TY  - BOOK
AU  - Jesús Jiménez-Varea
AU  - Alberto Hermida
PY  - 2025
CY  - New York, United States of America
PB  - Peter Lang Verlag
SN  - 2577-6231
SN  - 9781433199943
TI  - The Cognitive Impact of Contemporary Television Series
DO  - 10.3726/b22366
UR  - https://www.peterlang.com/document/1309973
N2  - Television serial fiction is one of the most popular cultural products around the world today, and there is much indirect evidence that its stories influence the understanding of those who watch and enjoy it. All the chapters gathered in this collection address the idea that the specific aesthetic and narrative properties of television seriality contribute to distinct ways of conveying cognitive impact in a broad sense: from content learning, to reflection on social and philosophical issues, to character engagement and emotional reactions. The Cognitive Impact of Contemporary Television Series goes through some of the thematic constants of the last decade of television seriality, such as dystopia, coming-of-age or metaphysical drama, making panoramic views and delving into specific case studies, like The Purge, The End of the F***ing World and Undone, among many others. This book will be of interest to graduate students and scholars working in television studies, as well as in film studies, cognitive media theory, media psychology, and aesthetics.
KW  - aesthetics, cognition, emotions, engagement, genre, narrative, reception, seriality, series, television, viewership
LA  - English
ER  -