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serial drama viewers’ engagement aesthetic pleasure characters tv aesthetics estetica televisiva serie drammatiche coinvolgimento dell’osservatore piacere estetico personaggiSujets proches
Plays Radio vision TV Stage Drama, Modern Plays Drama--Philosophy Marriage, Promise of Engagement Appeal Beauty Esthetics Beautiful, The Taste (Aesthetics)Citer ce document
Iris Vidmar Jovanović, « Glancing, Gazing and Binging: On The Appeal of Contemporary Television Serials », Rivista di estetica, ID : 10.4000/estetica.9207
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My aim in this paper is to explore the appeal of contemporary television serial drama. I argue that there are four main aspects of serials that inspire viewers’ interest and long-term commitment: serials’ overall aesthetics, its narrative complexity, strong emotional pull and serious mimetic aspect. I analyse each of these and I show how each stimulates our more general interests and emotional dispositions, primarily those related to aesthetic reward, intellectual challenge, moral clarity and entertainment. My analysis shows how these four elements unite and how their union inspires and maintains viewers’ long-term commitment to the show. In the process, I explore viewers’ emotional engagement with the characters, suggesting it is of secondary importance for their long-term commitment to the show. This commitment, I argue, is motivated by viewers’ sense of care for the work developed in response to its repeated providing of pleasurable stimuli.