La ficción seriada desde el mitoanálisis: aproximación cualitativa a los argumentos universales en Netflix, Prime Video y HBO

Author(s):  
Maddalena Fedele ◽  
Antonio-José Planells-de-la-Maza ◽  
Endika Rey

Recent decades have seen an unprecedented proliferation of serialized audio-visual narratives within the backdrop of the so-called third golden age of television, in the context of meta-television and quality television. The new digital platforms of content distribution have also influenced this. This article delves into the mythanalysis of current serialized audio-visual stories by analyzing their narrative structure to detect which kind of model or mythical portrayals they present to the audience. A qualitative content analysis, combined with a close reading, which included the mythanalysis categories of Balló and Pérez (1997), was carried out on a random sample of 40 serialized fiction programs available on the main streaming platforms (Netflix, Prime Video, and HBO) from their introduction in Spain until 2020. Among the results, a dominant presence of serials stands out, as well as strong hybridization between fiction genres and subgenres. Most of the original myths are revisited in an individualistic tone and focus on the development of personal identity, in addition to a few narratives centered on collective myths. In this sense, the classic myths most present in the sample are those focused on the individual, especially those referring to self-knowledge. Also, new narrative models emerge, and we find cases where the original myths are adapted to contemporary sensitivities by providing more egalitarian portrayals, at the level of race (such as the mestizo messiah) and especially at the level of gender (such as journey of empowerment, love towards oneself, or the freed woman). Resumen En las últimas décadas ha habido una proliferación sin precedentes de narraciones audiovisuales seriadas, en correspondencia con la llamada tercera edad de oro de la televisión, dentro del contexto de la meta-televisión y la llamada quality television, y gracias también a las nuevas plataformas digitales de distribución de contenidos. Este estudio ahonda en el mitoanálisis de los actuales relatos audiovisuales seriales a partir de sus estructuras narrativas para detectar qué tipo de representaciones modélicas o míticas pueden proporcionar a sus públicos. Se ha llevado a cabo un análisis de contenido cualitativo, combinado con una lectura en profundidad, donde se han incluido las categorías del mitoanálisis de Balló y Pérez (1997), sobre una muestra aleatoria de 40 ficciones seriadas disponibles en las principales plataformas de streaming (Netflix, Prime Video y HBO) desde su implementación en España hasta 2020. Entre los resultados destaca una presencia dominante del serial, así como una fuerte hibridación entre géneros y sub-géneros de ficción. La mayoría de los mitos originales están revisitados en clave individualista y se focalizan en el desarrollo de la identidad personal, mientras que hay pocas narrativas centradas en mitos colectivos. En este sentido, los mitos clásicos más presentes en la muestra son los centrados en el individuo, especialmente el del conocimiento de uno mismo. A su vez, también surgen nuevos modelos narrativos y encontramos casos donde los mitos originales se adaptan a la sensibilidad contemporánea proporcionando representaciones más igualitarias, a nivel de raza (como el mesías mestizo) y sobre todo a nivel de género (como el viaje de empoderamiento, el amor hacia uno mismo o la mujer liberada).

2016 ◽  
pp. 89
Author(s):  
Isabelle Giroux ◽  
Francine Ferland ◽  
Cathy Savard ◽  
Christian Jacques ◽  
Priscilla Brochu ◽  
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Gambling habits of people aged 55 years and over without gambling problems are rarely being investigated. In order to document life events and to identify the impacts of gambling on quality of life, 19 participants aged 55 to 74 years without gambling problems, male and female, were assembled in three focus groups. Qualitative content analysis of the groups reveals changes in gambling habits associated with transition to retirement and occurrence of health problems. The content analysis further reveals a variety of positive and negative consequences of gambling habits on finances, hobbies, social relationships, and psychological health. Although the focus groups did not target the structural or environmental characteristics of gambling that influence participants' gambling habits, those themes were brought up spontaneously. Results highlight the necessity to study life events from a larger perspective including, for example, protective and risk factors, in order to better understand the life contexts and the individual characteristics that may lead to an alteration or not of gambling habits.


2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 16
Author(s):  
Chelsey Willoughby ◽  
Severin Mangold ◽  
Toralf Zschau

Past research on the tiny house movement has primarily focused on understanding the individual motivations behind adopting the tiny house lifestyle. While some studies have suggested that tiny housers do entertain an interest in community, no systematic research exists that examines the actual complexities of this phenomenon. To make first inroads into this body of literature, twenty-four community-oriented tiny housers were interviewed about their ideal community. Interview questions ranged from definitions of community to specific ideas of the nature of community characteristics. Interviews were recorded, transcribed, and then coded in NVivo 12.0. Four main themes and eleven subthemes emerged from the qualitative content analysis. Select themes were then subjected to a subsequent quantification analysis in order to refine and deepen the theoretical understanding. The findings of this exploratory study suggest that a majority of tiny housers desire to be part of more cohesive and collaborative communities. While stressing the importance of community, tiny housers also expressed concerns over privacy. To explain the findings, the paper offers a set of arguments situated in the broader socio-cultural texture of our time.


2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Govert Valkenburg ◽  
Guus Dix ◽  
Joeri Tijdink ◽  
Sarah de Rijcke

Abstract Background: Research codes of conduct offer guidance to researchers with respect to which values should be realized in research practices, how these values are to be realized, and what the respective responsibilities of the individual and the institution are in this. However, the question of how the responsibilities are to be divided between the individual and the institution has hitherto received little attention. We therefore performed an analysis of research codes of conduct to investigate how responsibilities are positioned as individual or institutional, and how the boundary between the two is drawn. Method: We selected 12 institutional, national and international codes of conduct that apply to medical research in the Netherlands and subjected them to a close-reading content analysis. We first identified the dominant themes and then investigated how responsibility is attributed to individuals and institutions.Results: We observed that the attribution of responsibility to either the individual or the institution is often not entirely clear, and that the notion of culture emerges as a residual category for such attributions. We see this notion of responsible research cultures as important; it is something that mediates between the individual level and the institutional level. However, at the same time it largely lacks substantiation. Conclusions: While many attributions of individual and institutional responsibility are clear, the exact boundary between the two is often problematic. We suggest two possible avenues for improving codes of conduct: either to clearly attribute responsibilities to individuals or institutions and depend less on the notion of culture, or to make culture a more explicit concern and articulate what it is and how a good culture might be fostered.


Author(s):  
Stefan Stieglitz ◽  
Milad Mirbabaie ◽  
Jennifer Fromm

Individuals are increasingly using social media during crisis situations to seek information. However, little is known about how they utilize social media to gain an understanding of crisis situations. The aim of this study was to close this gap by conducting sense-making interviews with 18 German social media users. A qualitative content analysis revealed the following sense-making barriers: low information value, negative emotions, biased reporting, taking advantage, volume of information, limited knowledge, speed of information dissemination, and technical barriers. Furthermore, users applied the individual sense-making strategies of searching, selecting, verifying, enriching, interpreting, and sorting, as well as the collective strategies of distributing, communicating, and reporting. This article contributes to research by providing categorizations of sense-making barriers and strategies in the context of crisis situations. Furthermore, suggestions are made for how emergency agencies could utilize social media for crisis and continuity management.


Author(s):  
Kaitlynn Mendes ◽  
Jessica Ringrose ◽  
Jessalynn Keller

Chapter 3 presents results from a qualitative content analysis and thematic textual analysis drawn from four case studies: Hollaback!, Everyday Sexism, Who Needs Feminism?, and #BeenRapedNeverReported. The chapter presents one of the first attempts to analyze these popular feminist campaigns by answering the question of what kinds of experiences of harassment, misogyny, and rape culture the public are sharing on feminist digital platforms. We begin here to develop a key argument that digital feminist activism is far more complex and nuanced than one might initially expect, and is used in a multitude of ways, for many purposes, drawing on a range of different conventions or vernacular practices. Taking a cue from critical technology studies, we attend to emerging vernacular practices that we argue have been shaped by platform architecture, affordances, and conventions, which work to simultaneously encourage and discourage certain narratives from certain groups of people.


2016 ◽  
Vol 37 (1) ◽  
pp. 27-32
Author(s):  
Helena Rosén ◽  
Rebecca Gagnemo Persson ◽  
Eva Persson

The concept of patient-focused care aims to provide an environment in which the healthcare team focuses on the individual patient’s needs. In order to increase our understanding of how nurses perceive and conduct patient-focused care, the issue needs to be studied in various contexts. The aims of the study were to explore nurses’ descriptions of their patient-focused care, what took place during observed situations including the time spent, before and after the change of design from a more traditional to a single-bed hospital in Sweden. Non-participant observations with follow-up interviews were carried out. Data were analysed using qualitative content analysis. Three categories emerged from the analysis: Barriers to being close to the patient, Desire to be close to the patient and The influence of environment on caring. The theme Presence or absence was interpreted as the latent meaning. The conclusion was that being present is crucial in nursing when providing compassionate and effective nursing care.


2013 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 207-228
Author(s):  
Ulrich Riegel

AbstractDaily routine on Sunday is changing. Formerly a day of religious contemplation, Sunday seems to be a day of rest within the family. Does this change in activities done on a typical Sunday imply an end of spiritual quality? To answer this question this paper conceptualizes spirituality as experience of connectedness to some greater reality which is regarded as important and meaningful. Four options are possible concerning this greater reality: a transcendent reality, nature or cosmos, mankind, or the individual’s self. The data has been collected by semi-structured interview and analyzed by qualitative content analysis. 148 individuals did take part in these interviews (57% females, age range: 7 to 59; 64% Catholics and 22% Protestants). The findings point at Sunday spent with family. Further on we could identify activities representing all four types of spirituality. Together these examples point at the conclusion that Sunday still is a special day within the week. Its activities offer spiritual quality, but it is the individual to reassure it.


2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 205630512110369
Author(s):  
D. Bondy Valdovinos Kaye ◽  
Joanne E. Gray

This study investigates copyright discourses on YouTube. Through a qualitative content analysis of 144 YouTube videos, we explore how YouTube creators understand copyright law, how they minimize risks posed by copyright infringement, and how they navigate a highly technical and dynamic copyright enforcement ecosystem. Our findings offer insights into how digitally situated cultural producers are impacted by and respond to automated content moderation. This is important because increasingly lawmakers around the world are asking digital platforms to implement efficient systems for content moderation, and yet there is a lack of good information about the stakeholders most directly impacted by these practices. In this study, we present a systematic analysis of copyright gossip, building on the concept of algorithmic gossip, which comprises the opinions, theories, and strategies of creators who are affected by YouTube’s copyright enforcement systems.


Author(s):  
D. Bondy Valdovinos Kaye ◽  
Joanne E Gray

This study investigates copyright discourses on YouTube. Through a qualitative content analysis of approximately 200 YouTube videos, we explore how YouTube creators understand copyright law, and how they navigate a highly technical and dynamic copyright enforcement ecosystem. Our findings offer insights into how digitally situated cultural producers are impacted by and respond to automated content moderation. This is important because increasingly lawmakers around the world are asking digital platforms to implement efficient systems for content moderation and yet there is a lack of good information about the stakeholders most directly impacted by these practices. In this study, we provide a systematic analysis of the opinions and strategies of creators who are affected by YouTube’s copyright enforcement measures.


2012 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 99-105 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sofia Emilsson ◽  
Ann-Christine Svensk ◽  
Karolina Olsson ◽  
Jack Lindh ◽  
Inger Öster

AbstractObjective:The purpose of this study was to examine the experiences of breast cancer patients participating in a support group.Method:This study explores 28 stories of women with breast cancer as expressed through written diaries. Diaries were written during a 5-week period in parallel with radiotherapy and participation in a support group in a hospital. Answers to six open-ended evaluative questions concerning the support group were included in the majority of the written diaries. A qualitative content analysis was used to identify themes.Results:Three themes were constructed during the analysis: “positive group development.” “Inhibited group development.” and “the individual living with the disease.” Hopes and fears for the future in regards to illness and getting better, the value of family and friends, and feelings related to daily life with breast cancer such as fatigue and changes in body image were also expressed in the diaries.Significance of results:The findings suggest that the women with breast cancer found it valuable to be able to share experiences with other women in a similar situation in the context of a support group. Being part of such a group provided a space and an opportunity for reflection.


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