Mediatisations of Emotions in Theory: The Media Studies Perspective

Aneta Duda

doi:10.18290/rkult231401.4

Published : 2023-10-25

Vol. 14 No. 1 (2023)

Mediatisations of Emotions in Theory: The Media Studies Perspective

Aneta Duda

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2349-3517

DOI: https://doi.org/10.18290/rkult231401.4

Abstract

This article provides a synthetic review of key theoretical approaches adopted by media experts in their studies: psychoanalytic, psychobiological, philosophical approaches and critical perspective of media cultural studies. An attempt is made to systematize the major research areas of media representations of emotions. The analysed emotions are treated as a predictor of the choice of media broadcast, an element of media exposition, a determinant of psychological and behavioural effects of media message, an affective reaction to exposition, and a “culture of emotions”. A synthesis of the conditions and contexts behind the emotions presented in the media. Groups of determinants and affective contexts for media situations were defined as: media types, co-recipients of the message, the role of witness/observer, the level of identification, forms and means of emotion channelling, media competence.

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media studies, media representations of emotions, determinants and affective contexts for media reception

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