Thesis (Ph.D.)--Indiana University, 2009. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 259-272). Also available online.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1972. / Typescript. Vita. eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references.

This thesis explores the ways in which selfhood is constructed and expressed in The Oprah Winfrey Show. The current debate on talk shows within Media Studies tends to cohere around two positions. On the one hand, talk shows are seen as exemplars of Trash TV in which confessions of private pain are exploited for commercial gain. On the other hand, the programmes are seen as a site of empowerment for marginalised people normally denied a voice in the public sphere. This thesis moves away from this binary by examining the cultural context in which Oprah is produced. It examines the show in the light of two distinctive, but at times, overlapping, traditions of thought in American culture in which conflicting versions of self are constructed. These two traditions are the' elite' cultural criticism, and an African American mode of thought that includes a black feminist perspective. The thesis argues that these traditions represent systematic discursive cultural practices that are available as a means through which to read the show. In the 'elite' cultural criticism, selfhood is constructed as empty, anxious, fragmented and dislocated. This version of self is the product of commercialism, commodification and image saturation and is made manifest in the popularisation of therapy. In the strand of African American thought that this thesis discusses, the self is posited as recoverable through the excavation of a personal and collective history, through story-telling, and is situated in relation to close, significant others. The thesis argues that Oprah is an ambivalent text in which both versions of selfhood are identifiable. Further, it is argued that the persona of Oprah Winfrey is the embodied site of these conflicts, acting as the conduit for the expression of a self that emerges from the clash of antagonistic forces. Thus, The Oprah Winfrey Show is used as a case study for the exploration of the ways in which contradictory cultural constructions of self combine in a carnivalesque play to produce something new. This thesis makes the case for an avoidance of the binary that marks the TV talk show debate by exploring the ambivalence that constitutes the text. This, it is argued, presents a fruitful way of thinking through the complexities of a popular cultural phenomenon such as Oprah.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Toronto, 2005.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Bowling Green State University, 2007. / Document formatted into pages; contains ix, 186 p. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (M.A. in National Security Affairs)--Naval Postgraduate School, September 2007. / Thesis Advisor(s): Baylouny, Anne Marie. "September 2007." AD-A473 873. Description based on title screen as viewed on October 22, 2007. Includes bibliographical references (p. 53-57). Also available via the World Wide Web.

Thesis (Ph.D.) - University of Queensland, 2005. / Includes bibliography.

The thesis aims to provide a theoretical description of sports media interpreting, as well as an overview of sports interpreting in the Czech Republic. The theoretical part of the thesis summarises the current state of research, covering the general topics of media interpreting and professional and non-professional interpreting. The empirical part consists of interviews with interpreters and commentators interpreting sports programs and other events. The interviews focus on several features: the interpreting modalities used; the situations and speeches interpreted; the interpreters' experience and preparation, and other aspects of sports interpreting - namely translation strategies and the differences between interpreting provided by professional interpreters and sports commentators.

The theme of this diploma thesis is the image of the airport environment in TV series. On the example of Letiště and Pan Am, a comparative content analysis is carried out according to established criteria. The core elements of comparative analysis are several aspects that the author maps and compares across the two series. The diploma thesis deals primarily with the characteristics and depiction of the airport environment, the image of the airport staff, the construction of the story in terms of seriality, the stereotypes and the ways to keep tension in each frames. The purpose should be a clear mapping of television series issues from a specific (aerodrome) environment, with an emphasis on the evaluation of matches and differences that come from the serial presentation.

Stereotyping of male and female roles is currently the subject of many discussions in various spheres of society. Stereotypes are widely used in the advertising industry, where they aim to make it easier for potential customers to identify with the product and support the company's image. Choosing the right gender for a particular advertisement depends on the nature of the product as well as on the target group. Some product groups are more gender- differentiated than others. An exemplary group are household cleaning products. Related advertisements traditionally show female characters more often than male characters. However, the time when cleaning products were promoted exclusively by women is over and nowadays, men appear in these kinds of advertisements too. The growing number of characters who are portrayed in non-stereotyped gender roles in television commercials began to be discussed more prominently as early as the end of the 20th century. From a sociological point of view, the gender role is a set of socially defined behavioral norms, reflecting what society usually expects from a man or a woman. For this reason, the portrayal of characters in inverse gender positions that is a step in the right direction in the pursuit of greater gender equality in society. The aim of this work is to find out...