This project examines questions of national identity and democracy in television through the analysis of the production processes of audience discussion programmes. The study of television debates, as public spaces through which members of particular communities discuss topics of common concern, shed some light on two different questions. On the one hand, this project explores whether the (re)construction of national and cultural identity intervenes in the process of programme-making within stateless nations. On the other hand, audience discussion programmes are examined to assess whether they can function as democratic spheres of social representation in the media. These two strands of research are developed through ethnographic insights into two television debates: Scottish Women - produced by the commercial company Scottish Television (STV), and La Vida en un Xip - transmitted through the. Catalan public television channel TV3 and produced by the production company DCo.S.A. A comparative study of these two programmes and their respective broadcasting contexts is provided. Also, the distinctive political status of Scotland and Catalonia within their respective states - Britain and Spain - and the European and international contexts, is examined in relation to the media. The current debates concerning nationalism, the nation and national identity are discussed on the basis of culture as the essential element of the nation-building process. This study explores the process of cultural identity fonnation in Scotland and Catalonia and the role of their respective media structures as potential actors in the (re)construction of collective identities. Thus, the analysis of television production is regarded as a key instrument with which to assessh ow this medium intervenesi n such processes. Audience discussion programmes are examined as television formats with the potential for providing a democratic public sphere in the media. An expansion of the concept of the public sphere, its transformation and its role in contemporary societies is, therefore, essential to develop this argument. Also, the relation between television debates and the community is explored through a survey carried out amongst participants of Scottish Women and La Vida en un Xip. This work provides media studies with some keys to evaluate the role of television debates in the delicate political make-up of two nations without a state, Scotland and Catalonia. Questions of national and cultural identity are crucial to the policy-making of their respective broadcasting, industries. Yet, such questions are difficult to distinguish and define in their programming. The comparative analysis of the two case studies reveals that every person involved in television making reflects to a certain extent his/her own perceptions of the country, and therefore, television debates mirror the ambiguities that may lie behind them. This study provides some clues to reformulate the concept of the 'public sphere' on the basis of a 'dissection' of television production procedures. The findings also reveal the economic, political and social criteria that develop audience discussion programmes into spheres of entertainment rather than rational communicative environments in which a public sphere could function. The concepts of national identity and the public sphere are framed in the context of contemporary societies, in which post-modem values are eroding the role and interest of the individual in the political process.

by Leung Wai Lun Nicholas, Tse Chung Yan. / Thesis (M.B.A.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2001. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 47). / ABSTRACTS --- p.1 / Chapter CHAPTER I --- INTRODUCTION --- p.5 / Background --- p.5 / Market Coverage of ACNielsen's ratings measurement --- p.5 / Methodology of Audience Rating Measurement by ACNielsen --- p.6 / TV Ratings Measurement --- p.7 / Differentiation by Dayparts --- p.7 / Differentiation by Programmes --- p.8 / Use of Program Audience Rating --- p.9 / Strategy Formulation from Audience Rating --- p.10 / Chapter CHAPTER II --- LITERATURE REVIEW --- p.12 / Television Channels and Advertisements: --- p.12 / New Forms of TV Advertising --- p.13 / Chapter CHAPTER III --- RESEARCH OBJECTIVES --- p.14 / Chapter CHAPTER IV --- RESEARCH METHODOLOGY AND PROCESSES --- p.15 / The Data Set --- p.15 / Database Description --- p.15 / Sample Composition --- p.15 / TV Rating (TVR) --- p.16 / Data Structure --- p.16 / TABLE 1 --- p.16 / Data Cleansing --- p.17 / Phase I Process一Data Extraction --- p.17 / Phase II Process´ؤData Conversion --- p.18 / Phase III Process´ؤDatabase Mapping --- p.18 / Phase IV Process一Data Transformation --- p.18 / "Tabulation, Sorting, and Descriptive Statistical Analysis" --- p.19 / Chapter CHAPTER V --- RESULTS AND ANALYSIS --- p.20 / Descriptive Statistics --- p.20 / Analysis By Programmes --- p.24 / Analysis By Day --- p.28 / Analysis by week --- p.29 / Analysis by time slots/dayparts --- p.29 / Weekdays TVBJ and ATVH Mean Ratings Per Minute --- p.30 / Audience movements in channel switching --- p.32 / Interpretation from 2:00am to 7:00am --- p.33 / Interpretation from 7:00am to 11:00am --- p.34 / TV News Increases Switching Phenomenon --- p.35 / Analysis of Prime Time --- p.35 / Program types' effect on commercial break --- p.37 / Analysis of commercial break --- p.37 / Commercial Break Effect --- p.37 / Chapter CHAPTER VI --- LIMITATIONS OF ANALYSIS --- p.40 / Numbers of TV channels taken into account --- p.40 / Program categories --- p.40 / Rating of those not watching TV --- p.40 / Size of database --- p.40 / Factors affecting ratings --- p.41 / Audience size --- p.41 / Chapter CHAPTER VII --- CONCLUSION --- p.42 / Chapter CHAPTER IIX --- FUTURE RESEARCH --- p.45 / Proposed Regression Analysis´ؤChannel Switching Analysis --- p.45 / Channel Switching Regression Model Building --- p.45 / BIBLIOGRAPHY --- p.47 / APPENDIX / Appendix A: SAS Outputs Statistics --- p.57 / Appendix B: Sample of Commercial Log File --- p.82 / Appendix C: SAS Programs Codes --- p.85 / Appendix D: Data Cleansing Programs in C --- p.89 / Appendix E: Full view of Mean Ratings Plots --- p.95

Thesis (M.C.P.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 1981. / MICROFICHE COPY AVAILABLE IN ARCHIVES AND ROTCH. / Bibliography: leaf [64]. / by Tomas Rivera. / M.C.P.

Li, Luzhou. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2009. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 127-147). / Abstract also in Chinese. / ABSTRACT (in English) --- p.i / ABSTRACT (in Chinese) --- p.iv / ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS --- p.vi / TABLE OF CONTENTS --- p.viii / LIST OF TABLES --- p.x / Chapter CHAPTER 1. --- INTRODUCTION --- p.1 / Chapter 1.1 --- Research Question --- p.7 / Chapter 1.2 --- Structure of the Thesis --- p.12 / Chapter 2. --- HEROES IN COMMUNIST CHINESE HISTORY --- p.13 / Chapter 2.1 --- A Brief Review on the Hero Literature --- p.13 / Chapter 2.2 --- Heroes in Communist Chinese History --- p.16 / Chapter 2.2.1 --- Yan 'an talk and the principle of socialist realism --- p.16 / Chapter 2.2.2 --- Heroes in different stages of Communist Chinese history --- p.20 / Chapter 2.2.3 --- The anti-Confucianism sentiment --- p.29 / Chapter 3. --- METHODOLOGY --- p.32 / Chapter 3.1 --- Data Collection --- p.32 / Chapter 3.1.1 --- Interviewee recruitment --- p.33 / Chapter 3.1.2 --- Interview techniques --- p.36 / Chapter 3.1.3 --- Selection of the texts --- p.38 / Chapter 3.2 --- Data Analysis --- p.38 / Chapter 4. --- ANALYSIS --- p.41 / Chapter 4.1 --- Human Nature: The Benevolence --- p.42 / Chapter 4.1.1 --- Ruler to minister: The loyalty --- p.51 / Chapter 4.1.2 --- Father to son: The filial piety --- p.57 / Chapter 4.2 --- Human Emotion: Qing --- p.75 / Chapter 4.2.1 --- Husband to wife: The conjugal love --- p.78 / Chapter 4.2.2 --- Elder brother to younger brother: The fraternal love --- p.82 / Chapter 4.2.3 --- Friend to friend: The friendship --- p.85 / Chapter 5. --- THE REVIVAL OF CONFUCIANISM --- p.89 / Chapter 5.1 --- Why the Revival of Confucianism? --- p.94 / Chapter 6. --- CONCLUSION --- p.110 / REFERENCES --- p.127 / APPENDIXES / Chapter A. --- The Interview Guide --- p.144 / Chapter B. --- List of Interviewees --- p.145 / Chapter C. --- Figure 1 and Figure 2 --- p.148

published_or_final_version / Public Administration / Master / Master of Public Administration

Thesis (M.S.)--Kutztown University of Pennsylvania, 1997. / Source: Masters Abstracts International, Volume: 45-06, page: 2725. Typescript. Abstract precedes thesis as preliminary leaves [1-2]. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 30-31).

Thesis (M.M.)--Bowling Green State University, 2009. / Document formatted into pages; contains vii, 99 p. : ill. (some col.) Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Washington, 2006. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 182-196).

AFRICAN LANGUAGES / MA (AFRICAN LANGUAGES)

The research aims to examine the development of Western-originated reality television (RTV) within a socialist country which is adopting and adapting a capitalist economic system.