11. The Art of Television : Ludwig Wittgenstein’s ‘Family Resemblance’ and the Media Aesthetics of the Television Series

2019 ◽  
pp. 201-220
Keyword(s):  
Family Resemblance ◽  
Television Series ◽  
The Media

Gamers (Don't) Fear the Reaper

2016 ◽  
pp. 71-91
Author(s):  
Andréane Morin-Simard
Keyword(s):  
Video Games ◽  
Popular Music ◽  
Television Series ◽  
The Media ◽  
Contemporary Media ◽  
The Many ◽  
The Relationship

Given the pervasiveness of popular music in the contemporary media landscape, it is not unusual to find the same song in multiple soundtracks. Based on theories of intertextuality and communication, this chapter seeks to define the relationship which develops between two or more narrative and/or interactive works that share the same song, and to understand the effects of such recontextualizations on the gamer's experience. The media trajectory of Blue Öyster Cult's “Don't Fear the Reaper” is mapped as a network to categorize the many complex intersections between video games, films and television series which feature the song. Three video games are analyzed to propose that the song's previous associations with other works may positively or negatively interfere with the music's narrative and ludic functions within the game.

scholarly journals Game TV Series as a Specific Form of Public Communication

2018 ◽  
pp. 192-198
Author(s):  
Andrii Mazepa
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Policy ◽  
Public Communication ◽  
Television Series ◽  
Basic Principles ◽  
The Public ◽  
Media Space ◽  
The Media ◽  
Media Form ◽  
Cultural Media

The purpose of the article is to study the role of television series as a system-forming factor of modern public communication in the field of domestic television space. The relevance of the article is determined by the insufficient knowledge of the structure and content of modern television series, which is the public basis of communication. In the scientific discourse there are no works that make it possible to comprehend the television series as part of the general cultural media space and contribute to the identification of semiotic codes that determine the unity of the sphere of public communication. The article points out that the development of the information and cultural space is becoming a factor of a powerful influence on society, especially young people. The article reveals the basic principles of building a postmodern television space, defines its specificity as an element of cultural policy. In this sense, the thematic content of the television series is based not so much on the foundation of pure artistic creativity as on the information field that the media form. The television series has the ability to blur the line between documentary and artistic reality and brings this communication characteristic to a new level – creating artistically revised reconstructions of real events within the framework of the paradigm “as it really was”. Due to this, the television can have a powerful manipulative potential.

scholarly journals From Tourist to Traveller: Discourses of Authenticity and Self-Transformation in Television Travel Genres

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Kania Sugandi
Keyword(s):  
Reality Television ◽  
Transportation Infrastructure ◽  
Television Series ◽  
Academic Literature ◽  
Travel And Tourism ◽  
The World ◽  
The Media

<p>Tourism and travel programmes, in the form of direct advertorials, travel and adventure shows, and reality television series set in exotic locations, now constitute a significant set of media forms, genres and sub-genres. This is clearly in line with recent and contemporary increases in the number of people travelling, facilitated by sophisticated transportation infrastructure, inexpensive airfares and an increased exposure, through the media, of what is on offer to the tourist/traveller. Considerable study has been done on the field of travel and tourism in order to ascertain what motivates people to travel; the nature of the interaction between the visitor and the visited; and how cultures are impacted by the introduction of tourism in the area. However, it is curious that, given its abundance and popularity, there is a noticeable absence of academic literature on television travel programmes and genres. Travel programmes give viewers a window onto travel destinations both within their own countries and, more commonly, around the world. Within the genre of travel programmes, there exists a wide variety of types and sub-genres, usually with an emphasis on tourism, adventure, and culture and heritage. Those differences aside, most travel programmes inform viewers (that is, either potential travellers or so-called ‘armchair travellers’) about what is available to see and do in, and generally what to expect from, a place, its people and its culture. Travel programmes act as advertisements for both destinations and the act of travelling itself. Three travel programmes will be analysed in this thesis: Sahara with Michael Palin, Long Way Down, and Intrepid Journeys. ...</p>

scholarly journals Media Portrayals of People with Disabilities: An Analysis of Malaysia’s Television Series,“Kerana Cintaku Saerah” (Because of My Love, Saerah)

2016 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 76-84
Author(s):  
Aina Razlin Mohammad Roose ◽  
Ross Azura Zahit ◽  
Sheilla Lim Omar Lim
Keyword(s):  
People With Disabilities ◽  
Television Series ◽  
Individuals With Disabilities ◽  
Media Portrayals ◽  
The Media ◽  
Self Acceptance ◽  
Popular Television ◽  
The Way

The media has a powerful ability to influence and shape society’s perceptions towards people with disabilities. The portrayal of individuals with disabilities within the media can often have an enormous impact on the way that are perceived by viewers. In Malaysia, people with disabilities are frequently viewed as pitiful, thus medias are more likely to use the element of sympathy in order to garner support from its targeted audience. The focus of this article is on the portrayal of people with disabilities in a popular television series in Malaysia, Kerana Cintaku Saerah (Because of My Love, Saerah) through the analysis of; self-acceptance by the characters with disabilities, family and society’s acceptance, and disability stereotypes in the Malay society. The findings revealed the ideation of how people with disabilities are treated, as well as exhibits disability stereotypes that exist in the Malay society.  

scholarly journals Retro Reappropriations

2014 ◽  
Vol 3 (5) ◽  
pp. 100 ◽  
Author(s):  
Veronika Pehe
Keyword(s):  
Popular Culture ◽  
Czech Republic ◽  
Political Agenda ◽  
Television Series ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
The Media

The first post-1989 rerun of the 1970s television series Třicet případů majora Zemana (The Thirty Cases of Major Zeman) in the Czech Republic generated a heated controversy in the media. This article will examine why Major Zeman became such a contested topic and present an analysis of responses to the series. The paper suggests that the rescreening consolidated a particular ‘retro’ reception of the series, which reappropriates socialist popular culture and ascribes it with an ostensibly apolitical, postmodern, ironic sensibility. The paper will consider how such a response can be reconciled with more explicitly political approaches to the series, arguing that retro has a political agenda of its own.

scholarly journals Not my reality

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anne Ferguson
Keyword(s):  
Real Time ◽  
Public Perception ◽  
Due Process ◽  
Television Series ◽  
Criminal Process ◽  
Depth Interview ◽  
Land War ◽  
The Media ◽  
The Impact

<div>In 2008, Australian viewing audiences were first introduced to the factional television series, Underbelly, a show based loosely on the so-called Melbourne gang-land war of 1995 - 2004. The airing of Underbelly coincided with the real-time criminal trial of one of the characters portrayed in the show, raising serious questions about due process and trial by media. In this paper, we analyse these events through the lens of some of the ‘true life characters’ represented in Underbelly. Drawing upon in-depth interview data, we highlight the role of the media in the construction of criminal 'others' and the impact of this on public perception of crime, criminals and the criminal process.</div>

Television, Games, and Mathematics

2013 ◽  
pp. 124-141
Author(s):  
Sandra Crespo ◽  
Vincent Melfi ◽  
Shalom M. Fisch ◽  
Richard A. Lesh ◽  
Elizabeth Motoki
Keyword(s):  
Elementary School ◽  
School Children ◽  
Elementary School Children ◽  
Television Series ◽  
Mathematical Learning ◽  
Interactive Games ◽  
The Media ◽  
Multiple Media ◽  
And Mathematics ◽  
Single Medium

Research has shown that educational media, such as television series or interactive games, can promote significant learning. However, it is quite common for producers to create several interconnected media, such as a television show and an associated web site, under the assumption that multiple platforms elicit greater learning than a single medium would. The research reported in this paper uses Cyberchase media as the setting in which to investigate the effectiveness of multiple media as a tool for mathematical learning for elementary school children. The study includes both a naturalistic phase, which mirrors children’s typical use of the media, and an experimental phase, which allows for causal inference to be drawn about their learning outcomes.

scholarly journals Not my reality

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anne Ferguson
Keyword(s):  
Real Time ◽  
Public Perception ◽  
Due Process ◽  
Television Series ◽  
Criminal Process ◽  
Depth Interview ◽  
Land War ◽  
The Media ◽  
The Impact

<div>In 2008, Australian viewing audiences were first introduced to the factional television series, Underbelly, a show based loosely on the so-called Melbourne gang-land war of 1995 - 2004. The airing of Underbelly coincided with the real-time criminal trial of one of the characters portrayed in the show, raising serious questions about due process and trial by media. In this paper, we analyse these events through the lens of some of the ‘true life characters’ represented in Underbelly. Drawing upon in-depth interview data, we highlight the role of the media in the construction of criminal 'others' and the impact of this on public perception of crime, criminals and the criminal process.</div>

scholarly journals The look of ageing: Agelessness as post-feminist cool? - The aging female CEO in contemporary US TV series

2017 ◽  
Vol 33 (63) ◽  
pp. 18
Author(s):  
Anne Jerslev
Keyword(s):  
Older Women ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
Female Character ◽  
Television Series ◽  
Film And Television ◽  
Female Ceos ◽  
The Media ◽  
Contemporary Media ◽  
New Form ◽  
The Look

Recently, older women have started becoming more visible in the media: in film, on television, and in fashion and beauty ads. Taking as my case the representations of the ageing woman as successful CEO in three recent US television series, I address the kind of visibility that is embodied by the older female character in contemporary media. Drawing on discussions of ageing and the female body from cultural gerontology and cultural studies as well as theoretical discussions and empirical studies of representations of ageing women in film and television, I address the notions of agelessness and age appropriateness in relation to the three female CEOs and ask whether the characters represent alternative media images of the older female or merely a new form of ageism.

scholarly journals Mediatized Child Characters

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
pp. 98
Author(s):  
Elif Gizem Ugurlu
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Child Labor ◽  
The Other ◽  
Television Series ◽  
Television Programs ◽  
Child Characters ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
The Media ◽  
Tv Shows

Child actors and actresses perform in television programs, such as contests, shows and series, and in movies broadcasted in Turkey. After the program is broadcasted, social media accounts such as Facebook and instagram are opened by their parents for these children and it is attempted to increase their popularity. Children with increased popularity begin to act in new series and advertisements, and they are drawn into a consumption cycle. While these children, who are used for humour, promotional or dramatic factors, are disturbed, on the other hand, they cause that children's real and big problems (poverty, child labor, abuse, abduction, refugee, etc.) are ignored. This study provides a perspective on child characters in competition programs, TV shows, television series, television programs and movies broadcasted on televisions in 2018 in Turkey. The program in which children aged between 5 and 12 years appear, and their Instagram accounts were tracked and examined. The culture of benefiting from the child in the media multiplies itself as the use of children as mediatic characters in the media in Turkey continues, and the fact that children can be used as a source of income without considering that they can be overwhelmed by the burden of fame becomes widespread. This indicates the perception of childhood in society, the visibility of child individuals' problems, and a frightening future for children.

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