This comparative content analysis examines the extent to which religion finds expression in mainstream TV programming. The appearance of religious practices, the level of fulfillment they bring, and the extent to which they accord with religious law along with the tone of conversation about religion were coded in 154 hours of prime-time network programming from the USA and 112 hours of prime-time programming aired by the major TV stations in Israel. The results indicate a very infrequent presence of religion in the programming in the two countries: once in two hours in Israel and once in three hours in the USA, but while in US programming more than three quarters of the religious practices brought fulfillment to their participants and more than 90% of the practices adhered fully or partly to religious rules, in Israeli shows only one quarter of the practices brought fulfillment and just half of them adhered fully or partly to religious rules. Conversation about religion appeared just as infrequently as practices did, but its tone was mainly positive in both countries.

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美国和以色列黄金时段电视节目中的宗教习俗和对话

这项比较内容分析研究了宗教在主流电视节目中找到表达的程度。宗教习俗的出现，带来的成就水平以及他们遵守宗教法的程度以及有关宗教的讨论基调是在美国154小时的黄金时段网络编程和112小时的黄金时段进行编码的以色列主要电视台播出的实时节目。结果表明，在两国的编程中宗教很少出现：在以色列每两小时一次，在美国三小时一次，但是在美国编程中，超过四分之三的宗教实践为参与者带来了成就超过90％的习俗完全或部分遵守宗教法规，以色列的资料显示，只有四分之一的习俗带来了应验，而其中只有一半完全或部分地遵守了宗教规则。关于宗教的对话很少像惯例那样出现，但是在两个国家中，对话的语气主要是积极的。