Friends, Lovers, Co-Workers, and Community

Edited by Kathleen M. Ryan; Noah J. Springer; Deborah A. Macey and Mary Erickson - Contributions by Lauren Bratslavsky; Elizabeth L. Cohen; Mary Erickson; Teri Del Rosso; Erika Engstrom; William David Hart; Fran Hassencahl; Alexander L. Lancaster; Kathryn

Friends, Lovers, Co-Workers, and Community analyzes both how complex, interpersonal relationships were both depicted in and were influenced by television programs in the first decade of the twenty-first century.

IntroductionMary EricksonChapter 1: All I Want for Christmas is You: 'Tis the Season for Holiday RomanceDavid Staton and Kathleen M. RyanChapter 2: "HBIC": I Love New York, Dominant Ideology, and African American Women's RelationshipsSiobhan E. SmithChapter 3: "There's an app for that": Teens Using Technology to Control Gender Behavior in the Disney Channel Original Movies Zapped and How to Build a Better BoySabrina K. PasztorChapter 4: "The Man Inside Me": A Freudian Analysis of Familial Relationships in Arrested DevelopmentNoah J. SpringerChapter 5: Fatherhood, Fidelity, and Friendship: Owen Thoreau Jr. and Men of a Certain AgeJan WhittChapter 6: "The Suitcase" and "The Strategy": The Pro-Family Feminist Bond Between Mad Men Protagonists Don Draper and Peggy OlsonJane Marcellus and Erika EngstromChapter 7: The Primetime Drama and the Centrality of Hegemonic Masculinity in Rape NarrativesTeri Del Rosso and Lauren BratslavskyChapter 8: A Rhetorical Vision of Tolerance: Teaching Tolerance through Post-9/11 TV DramasWilliam Hart and Fran HassencahlChapter 9: Television, Sports and Twitter: Building Soccer Communities Around the WorldJohn ShraderChapter 10: Something To Look Forward To: Understanding the Appeal of Ritualistic Television Coviewing EventsElizabeth L. Cohen & Alexander L. LancasterChapter 11: Kickstarting Veronica Mars: Rekindling a Parasocial RelationshipKathryn L. Lookadoo and Norman C. H. Wong