http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/keyword/tv Inquiries Journal provides undergraduate and graduate students around the world a platform for the wide dissemination of academic work over a range of core disciplines. en-us Mon, 27 Apr 2026 05:25:35 -0400 Mon, 27 Apr 2026 05:25:35 -0400 http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/1014/international-travel-nation-branding-and-orientalism-conflicting-portrayals-of-americanism-in-the-amazing-race By Elizabeth A. Montroy - Beyond merely claiming to represent 'reality,' reality television shows also inherently operate as “powerful ideological source[s] containing multiple sites of meaning... that help viewers to make sense of their social, political, economic and cultural worlds” (Winslow, 2010, p. 268). One of the ways this is done is by “taking people out of their own environment and placing them in one which is organised around values different from those they have previously expressed” (Lyle, 2008, p. 319). This is effectively demonstrated in The Amazing Race (CBS, 2001-present), which... Tue, 17 Mar 2015 04:49 EDT http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/1014/international-travel-nation-branding-and-orientalism-conflicting-portrayals-of-americanism-in-the-amazing-race http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/974/a-content-analysis-of-twitter-use-factors-that-might-increase-music-sales-during-an-award-show By Kyrstin Wallach - Can Twitter be used in marketing an artist’s music during award shows? To answer this question, the author examined four artists at the 2013 MTV VMAs—Robin Thicke, Justin Timberlake, Drake, and Kanye West--who experienced a peak of references on Twitter during the show. Based on a content analysis of the tweets and secondary research, the study found that tweets converged toward the same topics, supporting Social Influence Network Theory. This study also found that the director’s filming directions during the award show might also influence the trends on social media during the... Thu, 29 May 2014 06:36 EDT http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/974/a-content-analysis-of-twitter-use-factors-that-might-increase-music-sales-during-an-award-show http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/824/the-construction-of-southern-identity-through-reality-tv-a-content-analysis-of-here-comes-honey-boo-boo-duck-dynasty-and-buckwild By Ariel Miller - The reality television genre has been increasingly at the forefront of media and cultural studies and a subject of critique across the disciplines of communications, anthropology and visual studies. While reality television programs have been analyzed for elements of racism and sexism, quantitative research to date has rarely been done to explore whether the portrayal of the American southerner was distorted. Using a data-driven approach, the frequency of commonly held southern stereotypes within three shows across three networks were evaluated through content analysis. The researcher observed... Mon, 09 Dec 2013 01:01 EST http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/824/the-construction-of-southern-identity-through-reality-tv-a-content-analysis-of-here-comes-honey-boo-boo-duck-dynasty-and-buckwild http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/821/evolution-of-the-gaming-experience-live-video-streaming-and-the-emergence-of-a-new-web-community By Nathan Edge - The introduction of Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) into the eSports industry has caused an unprecedented growth in its viewership and community involvement. As uses and gratifications theory suggests, individuals are actively seeking out new media content that coincides with their interests. IPTV and live steams of videogames provide a new Web-specific genre of entertainment that is not available from traditional broadcasting methods. The convergence of multiple Internet technologies, social interaction and community-produced content has given birth to a web community with a vast and dedicated... Mon, 09 Dec 2013 11:37 EST http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/821/evolution-of-the-gaming-experience-live-video-streaming-and-the-emergence-of-a-new-web-community http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/668/good-girls-gone-bad-race-and-gender-in-oxygens-the-bad-girls-club By Elijah Mercer - “Reality television” programs attempt to portray normal people in everyday situations. In recent years, the genre has boomed and essentially changed the landscape of television networks.[1] As reality programming continues to dominate television ratings, it has become increasingly commercialized both domestically and abroad. Meanwhile, many reality shows continue to reinforce traditional race and gender based stereotypes. Oxygen Network’s new hit reality show The Bad Girls Club (2006-present) is a product of this distorted format that supports profit-making and negative stereotypes... Sun, 29 Jul 2012 11:05 EDT http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/668/good-girls-gone-bad-race-and-gender-in-oxygens-the-bad-girls-club http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/1229/the-problems-of-former-ussr-citizens-in-russian-latvian-relations By Konstantin Pakhorukov - The problem of migration is one of the most urgent ones in the modern world. As a rule, people migrate voluntarily. In the USSR, however, migration against people's free will was quite a widespread phenomenon. Thus, many Russians found themselves in the Baltic Soviet Socialist Republics. The USSR broke up, but the consequences of its disintegration still influence Russian-Latvian relations. About 15 percent of the Latvian population, mostly Russians, have the status of non-citizens and are therefore restricted in their rights compared to ordinary citizens. There are also other difficulties with... Fri, 15 Apr 2011 12:00 EDT http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/1229/the-problems-of-former-ussr-citizens-in-russian-latvian-relations http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/141/the-vast-wasteland-gets-vaster-the-future-of-television-in-the-online-revolution By Brian Richards - Though Minow would probably maintain his statement in light of the Nielsen ratings for “Dancing With the Stars” or “American Idol,” his moral accusations appear disregarded by his own constituency. Not only did this “wasteland” continue to prosper in bars and living rooms, but it expanded into ever greater frontiers with the development of new technology. Current reports already reveal that the future of TV will not always appear, at least exclusively, on TV. In an already interwoven and interconnected field, television is becoming even more integrated with... Tue, 26 Jan 2010 10:32 EST http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/141/the-vast-wasteland-gets-vaster-the-future-of-television-in-the-online-revolution http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/39/the-great-war-the-similarities-and-differences-of-print-and-television-media By Scott Berghegger - News is more likely to be reported if meets one of the following characterisitics: It concerns elite personalities;  It is negative; It is recent; Or it is surprising (Fiske 96). The story of the Bush Administration’s “regrouping” attempt after a “bad week” is all of these things. The President, after a volley of defeats and scandals in the past week including Harriet Miers’s dismissal, Scooter Libby’s indictment, and the death toll in Iraq passing the 2,000 mark, needs to “regroup” and “excite America,” according, respectively... Mon, 09 Nov 2009 09:24 EST http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/39/the-great-war-the-similarities-and-differences-of-print-and-television-media