The Cognitive Impact of Contemporary Television Series

Amanda R. Martinez, Leandra H. Hernández, Jesús Jiménez-Varea , Alberto Hermida

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English

Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
11 March 2025

Philosophy of mind; TV & society; Cognition & cognitive psychology; Digital lifestyle

Series: Cultural Media Studies

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
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Edited by: Jesús Jiménez-Varea, Alberto Hermida
Series edited by: Amanda R. Martinez, Leandra H. Hernández
Imprint: Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Country of Publication: Switzerland
Edition: New edition
Volume: 6
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm,
Weight: 363g
ISBN: 9783034353809
ISBN 10: 3034353804
Series: Cultural Media Studies
Pages: 176
Publication Date: 11 March 2025
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

List of Tables – Jesús Jiménez-Varea/Alberto Hermida: Introduction – Héctor J. Pérez/Víctor Hernández-Santaolalla: The Cognitive Impact of Television Series: A Preliminary Study – Alberto N. García/Pablo Castrillo: Metaphysical Drama at the Downturn of Peak TV – Beatriz Herráiz Zornoza/Jaime López-Díez: Undone: Representation of Schizophrenia and the Unconscious Mind in an Animated TV Series – Marta Boni: The Awkwardness Effect: Engagement with Clumsy Characters in TV Series – Alberto Hermida/Jesús Jiménez-Varea: Cognition and Emotion in Dystopian TV Serial Worlds: The Purge – Jared Aronoff: Temporal Unity and Discontinuity: Unifying Disparate Narrative Meanings in the Fan Text Chronologically Lost – Mónica Barrientos-Bueno/Pablo Echart: An Overview of Recent Coming-of-Age Serial TV: The Remarkable Aesthetics of The End of the F***ing World – Notes on the Contributors – Index.

Jesús Jiménez-Varea holds a Master of Science in Theoretical Physics and a PhD in Media and Communication from the Universidad de Sevilla (Spain), where he is an Associate Professor. His works on seriality, comics, vigilantism, violence, and ideology have appeared in international journals and collections. Alberto Hermida is an Associate Professor in Media and Communication from the Universidad de Sevilla (Spain). He holds a PhD in Communication Studies and his main lines of research and teaching are digital image and aesthetics, mise-en-scène in film and television, and seriality.