Combining aesthetic and psychological approaches to TV series addiction / edited by Nathalie Camart [and three others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Camart, Nathalie, editor.

Language:

English

French

Subjects (All):

Television viewers--Psychology.

Television viewers.

Television addiction.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvii, 311 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Newcastle upon Tyne, UK : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2018.

Language Note:

Fourteen chapters in English, seven in French.

Summary:

This book establishes, and then analyses, the interrelation between series and dependence by focusing on two aspects of their connection: the overconsumption of TV series, and the production devices that lead to it. Due to its two-sided nature, the volume brings together specialists from different backgrounds. On the one hand, it involves people working with addiction, such as psychiatrists, psychologists, and social workers, whose analytical tools and statistics are extremely useful in assessing the prevalence of TV series addiction, as well as its consequences, in order to make sense of its mechanics. For similar reasons, the authors also include professionals working with children and teenagers, since youths under 18 are largely affected by addictive tendencies. On the other hand, other contributions here are authored by TV series specialists, producers and scriptwriters, as well as academics in the fields of film and TV series studies, cultural studies, and narratology. Their specific perspectives on the topic help better understand what it is about the construction or reception of TV series that aims to create, maintain, amplify, or, on the contrary, curb their ingrained addictive effects.

Contents:

Intro

Table of Contents

Introduction

Préambule / Foreword

Part I. Acknowledging, Defining and Characterizing TV Series Dependence

Chapter One

Chapter Two

Chapter Three

Chapter Four

Part II. "What's Wrong with Series Addiction Anyway?"

Chapter Five

Chapter Six

Chapter Seven

Chapter Eight

Chapter Nine

Part III. TV Series' Addictive Strategies

Chapter Ten

Chapter Eleven

Chapter Twelve

Chapter Thirteen

Chapter Fourteen

Part IV. Implementing Acceptance or Defense Mechanisms Across the Reality / Fiction Threshold

Chapter Fifteen

Chapter Sixteen

Chapter Seventeen

Chapter Eighteen

Chapter Nineteen

Contributors.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-5275-1449-8

OCLC:

1048800560