Women's Studies in Communication, March 22nd, 2003
Data collected from 251 Israeli undergraduates are used to explore sex differences in reactions to the television show Ally McBeal. Female viewers found the show more relevant and liked the show more than did their male counterparts. The findings are discussed within the framework of reception theory, feminist theories, and the impact of cultural contexts on the interpretation of television texts. For decades, men and women have been watching televised depictions of their gender that profoundly and persistently conflicted with their unmediated subjective experiences (Signorielli & Bacue, 1999...
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