Karen Holland's Unrealistic Expectations Of Marriage
Myranda Ramirez
Prof. Matthew Antonio
February 12, 2014
Comp 150
Annotated Bibliography Assignment
Holland, Karen. "What We Can Learn from Sitcom Relationships." Marriage Counseling Denver. N.p., n.d. Web. 12 Feb. 2014.
This conversational article written by Karen Holland is one that gives an opinion based piece that describes the relationships of a specific T.V. sitcom and how we can learn from that sitcom as well as others. The specific sitcom specified is titled Modern Family, I which the author particularly likes. Though Holland does not describe Modern Family relationships in detail, she generalizes the relationships of sitcoms as a whole. She does this by describing the characteristics of the relationships such as the fact that the couples accept each other’s flaws completely and all conflicts are resolved in thirty minutes or less. By the end of the piece Holland says we should rewrite out own relationship “scripts” to make our …show more content…
By Chris Sergin and Robin Nabi was published in the 52nd volume of the Journal of Communication. This article was the description and results of a research study in which undergraduate college students were surveyed on their thoughts of marriage and the analysis of how much romantic TV sitcoms they watched and the connection of the two. Sergin and Nabi came to the conclusion that the more sitcoms watched by the students the more unrealistic the views of marriage compared to national statistics. They also believe this mentality begins at a young age of watching TV with unrealistic views on relationships. Sergin says, “Though current television viewing may be the result of selective exposure, prior media exposure may have helped to develop those now well-established beliefs”. The overall consensus of the article was that those who watched more TV sitcoms and romantic comedies had a more unrealistic view of relationships and
Prof. Matthew Antonio
February 12, 2014
Comp 150
Annotated Bibliography Assignment
Holland, Karen. "What We Can Learn from Sitcom Relationships." Marriage Counseling Denver. N.p., n.d. Web. 12 Feb. 2014.
This conversational article written by Karen Holland is one that gives an opinion based piece that describes the relationships of a specific T.V. sitcom and how we can learn from that sitcom as well as others. The specific sitcom specified is titled Modern Family, I which the author particularly likes. Though Holland does not describe Modern Family relationships in detail, she generalizes the relationships of sitcoms as a whole. She does this by describing the characteristics of the relationships such as the fact that the couples accept each other’s flaws completely and all conflicts are resolved in thirty minutes or less. By the end of the piece Holland says we should rewrite out own relationship “scripts” to make our …show more content…
By Chris Sergin and Robin Nabi was published in the 52nd volume of the Journal of Communication. This article was the description and results of a research study in which undergraduate college students were surveyed on their thoughts of marriage and the analysis of how much romantic TV sitcoms they watched and the connection of the two. Sergin and Nabi came to the conclusion that the more sitcoms watched by the students the more unrealistic the views of marriage compared to national statistics. They also believe this mentality begins at a young age of watching TV with unrealistic views on relationships. Sergin says, “Though current television viewing may be the result of selective exposure, prior media exposure may have helped to develop those now well-established beliefs”. The overall consensus of the article was that those who watched more TV sitcoms and romantic comedies had a more unrealistic view of relationships and