Sentences with phrase «religious programs»

There have been no studies yet which draw specific comparisons between the total amount of religious programming on television in different historical periods.

In other words, there is no more viewing of religious programs in areas that have cable than in areas that do not.

The viewing audience for religious programs is far smaller than has been claimed.

Their suggestion is that different population groups watch religious programs for very different reasons.

Is there evidence of people's being «converted» by religious programs?

What is not as clear is the extent to which religious programs on television are able to change people's attitudes toward religious faith.

Local stations often acted similarly, producing religious programs in association with local church bodies or representative councils.

This dominant age grouping reflected in most religious programs corresponds to general television viewing patterns.

Many past and present religious programs are of comparable quality to other general television programs.

From fairly early in radio broadcasting, many religious programs were financially dependent for survival on listening audiences.

Younger men appear to watch less than any other adult group, watching only slightly more adult religious programs than do children.

This is apparently a network - wide strategy to develop an alternate source of income to support the basic religious programming of the network.

The differences have been noted, for example, between the audience of the dramatic series «Insight» and the audiences of the commercial religious programs that employ a preaching format.

To what extent are paid - time religious programs consistent with traditional Christian thought, and to what extent are they shaped by the environment in which they have been cast?

Not all the groups that indicated high viewing of religious programs correlated with having religion as a general interest factor.

It is unlikely that the regular weekly audience for paid - time religious programs exceeds 20 million people.

Could a career counselor and youth religious program leader use the same tools to achieve a faith - based, purpose - driven life?

In establishing the size of the audience for religious programs, one must always distinguish between occasional viewers and regular viewers.

It is difficult to calculate accurately the total number of people who regularly or occasionally watch religious programs on American television, because of the confusion in some of the available data.

NOTE: The drop in number of stations in 1977 is attributed primarily to substitution of these programs with paid - time religious programs by network affiliates.

There may be a substantial number of viewers who watch religious programs on an occasional basis.

Competition in the industry is bound to reduce the amount of time made available on weekdays to traditionally low - rating religious programs, even on religious stations.

Their rate of religious program viewing is 136 percent (based on 100 percent as average for the entire population).

This concern is directed at the extent to which the content of religious programs on television reflects the dominant values and social functions of commercial television.

Again, the growth in the combined audience for syndicated religious programs appears to have reached a peak in 1977 and has been fluctuating

Research by the Christian Broadcasting Network indicates that most of their viewers regularly watch other religious programs as well.

Making religious programming more representative of British society, including other religions and atheists on Thought of the Day and Songs of Praise

It is the predominant leisure - time activity of older adults and older adults may watch more religious programs simply by reason of the greater frequency of their viewing.

Everett Parker of the United Church of Christ's Office of Communication eventually withdrew his denomination's participation from network religious programming because he felt that there were more important areas of ministry within television, particularly in the area of media reform.

However, paid - time programs have virtually eliminated local religious programming, and the pressure they have exerted on the networks through network affiliate stations has caused the networks to reexamine and in some cases reprogram their religious offerings.

Audience figures gathered for the past ten years indicate that the combined audience size for all syndicated religious programs reached a peak of growth in 1977 - 78.

One of the persistent criticisms of mainline religious programs made in the past by the evangelicals was that the mainline programs had compromised the gospel message and lacked distinctive Christian content.

Producers of religious programs within churches have consistently had to fight to convince church hierarchies of the value of mass - media communication.

Five per cent of the participants in religious programs claim to have been healed either during or after the telecasts, and the healers of these programs play major roles.