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Part 1 Story for a global village. Part 2 Sources: the institutionalhistory of electronic story; "There was this dentist in Santa Barbara..." -folk and fantasy sources for soap opera; the maid's tragedy, the comedy oferrors, an American melodrama - the genre of soap opera. Part 3 Structure:social and archetypal realism - the content of soap opera story; issuestories; soap characters as story "functions"; blocking and weaving - thestructure of soap opera. Part 4 Response: toward a methodology for soap operaaudience study; resonance, complexity and the spacious vision - folklore,story, oral culture and art.