Below is the source table I made to show all of the articles I've found using the internet so that they are easy for me to see when planning my final product. I have also explained what is good and bad about them.
Source
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Link
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Good
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Bad
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Friends & Masculinity – Erin Todd, DePauw University
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Very focused just on Friends
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Many good quotes that I could use
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Includes facts & figures, eg episode views
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Includes its own study
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Partly directed at how Friends’ gender
portrayals differentiate from previous representations
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Focuses on the masculine/male stereotypes
portrayed
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Research on Adolescence - L. Monique Ward
& Kimberly Friedman
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Character Rachel is used as an example of an
easily identifiable character because of the way she is portrayed
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Only that one mention of Friends, not much
about it
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| Gender differences in mixed-sex
conversations - Youqing Xu |
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Friends used throughout study
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Applies gender in Friends to a theory
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Interesting results, includes key facts &
figures
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Includes a detailed, but short, description of
each character
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Not specifically studying gender in Friends,
more about the conversations genders have with each other
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“I’ll be there for you” If you’re just like me – Lisa
Marie Marshall
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Gender roles is one of the 4 topics the
article discusses
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Includes an episode guide and a breakdown of
the characters
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Quite a long article and not all of it is
related to gender
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Friends – Baba Bing
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Very detailed with description of the show and
each character
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Can use the information in the article to
apply to gender stereotypes in Friends.
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Very long and a lot of it may not be relevant
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Conversational Implicature Analysis of
Humor in American Situation Comedy “Friends” – Yao Xiaosu
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Very focused on Friends
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Only a few parts focused on gender stereotypes
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Very long article, especially considering
there is only one mention of the word “gender”
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A comparative analysis of subtitling strategies – Han Zhao
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Friends used as an example to analyse
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Mentions of Friends and gender
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Too focused on just how it is subtitled in
Mandarin
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Masculinity and popular television – Rebecca Faesey
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There is an entire chapter on Friends and
representations of sexuality.
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Friends and sexuality chapter is also entirely
in comparison to a British TV show called Coupling.
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The internet world of fan fiction - Melissa J. Herzing
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Went back on blog to look at this article and when I
clicked on it, it said it was now not safe for my computer. Therefore I wil
not be using this article any longer.
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The Sitcom Reader: American Viewed and Skewed
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- Many references to Friends in comparison to similar
sitcoms
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- The pages that mention Friends are not available online
and therefore I have emailed my local library in hope that they can order the
book from a nearby library.
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Cinderella Dreams: the Allure of a Lavish Wedding
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Uses Chandler and Monica’s wedding.
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Mentions of how this is “a girl’s dream”
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- only one or two mentions of Friends.
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Gender Roles on Prime-time Network Television:
Demographics and Behaviours
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- Article can be used to demonstrate if Friends’ gender
roles were like other programmes’ etc
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- Not explicitly about Friends
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What Friends Has Going For It – Caryrn James
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- Mentions that gender stereotypical storylines are one of
the things that made the show so successful.
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- Quite a lot about the other two shows that Friends is
compared to in the article.
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