Implicit Theories of Marriage and Evaluations of Marriage on Television

Perse, Elizabeth M.; Pavitt, Charles; Burggraf, Cynthia S.

doi:10.1111/j.1468-2958.1990.tb00216.x

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“…One other study (Perse, Pavitt, & Burggraf, 1990) did obtain an interaction of own and television couple type for their one dependent variable, perceived marital satisfaction. However, the televised couples rated were self-selected rather than experimentally provided, rendering interpretation of the interaction uncertain.…”

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Implications of Concurrent Measures of Viewer Behavior

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Carter's "signaled stopping" technique is used here under different instructions to examine two quitc diJfi'rent cognitive phenomena during television viewing of marital interactionsfromfraturcfilms: a change to the cognitive state of "thinking" (rather than just watching), and the momentary peruption of action "meaningful for the couple% relationship," A aariety of evidence supports the distinction and suggests directionsfor further applications ofthe technique.uch communication research of the past decade converges to demand changes in the way we measure communication M behaviors. The pervasive cognitive orientation at the individual level of analysis has produced a continuing focus on "processes" in both mass and interpersonal communication (Bryant

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“…In fact, television is probably more conservative in its presentation of family than in any other area. Much of the research indicates that television presents an image of the family as traditional and happy (Gerbner, Gross, Morgan, & Signorielli, 1980;Perse, Pavitt, & Burggraf, 1990;Signorielli, 1982;Skill, Robinson, & Wallace, 1987), demonstrating more affiliative behaviors than confrontational or withdrawing behaviors (Greenberg, Hines, Buerkel-Rothfuss, & Atkin, 1980;Heintz, 1992). Still, the modern sitcom is not all sweetness; rather, it is full of ribald sex jokes and crude language.…”

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“…In studies on the effects of television family portrayals, the results are not always so positive but may be traditional. Heavy viewing adolescents perceived being single as negative (Morgan & Harr-Mazer, 1980, in Perse et al, 1990 and expressed interest in getting married at a younger age (Gerbner et al, 1980). Buerkel-Rothfuss and Mayes (1981) showed that grammar school children who were exposed to heavy doses of soap operas changed their perceptions of the number of happy marriages, divorces, extramarital affairs, and of desirable careers.…”

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The Public and Private Dialogue about the American Family on Television

Albada

2000

Journal of Communication

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Though research on TV family portrayals exists and family images have been criticized in public arenas, there is a lack of research on parents and children's responses to family portrayals. For this study, I interviewed parents and children in order to examine connections between the public and private dialogues about TV family portrayals. The private dialogue closely approximated the public dialogue by focusing on TV family realism, structure, and relationship models. Implicit in participants' arguments was a social learning model. Most participants argued that family portrayals affect expectations for family life, valued features of family, and communication with family members. This article discusses the connections between public opinion and family communication.In 1992, former Vice President Dan Quayle's comment about the glamorization of single parenthood on the television program, Murphy Brown, triggered heated and widespread debate about the effects of television vis a vis the decline of "family values" and "the American family." Since 1992, an entourage of political figures has joined the fight, condemning television for its effects on values, children, families, and society in general. The discourse of the late 1990s about television may be likened to a "moral panic," motivated by a perceived sense of social crisis and serving as a simple explanation for a whole range of social ills (Buckingham, 1993). In times of uncertainty, parents and children may look to the public experts for advice. If this happens, the pervasive public discourse about television becomes a pervasive private discourse about television, bringing with it beliefs and attitudes about television. However, the ways in which parents and children perceive and implement these arguments within their daily lives are likely to be as various as the people themselves. Buckingham (1993) argues that what we think about television and how we use it in our daily lives depend to a great extent on how we talk about it with others and the contexts in which we do so.

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“…Hawkins, Pingree, Fitzpatrick, Thompson, and Bauman (1991) focused on the ways in which individuals applied their schemata about communication in marriage to both mediated couples (clips from movies) and nonmediated couples. Perse, Pavin, and Burggraf's (1990) study of perceptions of marriage was prompted by Berger and Chaffee's (1988) suggestion that researchers study cognition to integrate mass and interpersonal communication. They found that individuals' existing perceptions of marriage influenced their evaluations of marriage satisfaction for couples portrayed on television.…”

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Bridging the Mass-Interpersonal Divide Synthesis Scholarship in HCR

O'Sullivan

1999

Human Comm Res

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Despite tremendous progress in communication research and theory, the history ofthe communication field has been marked by theoreticalfragmentation, identity mkes, and disciplinary isolation. Human Communication Research (HCR) has provided a forum for research that strengthens the discipline's legacy of theory construction as well as discussions about theo ry development. An important contribution was a 2988 symposium, where leading scholars examined the 'yalse dichotomy" between mass and interpersonal communication research. Although the philosophical discussion has continued, innovation in communication technologies have challenged the traditional definitions of mass and interpersonal communication by blurring many of the practical distinctions. This articleassesses HCR's contribution to synthesis scholarship and compares it to similar @arts in other national journals. It also examines how new communication technologies are intenslfiing the need for scholars to construct theory that transcends outmoded levels of analysis. This important theoretical discussion is viewed as central to thefuture ofthefield during its next 25 years.espite tremendous progress in communication research and theory in recent decades, the history of the communication field

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Implicit Theories of Marriage and Evaluations of Marriage on Television

Cited by 19 publications

References 46 publications

Implications of Concurrent Measures of Viewer Behavior

Implications of Concurrent Measures of Viewer Behavior

The Public and Private Dialogue about the American Family on Television

Bridging the Mass-Interpersonal Divide Synthesis Scholarship in HCR

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