Latin American telenovelas and African screen media: from reception to production

Jedlowski, Alessandro; Rêgo, Cacilda M.

doi:10.1080/13696815.2018.1549829

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“…Drama-formats are popularly expressed in mass media production as soap operas. Soap opera is a serial drama format that can be presented both on radio and television in continuous episodes (Alessandro and Cacilda, 2018). Soap opera started in the United States in the early 1930s.…”

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Scriptwriters’ perception of use of soap opera in agricultural information dissemination in South-western Nigeria

Olajide¹,

Ladigbolu²

2020

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The study assessed scriptwriters’ perception of use of soap opera for agricultural information dissemination in South-western Nigeria. A total of 30 scriptwriters were interviewed using questionnaire Data were analysed using frequencies, percentages, means, Pearson Product Moment Correlation (PPMC) and linear regression at p=0.05. Findings reveal that lack of adequate fund (243.4) and lack of sponsors (226.6) were perceived constraints by scriptwriters to developing scripts for promoting agriculture using soap opera. The majority (93.3%) had favourable perception of the use of soap opera for promoting agriculture. There was a significant relationship between perceived constraints (r =0.12; p≤0.05) and scriptwriters’ perception of use of soaps for promoting agriculture, while age (β = 3.18, t = 12.05, p = ≤0.05) and being an actor (β = 1.96, t = 7.61, p = ≤0.05) were the main determinants of scriptwriters’ perception of use of soap opera in dissemination of agricultural information. Scriptwriters’ favourable perception is a green light for production of agricultural based soap in Nigeria if sponsorship is guaranteed. It is recommended that an adequate source of fund or sponsorship should be sourced for use of soap opera for agricultural information dissemination.Keywords: Scriptwriters, agricultural information, soap opera

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confidence: 99%