Media Probes, Episode 1 : Soap Operas

Year Published: 1981

Format: 16mm/video file

Description: How various media affect the way people live and think is explored in this informative magazine-style survey that includes documentary, animated and dramatized segments. Ruth Warrick ("All My Children") examines the creative and productive processes of soap scenes and the unusual relationships that develop between viewers and their soaps. Each episode of the eight-part 1982 series has a different host: Cheryl Tiegs for `Photography,' Ruth Warrick for `Soap Operas,' John Cameron Swayze for `TV News,' Victor Borge for `Language,' Mark Shields for `Political Spots,' Bill Blass for `Design,' Tony Kahn for `Soundaround' and Peter Schwartz for `The Future.'