Incorporating+Technology+into+Disney's+Programming+Template+by+John+Infante

Disney tends to follow the same successful formula for TV shows and garners a variety of programs by slightly altering aspects of this formula. iCarly’s focus on technology sets it apart from other Disney programs, but the plots and problems confronted in the show are not new. In most cases, long running Disney programs like Lizzie Maguire, Even Stevens, and Hannah Montana have already covered the stories and issues in iCarly. For my research project I would like to see how the emphasis of technology in iCarly transforms/changes Disney’s template for show making. I will use observation and content analysis as my research method: I will find and analyze an episode of iCarly whose plot line is similar to a collection of past Disney shows and see how incorporating technology into the show model changes the original template’s message. I expect to find that plots including themes like conflict resolution, popularity, and interpersonal communication in iCarly will be vastly different past Disney programming that incorporates the plot themes because of the application of technology.