英文摘要 |
This study applies semiotics and narrative analyses to examine the myth and ideology embedded in Taiwan's five real estate brokerage TV commercials aired during 2005-2009. The findings indicate that real estate brokerage TV commercials integrate the concepts of house, home, and family by manipulating various symbolic units. In so ding, the texts construct myths with regard to ideal familial image and gender relationship. In terms of familial image, real estate brokerage TV commercials advocate that buying a house is the prerequisite for securing a happy family, and are inclined to represent quasi-nuclear family and middle-class lifestyle. As far as gender relationship is concerned, the TV commercials emphasize that buying a house is the commitment of men for marital life, while considering home as a space for women to perform traditional female roles. Overall, the narratives of real estate brokerage TV commercials reveal conservative and concrete ideology that shows little progressive imagination. |