Paradoxes of the Service Society: the Presentation of New Areas of Employment in American and Russian TV Series of First Decades of the Twenty-First Century

Student: Cherkashina Anastasiia

Supervisor: Ekaterina Lapina-Kratasyuk

Educational Programme: Journalism (Bachelor)

Year of Graduation: 2016

Soaps have the function of legitimizing communication network type, characteristic for the new creative class. The images of the heroes of the modern series with their professions, emerged in the era of information society, make it possible to diagnose the new social norm in popular culture. Modern TV series, being an element of entertainment popular culture is gradually becoming part of a global, universal culture, really dictating behaviors diverse audience.

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