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The results confirmed that connections between viewer and program or vertical connections, viewer and character or vertizontal connections and viewer and fellow viewer or horizontal connections exist. The fact that most of the participants were exclusive-heterosexuals disproved the notion that only men who have tendencies towards non-exclusive heterosexuality are the most predisposed to serial dramas. Exclusively-heterosexual or otherwise, the male participants are connected to serial dramas they watched at different levels, except for one in 30 who was generally unconnected to fictional narratives on television. At the lowest connection level with serial dramas, are those with limited exposure but having no intention of paying attention to them. A notch higher in vertical connection are those with limited exposure with the genre but having significant interest with the more unconventional ones. A little more vertically connected are those with limited viewing but a growing interest in the story, cliffhangers, lead or suffering characters and artists in any type of serial drama. Another type of vertical connection appears in a participant who keeps himself open to any type of serial dramas despite his limitations in viewing opportunities. A stronger connection is made manifest by those who have clear attachments to a particular serial drama and transcend any viewing limitation. Finally, the strongest connection appears in a participant whose personal engagement in every episode of a particular serial drama is regular and intense.
All non-exclusive heterosexuals established a clear although varied vertical connectedness with the genre. On the other hand, the exclusive heterosexuals outnumber the former in terms of serial and series drama viewership. And yet, those who prefer series dramas (once-a-week) – mostly American in origin – are those who claim exclusive heterosexuality or exclusive homosexuality (or those at the poles of the Kinsey scale). Such viewers have sustained viewership despite longer gaps between episodes. Those who are in between the Kinsey poles or having varying incidence of heterosexual and homosexual experiences constitute more the mostly locally and non-American made serial (or daily installment) drama viewers. Although exceptions exist, there seems to be a correlation between American series dramas and Kinsey pole viewers and local and non-American made serial dramas and Kinsey non-pole viewers. Does it in any way mean that Filipino, Asian or Latin American serial dramas establish more connections with viewers with variant sexual preferences Inversely, do viewers with variant sexual preferences connect more with non-American serial narratives New entry points for investigation now emerge. Despite these questions, however, it was clear that most of them gave more attention to narrative format than relationship, character traits or values found in the serial dramas they watched – revealing a high stimulation from and significant concern for how a narrative is told. The investigation related to vertizontal or viewer-character connections, meanwhile, showed that, except for one of them who identified with a masculine female character, they all connected with male characters whose ages are within the adolescence
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