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INDEX

Sex and the City, 51 Structure
Sexual orientation, 55 advertising and, 200–201
Shadow of the Colossus (video game), 220 in formulaic analysis, 28, 35–40, 37
Shalhoub, Tony, 80 ideological context and, 156–157
Shape, 177–178 industry perspective and, 200
Sheehan, Cindy, 144 linear, 19
Shelly, Mary, 117–118 verisimilitude and, 17
Shepard, Matthew, 107 Style of media presentation, 169. See also
Sherman, Gary, 143 Production elements
Short-term planning mode, 201 Suarez, Ray, 179
Silent films, 178 Subcultures, 138
Simple Life, The, 155–156, 200 Subgenre
Simpson, Jessica, 163 cultural interests and, 71–73
Sitcom genre, 36, 54, 76, 150, 160, 210. examples of, 23, 23
See also specific title premise, 34–35
Six Feet Under, 214 of reality genre, 23, 23, 71–73, 160
64,000 Question, 207 sitcom genre, 150
Slackman, Michael, 139 vigilante, 12
Sleeper Cell, 75 Subplots, 46–48
Sleepless in Seattle (1993), 9 Suicide Bomber, 78
Smackdown, 107 Superbowl, 16
Soap operas, 17, 22, 36–37, 43–46, 55, 122. Superhero genre, 16. See also specific title
See also specific title Super Star II, 136–137
Social commentary, 143–148 Surreal Life, The, 20, 128–130, 132–135
Social conformity, 14 Survivor, 41–42, 52, 62, 70, 119, 122, 158,
Social control, 153 203, 210
Socialization function, 13–14 Susman, Linda, 205
Social messages, 8 Sutter, Ryan, 204
Social system, 123, 158–159 Swayze, John Cameron, 213
“Soliloquy” camera confessionals, 184, Syndication, 210
184, 187 Syriana (2005), 53
Sopranos, The, 14–15
South Beach, 228–229 Table for Three, 122
Special effects, 179 Talk show genre, 15, 17, 32, 43, 110,
Spiderman films, 157–158 111–112. See also specific title
Spielberg, Steven, 11, 19, 148 Tarantino, Quentin, 224
Spin-offs, 203, 205–206 Tarzan series, 113, 114
Sponsors, program, 6, 22, 25, 200, 213–214 Tassler, Nina, 52
Srangers on a Train (1951), 223–224 Technological innovations, 19, 20–22, 183
Stanley, Alessandra, 15, 108, 143, 170, 173, Teen drama genre, 219–220
217–218 Telenovelas, 122–123
Star Academy, 141 Television, 20. See also specific program
Star Is Born, A, 114–115 title
Stark, Jim, 90 Television Critics Association, 54
Starsky and Hutch (2004), 120 Telmundo, 123
Star Trek films, 51 Ten Commandments of the Cowboy, 226
Star Wars films, 24, 30, 211, 224 That 70s Show, 227
Status, 164–165 Themes, mythic, 220–224, 222
Sternbergh, Adam, 203 Therapeutic function, 9–13
Stewart, Jon, 146 Thompson, Clive, 31
Stock characters, 49, 50, 51, 79–80. See Thompson, Robert, 15
also Characters Thoreau, Henry David, 119
Stossel, John, 7 Three Stooges, 12
Straayer, Chris, 120 Tiananmen Square massacre, 124
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