Table 2.
Romantic content in Chinese television by country of origin and channel
| Country of Origin | N programs analyzed |
N programs with romantic scenes |
% programs with romantic scenes |
% time devoted to romantic content |
N (%) romantic scenes (N=1,112) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mainland China | 166 | 134 | 79.6 | 9.4* | 964 (86.7) |
| National | 7 | 4 | 57.1 | 9.4 | 44 (4.0) |
| Provincial /local |
159 | 130 | 81.8 | 9.4 | 920 (82.7) |
| Internationally produced |
30 | 22 | 73.3 | 5.6* | 148 (13.3) |
| Korea | 7 | 7 | 100.0 | 11.5 | 83 (7.5) |
| Hong Kong | 6 | 4 | 66.7 | 4.2 | 22 (2.0) |
| United States | 11 | 6 | 54.5 | 3.5 | 27 (2.4) |
| Japan | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 3.6 | 7 (0.6) |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0.8 | 1 (0.0) |
| Other countries | 3 | 2 | 66.7 | 5.5 | 8 (0.7) |
Note: Bolded entries are totals for content originating in mainland China and internationally.
*
An independent samples t-test showed significant difference (p <.05) between proportion of time devoted to romantic content by country of origin (proportion of time was evaluated as mean value).