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303 RECREATIONAL VEHICLE REPAIR Quest Iannot re Company '_______________ *__________________________________ Person responding _____________ _____________ Title ___________________________________________________ Do you feel that there Is c need for a Recreational Vehicle Repair Program? ___________ What !s your estimate of possible job openings each year In the Greater Cleveland area? _____ Would you or an associate bo willing to serve on the Technical Advisory Committee for tills program?___________ Would you review the following basic outline end Indicate whether or not the Items listed arc important or not Important? Please add or delete es required. • Frog ram Out 1 1 no not I m™rtan_t .!iLTP_r.t:.i2r!t, F ra r c Hew* cons trust ion .»•*.*» ■ • * *••#.* . , R e p a i r ............................................. ^ ___________ Running Gear 3011. * . ■ - Hot Important Im portant * » C. H itches Dumper ..... Frame ................. D. Electrical System LIghts Running . P arking . 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UNIVERSITY MICROFILMS AN ETHNOGRAPHICAL/ETHNOMETHODOLOGICAL STUDY OF SOAP OPERA WRITING DISSERTATION Presented in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree Doctor of Philosophy in the Graduate School of The Ohio State University By David Robert Sirota, A.B., M.S. * ** * * The Ohio State University 1976 Reading Committee: Approved by Thomas A. McCain Leonard Hawes Victor Wall, Jr. Adviser Department of Communication ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I would like to extend my deepest appreciation to: Agnes Nixon, who was kind enough to introduce me to Gordon Russell and his staff; Gordon Russell, Sam Hall and Joan Bradley without whose help there could have been no study. They made a potentially difficult if not impossible task not only tolerable but enjoyable; Victor Wall, whose obliging and open mind facilitated the completion of this rather untraditional work. It seemed as though Victor was never quite busy enough to refuse any of my requests; Leonard Hawes, who introduced me to an intriguing area of study, encouraged the innovative and insisted upon the finest; Thom McCain, who saw a quality in me, indulged it, nurtured it, and demanded of it. Besides members of my family, I can think of no individual who has done more for my character. There is no one who has done more for my academic and scholarly growth. I am not indebted only because Thom would not want it that way. Instead, I am eternally grateful; Finally, Andee, whose unfaltering love, respect and confidence (plus an ability to edit rough drafts) saw me through. It has been said a marriage which sustains a Master degree is strong, one which sustains a Doctorate is indestructible. This best be true for without her, I would walk in circles. VITA September 17, 1948. Born, Paterson, New Jersey 1970. ........ A.B., University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida. Major: Mass Communication 1970 - 1971 ......... Adjunct Lecturer in Broadcasting, Depart ment of Speech and Theater, Brooklyn College of the City University of New York, Brooklyn, New York 1973............. M.S., Brooklyn College of the City University of New York, Brooklyn, New York. Major: Speech and Theater 1974-1976 ......... Teaching Associate, Department of Com munication, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio FIELDS OF STUDY Major Field: Communication Studies in Mass Communication. Professor Thomas A. McCain Studies in Communication Theory. Professors Leonard Hawes, Victor Wall and Thomas A. McCain Minor Field: Research Methods Studies in Qualitative Research Techniques. Professors Leonard Hawes and Robert Nofsinger TABLE OF CONTENTS Page ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS..............................................ii VITA ............................................................iv LIST OF TABLES............................................... x CHAPTER I. RATIONALE AND REVIEW OF LITERATURE.............. 1 Introduction....................................... 1 Rationale: Network Perspective ................ 2 Rationale: Audience Perspective................ 3 Ethnography ......................... ...... 7 Ethnomethodology - Philosophical Underpinnings ................................ 10 Ethnomethodology as a Research Perspective .....................................12 Situational Ethnomethodologist..................... 19 Ethnography/Ethnomethodology: A Proposed Synthesis............................24 II. ETHNOGRAPHY OF METHOD '. 26 Introduction......................................... 26 v Page Ethnography of Method................................ 29 III. ETHNOGRAPHY OF SOAP OPERA WRITING.................. 54 The External Setting .............................. 54 Street Location and Surroundings ............ 54 The External Building........................... 55 The Internal Building................................57 Surrounding Gordon's Office.................... 57 The O f f i c e .......................................59 Gordon's Domain............. 60 Joan's Domain.................................... 61 Sam's Domain .....................................62 Social Organizing Activities Peripherally Related to The Actual Writing of Soap Operas............. 63 The Sunday N.Y. Times Crossword Puzzle: A Monday Morning Ritual......................... 63 Review of the AVts: Sam's Chronologue of Weekend Activities........................... 64 The Scratch Sheet: A Constant Writing Companion......................................... 66 Joan's In and Out of Office Social Activities: An Occasional "In Office Soap" ..............................................67 From Social to Work ............................. 71 The Great Lunch Dilemma.................... ..73 Social Organizing Activities Directly Related to the Actual Writing of Soap Operas .......................................77 vi Page Bible and Six Month Summary....................77 The Outline................................79 Editing the Outline............................. 81 Outline Day and W e e k ...........................90 The Chart as Primary Reference M a t e r i a l ............................... 92 Script Editing ................................. 98 Headwriter-Producer Relationship ........... 99 RULES GOVERNING OUTLINE-SCRIPT TRANSFORMATIONS..................................... 104 Introduction ....................................... 104 Form Oriented Rules Associated With a Script...................................106 FORM RULE #1 - Each script and format must consist of a prologue and four acts...................................... 106 D i s c u s s i o n ...................... 106 FORM RULE #2 - An "Opening Title" (One Life to Live) and six commercial breaks must be written into each sh o w ............... 108 D i s c u s s i o n ..................................... 108 FORM RULE #3 - A writer must include no more than 5 sets, i.e. given locations, per show