that situation comedies were more likely than dramas to contain family characters who attempted to gain compliance. Finds that parental characters were more likely than children to seek and achieve compliance. Compares results to "real life" parental compliance gaining attempts. (SG)
Descriptors: Characterization, Comparative Analysis, Compliance (Psychology), Content Analysis, Family Communication, Parent Child Relationship, Programing (Broadcast), Social Attitudes, Television Research
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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