Part 8

Index

Appendix 1

Questionnaire 1

Name:_______________________________________

Group:_______________________________________

Does your family have a television? (Please tick) Yes No

How many hours a day do you normally watch TV at home ? 0 hours

(Please tick) less than 1 hour

1-2 hours

2-4 hours

4-6 hours

6+ hours

How many hours a day do you normally watch TV at college ? 0 hours

less than 1 hour

1-2 hours

2-4 hours

4-6 hours

6+ hours

Does your family. have a dish ? Yes _____ No _____

Do you know which satellite dish ? example: Arabsat

(please tick) Asiasat

Panamsat

Intelsat

Other, please specify_________

How many hours a day do you normally watch the dish

at your home, or a friend’s home? 0 hours

less than 1 hour

1-2 hours

2-4 hours

4-6 hours 6+ hours

If you watch the dish:

Which channels do you watch most? ____________________________________________

 

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Why do you watch these channels? ____________________________________________

 

____________________________________________

 

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How many of the programmes you watch 0%

are in the English language? 0-20%

20-40%

40-60%

60%+

Why do you watch these programmes ? ____________________________________________

 

____________________________________________

 

____________________________________________

 

How many of the programmes you watch 0%

are made in England and/or America ? 0-20%

20-40%

40-60%

60%+

Why do you watch these programmes ? ____________________________________________

 

____________________________________________

 

____________________________________________

When you have your own house will you buy a dish ? Yes No

Why ? __________________________________________________________________________

 

__________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________

 

Please tick any sentence you agree with:

I think the dish has improved my leisure time.

I think the dish has a bad influence on people.

I think we can learn a lot about the world through

the dish and this will be a good thing for my country.

I think the dish will have a bad effect on my country.

Please write anything else which you want to say about television, or the dish, below:

__________________________________________________________________________________________

 

__________________________________________________________________________________________

 

__________________________________________________________________________________________

 

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Thank you for you help with this questionnaire

 

(Questionnaire 2) Research Project: Hollywood and Arab Identity

These questions and your answers to them a part of a research project I am conducting as part of my Masters in Mass Communications for Leicester University. I greatly appreciate all the time and thought you put into your responses in the middle of your busy schedule of study. Please answer the questions honestly and fully wherever possible. Thank you.

1)

  1. What kinds of English language films do you like?

    2. _____________________________________________________________________

    _____________________________________________________________________

    _____________________________________________________________________

    Please list the titles of your five favourite films.

    _______________________________

    _______________________________

    _______________________________

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  2. Rank the following genres according to the type of film you are most likely to enjoy (1) to the type of film you are least likely to enjoy (10) . Write down any other genre that you like that is not in this list here __________________.

Action _____

Romance _____

Western _____

Horror _____

Science fiction _____

Historical _____

Drama _____

Musical _____

Comedy _____

Crime _____

2)

  1. Where do you usually watch films?

    2. _____________________________________________________________________

  2. Do you have your own TV at home?

    3. _____________________________________________________________________

  3. Who controls the remote control in your house on most occasions?

    4. _____________________________________________________________________

  4. Do you usually watch films as a family or alone/with friends?

_____________________________________________________________________
  1. Where do you prefer to watch films? Why?

_____________________________________________________________________

 

  1. Is there a difference, in your opinion, in the kinds of films that young Arabic men and women watch who have experienced higher or continuing education in this country from those who have not?

    2. _____________________________________________________________________

    _____________________________________________________________________

    _____________________________________________________________________

  2. Do you think the requirement to study English language in continuing/higher education affects the kinds of films that students watch in any way?

    3. _____________________________________________________________________

    _____________________________________________________________________

    _____________________________________________________________________

  3. i.Do you think films are ever 'read' or understood in ways that are distinctly Arabic (or Islamic)? Can you think of any specific examples where you, or people you know, have ‘read’ films differently than a western person might?

_____________________________________________________________________

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ii. Are there times when you have disagreed with the message of a Hollywood film very strongly? Can you remember any particular films when this has happened and why?

_____________________________________________________________________

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iii. Are there any types of films you don’t like? Any titles you hated? How do you feel about ‘True Lies’, ‘The Siege’ or ‘Rules of Engagement’ for example?

_____________________________________________________________________

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_____________________________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________

 

6) Do you ever feel in two minds, or pulled in different directions by a film? Is there ever a conflict between, for example your religious beliefs and the pleasures and ‘excitement’ of Hollywood movies?

_____________________________________________________________________

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7) What changes do you think Hollywood films at the cinema, on TV, and on video are making in the Gulf States? How do they influence people? How are cultures and identities shaped by their existence in your opinion?

_____________________________________________________________________

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  1. Are films talked about in different ways amongst family and friends? Is there ever a difference, in your experience, between what an individual privately thinks about Hollywood films and the way they talk about them in a group of her/his peers?

    2. _____________________________________________________________________

    _____________________________________________________________________

    _____________________________________________________________________

  2. Do you think a discussion in Arabic would produce different, perhaps more detailed answers on these issues than a purely English language discussion? How much am I missing as a researcher by conducting the research questionnaires and discussions in English?

_____________________________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________

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10) Is there anything in these set of questions, or on this topic generally, that you would like to comment on? Please write freely.

_____________________________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________

Thank you very much for your time.

 

Questionnaire 3

Survey Questionnaire

 
  • Please fill the spaces below each question with appropriate answers of your own opinion.
  • Express your opinion freely and happily because your name will not be known or shown by any other individuals.
  • Your frank answers will provide a significant aid to the survey and will help finding out real outcomes.

1~

  1. How often do you watch US movies? ___________________________________________________________________

    2.  

     

  2. What movies do you watch the most frequently?

Movie Origin Percentage %

us movies %

Arab %

Indian %

Others %

 

Other comments:

 

 

 

 

3- What type "genre" of films do you prefer (action, romance, history, comedy ... etc)?

Type of Movies Percentage %

History %

Action %

Comedy %

Romance %

Others %

 

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4- Do you watch untranslated, dubbed or subtitled US movies?

Type Percentage % Why

___________________

Untranslated % __________________

__________________

Dubbed % __________________

__________________

Subtitled % __________________

 

 

5- Where do you usually watch these movies? Try to support your answer by percentages, approximately?

On TV %

On video %

At the cinema %

6- Who do you watch these movies with the most?

Family %

Friends %

Alone %

Others %

7- To what extent do you think you are affected by "watcing US movies?

8- Which age group (s) do you think is (are) the most influenced by the US movies?

9- How do you think these groups are affected compared to other groups?

10- To what extent do US movies change our ideas about certain subjects?

11-What are the good aspects of the American movies in your opinion?

12- How can you describe the effect of the romance US movies on our culture/

religion?

13- Sex, vulgarity, violence or crime, which do you think is the most dangerous aspect of the US movies on your culture?

14- Order these in terms of importance as effects on our society:

Violence:

Crime:

Sex:

Vulgarity:

15- What is the proportion of crimes in the UAE do you think are reactions of the American movies or the western movies in general?

16- How has the behavior or attitudes of your friends has been influenced by the American movies? Try to give specific examples.

In a good way:

In an inappropriate way:

17- Give examples of certain Arab/Gulf/Emirati traditions that are affected by American movies?

18- Do films represent Arabs badly? Can you remember any titles of movies which, illustrates that?

19- Why do you think US movies represent Arabs in this way?

20 - Are there any difficulties, you believe, in censoring (filtering) US movies?

21- "There are hidden hands behind the revolution of the American movies". Do you agree with such point of view?

I agree because:

I do not agree because:

Other comments:

22- Do you enjoy films made in the Gulf, for example 'Aber Sabil' would you like to see more films made in the Gulf?

23- Do you think western movies limit the local production of movies? Why?

24-What other factors prevent local production of films?

Your Cooperation is highly appreciated.

Thanks.

 

 

 

 

 

Beauty and the Beast (worksheet 1 – 12th April 1999)

 

Yes No

1) Have you seen this film before? o o

2) If you watched this film before o o

did you see it in Arabic?

3) Why did you come to see the film today? o o

4) Did you know the story of ‘The Beauty o o

and the Beast’?

If yes, where did you know the story from?

  • a film on video o o
  • a film on television o o
  • a book o o
  • someone told you the story o o
  1. Did you enjoy the film today? o o
  2. Tick any reason you liked the film

(you can tick more than one box):

It’s a cartoon and I like most cartoons o o

The music is good o o

The story is good, interesting o o

The characters are good/interesting o o

The main character is a woman o o

It is romantic o o

It is frightening o o

Write any other reason you liked the film that I haven’t written:

Are there things you don’t like in the film? o o

Write any other things you don’t like here:

 

 

Have you or your family bought o o

Any cartoons like this before?

(Example: The Lion King, Jungle Book)

If yes, how many approximately: ________

Do you know the name Disney? o o

How many Disney films (approximately)

have you seen? ______________

How do you feel about Disney in general?

Thank you!

Charlie Chaplin – City Lights 26th April ‘99 Ibri College of Education (worksheet 2)

Have you seen a Charlie Chaplin film before? Yes _____ No ______

Did you enjoy the film? (please tick)

Yes, a lot. o

Yes, a little. o

Not really. o

Not at all. o

Did anything surprise you?

How did you feel about the rich man?

How did you feel about the blind woman?

Is there anything you didn’t like about the film?

Do you have anything else to say about ‘City Lights’?

 

Worksheet 3

Desert Island Disks

Interview your partner and ask him what 5 records, tapes or CDs he would take to the island, and why.

Then ask him what two books he would take. Finally, ask him which two films he would bring.

Example: If you were alone on a desert island what tapes would you bring with you?

I would bring….

Music

  1. ______________________________________________
  2. ______________________________________________
  3. ______________________________________________
  4. ______________________________________________
  5. ______________________________________________

Books

  1. ______________________________________________
  2. ______________________________________________

Films

  1. _______________________________________
  2. _______________________________________

 

 

Worksheet 4

FILM SURVEY

What is your favourite English Language film? __________________________________

In your own words, explain why you like it so much:

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