| Acknowledgments |
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| Introduction |
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1 | (8) |
| Part I The Soap Opera Paradigm and the Television Industry |
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9 | (54) |
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1 The Evolution of the Television Industry |
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11 | (18) |
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2 The Soap Opera as Commodity Form |
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29 | (16) |
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3 The W WE: Machismo, Melodrama, and Money |
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45 | (18) |
| Part II Soap Opera Storytelling in News |
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63 | (86) |
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4 The Evolution of the ABC and CBS News Divisions |
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65 | (22) |
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5 TV News: The Show's the Thing |
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87 | (18) |
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6 Floods of Tears: Natural Disasters in the News |
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105 | (24) |
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7 All My Primaries: Political Campaigns and Television News |
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129 | (20) |
| Part III Soap Opera: The Godzilla Genre |
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149 | (60) |
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8 Prime Time Storytelling |
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151 | (20) |
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9 Reality TV: "This Is Just Like a Soap" |
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171 | (20) |
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10 A Little Soap with Your Sports? |
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191 | (18) |
| Conclusion |
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209 | (8) |
| References |
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217 | (6) |
| Index |
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223 | (8) |
| About the Author |
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