- Agriculture
- Art
- Anthropology
- Astronomy
- Biology
- Business
- Chemistry
- Classics
- Communications
- Computer Science
- Creative Writing
- Cultural Studies
- Dance
- Design
- Earth Sciences
- Economics
- Education
- Engineering
- English Studies
- Entertainment
- Ethnic Studies
- Gender Studies
- Geography
- Health
- History
- Journalism
- Law
- Library Science
- Linguistics
- Literature
- Mathematics
- Military Science
- Music
- Philosophy
- Physics
- Pharmacology
- Medicine
- Political Science
- Psychology
- Public Affairs
- Religious Studies
- Sociology
- Theatre
- Other
Expanding the Comfort Zone by Reflecting Diversity in Television Programming
(2006)
Tracy
Tuten
From a social perspective, the inclusion of gay characters and gay-themed
programming in network offerings serves to broaden the marketability of the
networks while also acclimating mainstream America into accepting the gay/lesbian
sexual orientation as an acceptable lifestyle.
Journal of Research for Consumers
Periodical
Entertainment
...............................................................
Expanding the Comfort Zone by Reflecting Diversity in Television Programming
(2006)
Tracy
Tuten
Sexual orientation was relevant for understanding differences in viewer
attitudes, but viewer satisfaction, entertainment alternative quality, and investment
size were predictive of program commitment regardless of sexual orientation.
Journal of Research for Consumers
Periodical
Entertainment
...............................................................
Expanding the Comfort Zone by Reflecting Diversity in Television Programming
(2006)
Tracy
Tuten
Though gay and lesbian characters have been represented in programming for
decades now, gay and lesbian characters are increasingly common on television
shows, particularly in supporting roles.
Journal of Research for Consumers
Periodical
Entertainment
...............................................................
Queen Latifah, Unruly Women, and the Bodies of Romantic Comedy
(2007)
Linda
Mizejewski
To date, Bringing Down the House is Latifah's only film that draws on the romantic-comedy formula.
Genders
Electronic
Entertainment
...............................................................
Queen Latifah, Unruly Women, and the Bodies of Romantic Comedy
(2007)
Linda
Mizejewski
Queen Latifah often plays characters who are overtly sexualized, but in her other comedies - Taxi (2004), Beauty Shop (2005); Last Holiday (2006) - her characters' romantic interests have been bracketed to the margins of the narrative, and in earlier films, she played powerful women who were not associated with men at all.
Genders
Electronic
Entertainment
...............................................................
Eminem, Masculine Striving, and the Dangers of Possessive Individualism
(2007)
Kim
Hester-Williams
In its debut weekend, the film 8 Mile, starring Marshall Mathers, more popularly known as Eminem, earned $54.5 million dollars ranking it at the time as one of the biggest November openings on record and the second biggest opening for an R-rated feature.
Genders
Electronic
Entertainment
...............................................................
Eminem, Masculine Striving, and the Dangers of Possessive Individualism
(2007)
Kim
Hester-Williams
Eminem became the first artist to have a number one film, single ("Lose Yourself"), and album (the 8 Mile soundtrack) in the same week.
Genders
Electronic
Entertainment
...............................................................
Eminem, Masculine Striving, and the Dangers of Possessive Individualism
(2007)
Kim
Hester-Williams
In Eminem's hit song, "Cleaning Out My Closet," from the 2002 album, The Eminem Show, he tells the listener to "put yourself in my position."
Genders
Electronic
Entertainment
...............................................................
Eminem, Masculine Striving, and the Dangers of Possessive Individualism
(2007)
Kim
Hester-Williams
Eminem, in discussing the film's theme song, "Lose Yourself," says that the title refers to the passion for hip hop music and culture and the ability to focus all your energy into the music and to tune everything else out - heckling audiences, the trailer, a far less than "ideal" mother, and your own marginalization.
Genders
Electronic
Entertainment
...............................................................
It May Look Like a Living Room?: The Musical Number and the Sitcom
(2003)
Robynn
Stilwell
I Love Lucy (1951-1957) and The Dick Van Dyke Show (1961-1966) present musical numbers in quite different ways, and although their "situations" were more amenable to the insertion of musical performance than other sitcoms, the musical number was and still is a common feature of the sitcom genre.
ECHO: a music-centered journal
Electronic
Entertainment
...............................................................



