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ERIC Number: EJ209076
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1979-Mar
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The Reassuring Role of TV's Continuing Characters.
Piltch, Charles N.
USA Today, v107 n2406 p54-56 Mar 1979
The author analyzes the series form of television program, particularly the qualities and functions of the continuing characters and their relationship to the plot. He discusses the reassuring psychological effects of a TV series on the audience and the implications of a decline in this type of programing. (SJL)
Descriptors: Audiences, Characterization, Commercial Television, Emotional Response, Film Criticism, Identification (Psychology), Literary Devices, Psychological Patterns, Security (Psychology), Television Viewing
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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