Introduction [excerpt] The participants in this study have grown up watching soap operas. They have watched them as young as grade school, through high school and then in college. Now these fans are young, single adults between the ages of 20-30 years. They have experienced romantic relationships and they have thought about marriage. Are their ideas about marriage affected by all the soap operas that they have watched? This is an important question because the answer may affect the future of the fan's romantic...