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Wongwilatnurak, Nattawat.

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The Construction of Social Reality Through the Supernatural in Thai Television Drama Programmes and the Perspectives of Thai Audiences.

紀錄類型:	書目-電子資源 : Monograph/item
正題名/作者:	The Construction of Social Reality Through the Supernatural in Thai Television Drama Programmes and the Perspectives of Thai Audiences./
作者:	Wongwilatnurak, Nattawat.
出版者:	Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, : 2018,
面頁冊數:	226 p.
附註:	Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 82-01, Section: A.
Contained By:	Dissertations Abstracts International82-01A.
標題:	Mass communications. -
電子資源:	https://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=27990300
ISBN:	9798643189312

The Construction of Social Reality Through the Supernatural in Thai Television Drama Programmes and the Perspectives of Thai Audiences.
Wongwilatnurak, Nattawat.

The Construction of Social Reality Through the Supernatural in Thai Television Drama Programmes and the Perspectives of Thai Audiences. - Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 2018 - 226 p.

Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 82-01, Section: A.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Northumbria at Newcastle (United Kingdom), 2018.

This item must not be sold to any third party vendors.

In the Western entertainment industry, supernatural television dramas are created to provide a form of entertainment that can be read as postmodern pastiche without explicit religious ideology or any emphasis on communicating social values to the audience. Thai supernatural television dramas, in contrast, are employed as an effective resource for promoting Thai Theravada Buddhism. This study examines the role of Buddhist teachings in the television dramas Ngao (2014) and Nang Cha Da (2015) which were the most-watched television programmes in Thailand in those respective years. This research examines the processes of production and consumption of certain television tropes to provide an understanding of the ways in which Buddhist teachings are constructed, represented, and perceived through television dramas. It analyses the textual features of the shows by comparing the content of the dramas with Buddhist scripture, examines the attitudes of the text producers, and analyses the viewer's perceptions of Buddhist material in the shows. This study adopts qualitative research methods, including textual analysis, in-depth interviews with the text producers, and focus groups with the audiences. The contribution of this study is to demonstrate that Thai supernatural television dramas, functioning as a Buddhist classroom, are utilised by Thai ruling class as a tool in promoting Theravada Buddhism within modern Thai society and culture. Buddhist teachings presented in the dramas are in line with the strongly held beliefs of the producers and with Thai government policies. The results of this study demonstrate that Buddhist teachings embodied in the dramas are intended to encourage audiences to think and behave as good Buddhists and to establish a unified moral community. I argue Thai supernatural television dramas are intimately connected with the promotion of Buddhist teachings.

ISBN: 9798643189312Subjects--Topical Terms:

3422380
Mass communications.
Subjects--Index Terms:

Television programs

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