“Are You Still Watching?”: Analyzing the Soothing and Swaying Effects of Media Repetition
Location
Janet Ayers Conference Room JAAC 4094
Presentation Type
Presentation
Start Date
26-9-2022 3:00 PM
End Date
26-9-2022 3:50 PM
Description
Are binge watchers actually zombies? After watching 3 episodes of a Netflix series, passive viewers are confronted with the prompt “Are you still watching?” The choice to “Continue watching” or go “Back” pulls them from the familiar, repetitive nature of media that can both soothe and sway a viewer. Repetition in media can lead to both permanence and change; while some movies or TV series use repeated elements to comfort audiences resistant to change, others use images, sounds, and text to shift an audience’s perspective. This interactive presentation explores pop cultural references to Prince, The Andy Griffith Show, and Stranger Things to understand how repetition both haunts our present moment but still provides the potential for change.
Recommended Citation
Overall, Joel and Usleman, Grace, "“Are You Still Watching?”: Analyzing the Soothing and Swaying Effects of Media Repetition" (2022). Humanities Symposium. 7.
https://repository.belmont.edu/humanities_symposium/2022/2022/7
“Are You Still Watching?”: Analyzing the Soothing and Swaying Effects of Media Repetition
Janet Ayers Conference Room JAAC 4094
Are binge watchers actually zombies? After watching 3 episodes of a Netflix series, passive viewers are confronted with the prompt “Are you still watching?” The choice to “Continue watching” or go “Back” pulls them from the familiar, repetitive nature of media that can both soothe and sway a viewer. Repetition in media can lead to both permanence and change; while some movies or TV series use repeated elements to comfort audiences resistant to change, others use images, sounds, and text to shift an audience’s perspective. This interactive presentation explores pop cultural references to Prince, The Andy Griffith Show, and Stranger Things to understand how repetition both haunts our present moment but still provides the potential for change.
Comments
The Theme of September 26 is "Whole Person Formation"
Convocation Credit: Intellectual Well-Being