Date of Award
Summer 8-2013
Degree Type
Dissertation
Degree Name
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Department
Mass Communication and Journalism
School
Communication
Committee Chair
Christopher Campbell
Committee Chair Department
Mass Communication and Journalism
Committee Member 2
Fei Xue
Committee Member 2 Department
Mass Communication and Journalism
Committee Member 3
Kim LeDuff
Committee Member 3 Department
Mass Communication and Journalism
Committee Member 4
Phillip Gentile
Committee Member 4 Department
Mass Communication and Journalism
Committee Member 5
Cheryl Jenkins
Committee Member 5 Department
Mass Communication and Journalism
Abstract
This study examined the worlds of three popular soap operas: Days of Our Lives, General Hospital, and Young and the Restless. Someone who has not watched the three soap operas examined for this study might think that soap operas are all alike. Yet this study has demonstrated how different they really are. These soap operas are created by different teams of writers, producers, and editors—different real authors. Days of Our Lives, General Hospital, and Young and the Restless are really distinct and different from each other in a number of ways. These programs depict different classes of people with different personal goals and rules for behavior; they differ in loyalty to family and differ in attitudes about wealth and power.
Copyright
2013, Elizabeth A. Worden
Recommended Citation
Worden, Elizabeth Ann, "Life, Love, and Hegemony on Daytime TV: A Critical Analysis of Three Popular Soap Operas" (2013). Dissertations. 375.
https://aquila.usm.edu/dissertations/375