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"I’ll be There for You” if You are Just Like Me: An Analysis of Hegemonic Social Structures in “Friends”

Marshall, Lisa Marie
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1182538485

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2007, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Bowling Green State University, Communication Studies.
The purpose of this dissertation is to analyze the dominant ideologies and hegemonic social constructs the television series “Friends” communicates in regard to friendship practices, gender roles, racial representations, and social class in order to suggest relationships between the series and social patterns in the broader culture. This dissertation describes the importance of studying television content and its relationship to media culture and social influence. The analysis included a quantitative content analysis of friendship maintenance, and a qualitative textual analysis of alternative families, gender, race, and class representations. The analysis found the characters displayed actions of selectivity, only accepting a small group of friends in their social circle based on friendship, gender, race, and social class distinctions as the six characters formed a culture that no one else was allowed to enter.
Katherine Bradshaw (Advisor)
235 p.
Mass Communications
Television and Society; Friendship; Friends; Dominant Ideology; Hegemony; Alternative Families; Gender Roles; Racial Representations; Social Class Representations

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  • Marshall, L. M. (2007). "I’ll be There for You” if You are Just Like Me: An Analysis of Hegemonic Social Structures in “Friends” [Doctoral dissertation, Bowling Green State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1182538485

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Marshall, Lisa. "I’ll be There for You” if You are Just Like Me: An Analysis of Hegemonic Social Structures in “Friends”. 2007. Bowling Green State University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1182538485.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Marshall, Lisa. ""I’ll be There for You” if You are Just Like Me: An Analysis of Hegemonic Social Structures in “Friends”." Doctoral dissertation, Bowling Green State University, 2007. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1182538485

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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