There has been limited adoption of Immersive Journalism (IJ) by the audience; simultaneously, the audience’s perspective is rarely considered in the production and research of IJ. At this point, however, it is crucial to incorporate an audience perspective to identify potentially unintended effects of IJ and improve on the innovation of IJ. This study investigates the audience’s experience and evaluation of IJ by qualitatively analyzing their thoughts after viewing two IJ cases. Our results indicate that the audience may pick up on intended effects, such as a sense of presence and an intense emotional experience, but some also express unease towards these effects. Furthermore, the audience struggles to comprehend this study’s two immersive journalistic cases as part of the journalistic genre. These findings provide insight into the gap between the initial hype and the current reality of IJ and provide the basis for propositions for future IJ productions.
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Audience studies is not the vibrant field it was in its 1980s and early 1990s heyday. Cultural studies today has a more balanced interest in production, audiences and texts. A renewed focus in audience studies on everyday meaning production, identity and relations of power could benefit from recent developments. Theorization of power especially has benefited from recent work on governmentality. In accord with recent work on ‘affect’, there is an opportunity for renewed vitality and urgency. Was audience studies damaged beyond repair by the charge that it is a populist field that celebrates rather than interrogates everyday media culture? Could a concept such as cultural literacy provide a bridge to help re-establish the critical credibility of audience studies or would it burden this field with its implied notions of standards, distinction and cultural exclusion? The article discusses recent work with youth audiences to inquire into the possibilities of ‘critical literacy’. It proposes taking up questions and insights raised by affect theory, to merge appreciation, criticism and understanding of the forces that drive (the possibility of) change, and to embed critical literacy in cultural studies’ ongoing interest in the construction of (cultural) citizenship.
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Skyler White is a protagonist in the top-ranking television series Breaking Bad. She is also one of the most hated characters on television. This paper focuses on how the character of Skyler and Anna Gunn – the actor that plays her – are turned into a ‘composite celebrity’ in audience discussions. This is achieved by analysing threads on the social news website Reddit that specifically discuss Skyler. We discovered three main speaking positions: ‘savvy’ viewing; moral realism; and public shaming. This type of audience research may help further discussion on how celebrity culture is supported by neoliberal changes in the public sphere and caught up in the devaluation of professionalism and professional status – which, as will be shown, has especially dire consequences for professional women. Breaking Bad showcases predominantly masculine narratives. The derogation of its key female character therefore does not come as a surprise. However, a feminist defence of both the character and the actor – although a minority perspective – is also voiced. This article reveals how the interlinking fields of celebrity gossip and television criticism are a space of vibrant and sometimes frightening discussion in which a neo-conservative gender agenda is simultaneously asserted and contested
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The main objective is to write a scientific paper in a peer-reviewed Open Access journal on the results of our feasibility study on increasing physical activity in home dwelling adults with chronic stroke. We feel this is important as this article aims to close a gap in the existing literature on behavioral interventions in physical therapy practice. Though our main target audience are other researchers, we feel clinical practice and current education on patients with stroke will benefit as well.
The main aim of the project is to provide new research in the arts by focusing on the concept of the inter-sensorial as an essential text for the creation of art and culture. It is designed to foreground the role of the sensorium as an underpinning source for many aspects of thought and cultural heritage. This project will blend visual arts with applied arts and traditional local traditions, revealing new light on the artistic facets and customs which are usually overlooked.The extended residencies will promote transnational mobility for emerging artists, facilitating international relationships between different artistic and cultural contexts within the EU. This will promote transnational interconnectivity between artists and cultures, creating a resourceful intercultural fertilisation, endorsing cultural diversity, social inclusion and most of all, further research on the intercultural facets.Through the various side-activities to take place during the mobilities of the artists, the project aims to strengthen and develop diverse audiences by producing the necessary elements for a dialogue, illustrating interpretations of rich layers of tangible and intangible heritage and legacies of European countries related to the tradition of sensorial experiences and how they evolved around traditional customs. Furthermore, it also aims to rethink and project new and innovative ways for documenting, preserving and communicating data to different audiences.
Steeds meer podiumkunstenaars ontwikkelen een artistieke uitvoeringspraktijk die bewust en actief verbinding maakt met de grote maatschappelijke transformaties; m.n. de omwenteling dat wij, mensen, onszelf moeten gaan begrijpen als deel van een groter aardesysteem. Klank, licht en beweging zijn dan niet alleen middelen, waarmee bijvoorbeeld het verhaal van klimaatverandering verteld wordt, maar klimaatverandering is een aanleiding om anders naar klank, licht en beweging zelf te gaan kijken. Toch vormen deze artistieke vernieuwingen voor de sector ook een probleem. Om te zorgen dat kunstenaar en publiek elkaar vinden moet er gecommuniceerd worden. Echter, de bestaande marketingcommunicatie in de het culturele veld voorziet momenteel niet in die behoefte. Daarom is praktijkgericht onderzoek nodig naar de vraag hoe professionele artistieke praktijken, die vernieuwende vormen van publieksinteractie ontwikkelen om maatschappelijke transformaties te bevorderen, zichzelf overtuigender en effectiever kunnen positioneren in het culturele veld? Uit een verkenning blijkt dat zowel makers als publiek kijken en luisteren zelf in feite al een vorm van publieksparticipatie vinden, en dat dit ook een middel is om diepgaande veranderingen in zowel individuele (cultuur)beleving als bredere maatschappelijke processen mogelijk te maken. Bovendien stelt het publiek al tijdens de voorstellingen continu verwachtingen bij en er zijn grote verschillen in de wijze waarop met niet vervulde verwachtingen wordt omgegaan. Alle betrokken erkennen dat deze bevindingen een kennishiaat blootleggen: er is meer en vooral andersoortige kennis nodig over publieksbeleving om een passende marketingcommunicatie te ontwikkelen voor dit type artistiek werk. Kennis die meer recht doet aan het onvoorspelbare en ambigue karakter van vernieuwend aanbod en een andere taal oplevert om hierover te spreken. Door de onderstroom van verwachtingen, die van invloed zijn op de publieksbeleving, zichtbaar en deelbaar te maken, ontstaan er nieuwe, concrete handvatten voor de marketingcommunicatie van culturele organisaties die podium werk maken of presenteren.
