Favorite characters of teenage viewers of Israeli serials

Jonathan Cohen

doi:10.1080/08838159909364495

Favorite characters of teenage viewers of Israeli serials

Jonathan Cohen

Department of Communication

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Abstract

The present study explores the factors influencing Israeli teenage viewers' choice of their favorite TV character from a popular night-time serial. Participants were asked to choose a character from the show's cast of characters, and explain why they preferred that character. Results show that choices of characters were predicted by viewer sex and nationality, and that the reasons for character preferences are related more to attributes of the character than to attributes of the viewer.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	327-345
Number of pages	19
Journal	Journal of Broadcasting and Electronic Media
Volume	43
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/08838159909364495
State	Published - 1999

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