Consider this excerpt from the article: "On the one hand, they value their romances highly because the act of reading them literally draws (them) away from their present surroundings. Because they must produce the meaning of the story by attending closely to the words on the page, they find that their attention is withdrawn from concerns that plague them in reality." Who is Janice Radway referring to when she uses "they" and "them"?

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Janice Radway is referring to women. The language used in the excerpt suggests that the focus is specifically on a group of people who value "their romances" highly, which is likely to be women who read romantic fiction.

Consider This Excerpt from the Article: "On the One Hand