Foreword

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Acknowledgements

ix

Chapter 1. Background and Significance of the Study

1

Introduction

1

Outline

2

General Statement of the Issue or Problem

3

Project Overview

4

Question Form

6

Education and Culture

6

Research Statements

7

Definition of Significant Terms

8

Researcher Biases and Limitations of the Study

9

Chapter 2. Review of Relevant Literature

11

Introduction

11

The Informal Educational Function of the Media

11

Entertainment-Education and Media Agenda-setting

16

The Media and the Homeless

18

The Poor: A Biblical Perspective

29

Chapter 3. Research Methods

35

Chapter 4. Findings

41

Interviews

42

Summary of Interviews with the Homeless, by Themes

44

Interviews with National Media Professionals

46

Interviews with Local Media Professionals

47

Chapter 5. Analytical Overview of the Interviews

69

Chapter 6. Entertainment-Education Theory / Biblical Theory

73

Entertainment-Education Theory

73

Simplemente Maria

74

Biblical Theory

76