Essays about: "Telenovela"

Found 2 essays containing the word Telenovela.

1. 1. Good Cynicism : The Civic Potentials of Political Comedy and The Reasons for Its Absence on Colombian Television

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap; Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kommunikation och medier

   Author : Esteban Rahal; [2016]
   Keywords : media; media power; media ownership; censorship; Colombia; political comedy; satire; humor; television; radio; TV genre; telenovela; cynicism; politics; good cynicism; cultural citizenship; monitorial citizenship; civic culture; leveling; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : This research addresses the potential of political comedy and satire as television genres in the construction of democracy and civic culture in Colombia. Through a set of elite interviews with representative individuals in the media, political humor and media scholarship circles of the country; and through genre-based and political, economical and cultural analyses, this research underscores the real reasons for the absence of domestic political comedy on Colombian television. READ MORE

3. 2. Not applauding the gay topic : Mexican Telenovela, communicating social learning?

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för medier och journalistik (MJ)

   Author : Jonna Ekdahl; Cajsa Mosbakk Martinsson; [2016]
   Keywords : Communication; Entertainment-Education; Social Change; Behaviour Change; Social learning; Homosexuality; Identification; Disidentification; Mexico; Youth; Decoding; Lesbians; Gay; Telenovela;

   Abstract : Social learning is a key element in the methodology used in the Mexican telenovela Ultimo año, and suggest that people can adopt behaviour from watching television. An important aspect of social learning are role models to identify with and/or learn their behaviour, hopefully changing their behaviour. READ MORE