European Soap Operas: The Diversification of a Genre

Children Reading an Online Genre: Heterogeneity in Interpretive Work

“…If one tries accessing all of these in languages whose scripts are unfamiliar, immediately one recognizes them as SNSs. We all know documentaries, soaps, and films "look" a particular way, from the "feel of the thing"-soap operas from diverse languages being the most common example (see Liebes & Livingstone, 2005, for the "diversification" of this genre). This is also something that has long been recognized in the field of library and information sciences as user-document interaction (perhaps reminiscent of text-reader interaction), leading scholars in the field to suggest genre to be an "interface" metaphor (Toms & Campbell, 1999).…”

The psychological processes that culminate in audience loyalty to a South African soap opera

“…Real-world knowledge and genre schemas are resources that the viewer uses to fill in gaps that are present in the story (Busselle and Bilandzic, 2008;Livingstone, 1998). Liebes and Livingstone's (1998) diversification of the genre also informs the role of genre schemas in the formation of the situation model.…”

“…The justification for this research topic is primarily the inability of existing research on soap operas to address the issue. Much of what has been written on the genre has been descriptive of its effects on viewers (Ex, Janssens and Korzilius 2002;Haferkamp 1999;Larson 1996;Marx 2008;O'Guinn and Shrum 1997;Segrin and Nabi 2002;Wyer and Adaval 2004), the structural elements of a soap opera (Chamove and Mullins 1992;Pitout 1998), the interpretive soap opera viewer (Livingstone 1989(Livingstone , 1990(Livingstone , 1998, the diversification of the soap opera genre (Liebes and Livingstone 1998), multiculturalism in the South African soap opera (Lockyear 2004) and viewer representation of soap opera characters (Livingstone 1989). …”

Les enjeux de la recherche comparative internationale sur les médias

“…La principale source d'inspiration de cet article réside toutefois dans ma propre expérience : comparaison des soap operas à travers l'Europe (Liebes, Livingstone, 1998), comparaison des médias criminels et de leurs publics dans une perspective historique et, plus récemment, comparaison des usages des médias chez les enfants et les adolescents en Europe (Livingstone, Bovill, 2001), projet impliquant douze équipes de recherche nationales qui ont sondé et interviewé plus de 15 000 enfants et adolescents. Je présenterai quelques réflexions personnelles avant de dégager les principes théoriques ici en jeu.…”