The Dallas phenomenon
In Hungary, soap operas have a ten-year history, i.e. their appearance more or less connected to the so-called systemic change. The participants of this debate, journalists Katalin Szűcs and Csaba Könczöl, and psychologist László Garai discuss what function Ihese series have for those who whatch them and alsó for those who do not.
Organising labour processes in Japan
In the 1980s, the Japanese manufacturing companies overtook their Western rivals. Much of the common explanations talk about exotic factors of East-Asia. The author of this article focuses on the analysis of the labour process instead.
Inconvenient issues in a Chatolic society
A soap opera can be able to put issues on the agenda that have previously been supressed. Ireland, a catholic society, is an example for this. Two television series have contributed to the improving openness in that country. (From International Herald Tribune)
A comment on the paper of Geoffrey Owen
It is misleading to suggest that the economic reforms of China could be copied by East European countries, and also that these represent a kind of victory for socialism. Such suggestions were made by Geoffrey Owen in the 31 st issue of Eszmélet last year.
System change in the East Europen cinema
The system change has dramatically transformed cinema and film culture in Eastern Europe. The number of films produced dropped, and in these new characters symbolise the new era. The number of movie theatres has alsó decreased, there is however a much greater space for the imported, predominantly American mass movies. (The paper was presented to the Sixth International Kari Polanyi Conference, Montreal, November 1996.)