摘要：AbstractOur paper focuses on the cultural representations of the American continent conveyed through the soap operas broadcasted in Romania. The methodology of research is based on a sociolinguistic study. The sociolinguistic study includes a questionnaire, prepared in the Romanian language and semi-direct interviews with Romanian respondents. The questionnaire is applied to 100 Romanian viewers across generations in order to find out their cultural representations of the American material and symbolic practices of everyday life across soap operas. The data are processed and the contents of representations is analysed based on quantitative and qualitative techniques.
