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PN 200
Audience Experiencing of Emotions in the Contemporary Media Landscape
A. Jorge
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, P. Dias
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Catholic University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal
This presentation reflects on the mediated experiencing of emotions, based on a literature review of the field of audience research between 2005 and 2015.
We live in a complex and ubiquitous media environment which makes our experiencing of the world increasingly mediated, and audience studies have
been part of this discussion. The main emergent themes identified in this field are emotions and identity formation; emotions and individual and collective
memory; and mediated experiencing of negative emotions related to trauma and distant suffering. A transversal paradox was found: while interaction and
participation seem more frequent and spontaneous experiencing of emotions appears to be possible, technological mediation introduces distance and
detachment. This literature analysis shows the need for psycho-cognitive and cultural-critical approaches to the study of emotions to be reconciled in order
to tackle the complexity of the phenomenon.