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American University in Cairo

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2002

Television

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A Study Of Code-Switching Among Educated Lebanese As Reflected In Television Talk Shows, Mona El Sayed El Samaty Jun 2002

A Study Of Code-Switching Among Educated Lebanese As Reflected In Television Talk Shows, Mona El Sayed El Samaty

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In sociolinguistics, code-switching (CS), refers to the alternative use by bilinguals of two or more languages in the san1e conversation. This exploratory study aims to investigate the CS phenomenon in Lebanon. It aims to find out the reasons/functions of CS, as well as to know the extent to which the code-switches observe or violate six universal syntactic constraints: the size of the constituent constraint, the conjunction constraint, the adjectival phrase constraint, the free morpheme constraint, the equivalence constraint, and the dual structure principle. The literature on research pe1taining to both aims of the study is reviewed. Moreover, in order to …


Factors Influencing The Success Of Television Presenters, Dina Farouk Abou Zeid Jun 2002

Factors Influencing The Success Of Television Presenters, Dina Farouk Abou Zeid

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My topic is about the factors influencing the success of T.V presenters. The study is based on the viewers' opinions and views. The viewers are different in their gender, age, social class, and education. This study is the first about this topic not only in the American University in Cairo, but also in the Egyptian universities. The purpose of the study is related to the importance of the topic which is related to the importance of the T.V presenters' roles in television and in programs. From the literature review, it is clear that there is a need to study the …


Parental Guidance Involving Children's Television Viewing In Egypt, Ramza Hussein Sedky Amin Jun 2002

Parental Guidance Involving Children's Television Viewing In Egypt, Ramza Hussein Sedky Amin

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This study assesses the relationship between Egyptian children and television as well as the impact of parental guidance on children's television viewing activities, especially with the introduction of international satellite services in region. There was no evidence of children's change in behavior due to the exposure to international satellite services. In-depth interviews with children, mothers and scholars in the area showed that parental guidance plays a very important role in immunizing children against any inconsistent contents coming from the West as well as maintaining the Egyptian culture in children's bringing up. A case study of 20 mothers and 20 children …