TV Series Research Articles

Mental health and binge-watching behavior among university students in Egypt

BackgroundBinge-watching has become increasingly popular in recent years. Although it can provide a form of entertainment and mood regulation, it has also been associated with adverse mental health issues. In this study, we explored the association between binge-watching behavior and mental health. MethodsUsing a cross-sectional survey conducted from May to November 2018, we surveyed 535 participants over 18 years old from Ain Shams University by using a combination of online and pen-and-paper methods. Data on sociodemographic characteristics and TV series watching patterns were collected, and participants completed the Binge-Watching Engagement and Symptoms Questionnaire (BWESQ), the Brief Symptom Inventory (BSI-18), and the Subjective Happiness Scale (SHS).ResultsAmong the 535 participants surveyed, 333 were retained and divided into three groups (i.e., non-binge-watchers, trouble-free binge-watchers, and problematic binge-watchers) in accordance with previous binge-watching research. Significant between-group differences were found in terms of relationship status, commonly used devices (mobile, laptop, TV), and perceived dependency on TV series watching. Problematic binge-watchers showed significantly higher scores for all BWESQ and BSI-18 subscales.ConclusionTrouble-free binge-watchers and problematic binge-watchers were more likely to be single than non-binge-watchers and demonstrated a marked preference for using mobile phones and laptops over traditional television. A significant positive relationship was found between problematic binge-watching and symptoms of depression, anxiety, and somatization.

Dear Mixed People: Critically Examining Monoracism in College-Related TV Series

Multiracial youth are one of the fastest-growing demographics in the United States. What messages might these multiracial young people be receiving about multiraciality in college-related television series? Applying Critical Race Media Literacy and Critical Multiracial Theory (MultiCrit), this study examines representations of multiracial students in Charmed, Dear White People, Ginny & Georgia, Grown-ish, and Black-ish. We find that multiracial college student characters are routinely confronted with “box-checking” on demographic forms and wrestle with the limitations of racial categories to capture complexity and the potential resources/benefits associated with selecting specific boxes. Further, multiracial college student characters question their belonging within monoracial student organizations and interracial relationships. Implications for practice and pedagogy are outlined to better leverage television depictions of multiracial college students toward disrupting rather than reinforcing monoracism in higher education contexts.

The Path of Breaking Out of the Circle for Prose Works in Film and Television as Seen from To the Wonder

The TV series To the Wonder, adapted from a prose work, has garnered phenomenal attention with its high-quality content and poetic and healing style. The drama has achieved success in script adaptation by creating quality text content, and it has provided audiences with fresh aesthetic experiences by using visual language and poetic and scattered cultural narrative. At the same time, the content's dissemination and marketing are based on a multi-media matrix, with multi-channel dissemination, and it has explored a new path for diverse expression of prose works through the creation of IP-based derivative products in the film and television industry.

When ‘atypical’ is the new typical: a critical analysis of the representation of virginity among neurodivergent men characters in TV series

ABSTRACT This article critically reflects on a television trend that remains poorly documented, namely that of representing male virginity as being caused by a form of neurodivergence. As part of an interdisciplinary research project on sexually inexperienced emerging adults (SIEA) in North American films and TV series, a textual analysis has been conducted for four TV series portraying sexually inexperienced men on the spectrum (The Good Doctor, Atypical, The Big Bang Theory, L’Heure bleue). Our research shows that this tendency to associate men’s sexual inexperience with autism is an important issue that reveals the persistence of gender and ableist norms in TV series. For instance, TV series contribute to the reproduction of the stereotype that a man on the spectrum is de facto sexually inexperienced, and then prioritize a “virginity loss” narrative. Characters also acquire maturity after their first sexual encounter, resulting in increased masculine capital. Considering that such series seek to represent neurodiversity, the lack of diversity when it comes to representing sexual inexperience is questioning. The fact that narratives invariably allow neurodivergent men to gain sexual experience seems to reinforce the cultural norm that sexual activity is mandatory, especially for adult men.

Research on the Strategy of Film and Television Operation Management Mode

At this stage, with the rapid development of the film industry, more and more film and television works have emerged, mainly films, TV series, and online dramas. The film industry is an important part of the cultural industry of various countries. Analysing the operation mechanism of the film production management model will help the prosperity and development of the film industry. The research is mainly about the operation and management mode of the film and television industry. It uses the methods of searching for literature, searching on the Internet, and finally summarises the steps and strategies of film and television operation. The operation steps of film and television mainly include four links: shooting, production, distribution, and screening. Each link is quite important and needs to be carefully arranged and operated, with a strong team and psychological quality to deal with various emergencies. It must invest much money and energy in every step to complete perfect work and create profits in the final release. The operation of film and television is still advancing and will continue to develop new models and update strategies to meet the development of the times.

Subtitling profanity into Malay: Balancing formal and creative taboo expressions

Introduction: Translation of swearwords has unceasingly gained traction in audiovisual translation. In subtitling, swearing does not only warrant linguistic consideration but other multimodal elements, such as intonation and body movement. Apart from subtitling technicalities, the difficulties of swearword translation are also impeded by their explicit and implicit forms, as well as the linguistic-cultural differences in source-target texts. This study aims to deliberate on the Malay translation of English swearwords of ‘fuck’ and ‘shit’ in two episodes of Netflix TV series The History of Swearwords.Methods: To this end, it employs a comparative and descriptive analysis by developing a parallel corpus by utilising AntConc and AntPConc software. The selection of Netflix posits no local law or policy restrictions and censorship.Results: The comparative analysis found a linkup between creative and formal subtitling of the swearwords, which signals a prevalent pragmatic and cultural foundation in the translation, especially vis-à-vis the deletion and neutralisation procedures. The study also raises other notable concerns, such as the identification and semantic comprehension of swearwords by the series subtitlers.Conclusions: Overall, the study posits that the socio-pragmatic factors, among others are still central for the English-Malay translation strategies of the swearwords in maintaining both linguistic accuracy and cultural appropriateness for target audience

Medical drama TV series: A semi-systematic literature review

Medical drama TV series: A semi-systematic literature review

Suits Meet the Stacks: Drawing Emotional Intelligence (EQ) Parallels for Academic Libraries

Drawing parallels from the TV series Suits, this paper investigates the role of emotional intelligence (EQ) in fostering positive workplace culture, specifically within academic libraries. While the high-octane world of corporate law might seem disparate from the calm corridors of academic libraries, the interpersonal dynamics and challenges faced are strikingly similar. Central to this discussion is the recurring motif in Suits: the power of dialogue. Through characters like Harvey Specter and Donna Paulsen, the show emphasizes that open communication can be the key to resolution, even in high-pressure environments. Moreover, with the introduction of “The Donna,” a unique AI tool, Suits provides a lens to examine the interplay between technology and EQ, raising questions about the true essence of human communication and its irreplaceability. This paper explores these themes, offering practical strategies for academic libraries to bolster EQ, enhance user experience, and ensure technology complements, rather than replaces, genuine human interaction.

Determining factors of university students' binge-watching attitudes

Binge-watching (BW), defined as watching multiple episodes of a series or program in a single sitting, is recognized as a new and widespread form of viewing, especially with online streaming services. This study investigates the factors determining university students' binge-watching attitudes and the relationship of these factors with demographic characteristics. Data were collected using a survey adapted from the "Watching TV Series Motives Questionnaire (WTSMQ)" and the "Binge-Watching Engagement and Symptoms Questionnaire (BWESQ)" developed by Flayelle and colleagues (2019). The survey was conducted online with the participation of 636 university students to evaluate participants' motivations for watching internet series, their BW attitudes, and the relationship of these behaviors with demographic factors such as age, gender, and education level. The results demonstrate that students' BW behavior is strongly associated with positive motivations such as ease of access, entertainment, and social interaction. Specifically, a significant positive correlation between entertainment motivation and BW behavior was found (r = .240, p > .01). Additionally, it was determined that female students exhibit significantly higher BW behavior compared to male students, and BW attitudes/behaviors decrease with increasing age and education level. Participants who have never worked show more BW behavior compared to those who have worked or are currently working.

Evolving Trends in Turkish Television Series Research: A Comprehensive Bibliometric Analysis from the Web of Science Database

With TV series exported to about 146 countries, Turkey is the second-largest exporter of TV shows worldwide, behind the United States. Turkish TV series reach millions of viewers in regions such as the Balkans, Middle East, Asia, Latin America, and Europe. Despite the significant role of Turkish TV series in academia and communication studies, such bibliometric investigations have been scarce. This study offers a comprehensive bibliometric analysis of research on Turkish television series within communication and cinema studies, drawing on data from the Web of Science database. This analysis encompassed 79 papers from leading journals. Using the Visualization of Similarities (VOS) viewer program, the data was processed to generate bibliographic display maps. Findings indicated that the initial article titled “Turkish TV series” appeared in 2006, with a marked increase in publications post-2020. “Popular Communication” and “Global Media and Communication” emerged as the most cited journals. The analysis also identified “Turkey”, “Turkish TV series”, and “television” as predominant keywords. Additionally, the United States, the United Kingdom, and Turkey were noted as the most prolific countries in publishing studies with the title “Turkish television series.”

Kegiatan Pengabdian kepada Masyarakat ini berupa pelatihan public speaking pada mahasiswa Jurusan Pendidikan Bahasa dan Sastra Indonesia Universitas Musamus. Pelatihan public speaking ini berguna untuk meningkatkan kemampuan berbicara mahasiswa di depan umum dan dapat meningkatkan nilai akademik mahasiswa. Kegiatan Pengabdian Kepada Masyarakat ini dilakukan di Universitas Musamus yang terletak di Kota Merauke. Kegiatan Pengabdian Kepada Masyarakat ini menggunakan metode ceramah

This community service activity was conducted in the form of a public lecture on introducing principles of critical media literacies to learners studying at the English Language Education Study Programme of Universitas Sarjanawiyata Tamansiswa (UST), Yogyakarta. The public lecture was conducted at the Faculty of Teachers' Training and Education and was attended by as many as 37 learner participants from different semesters. Among the key contents of the session, the facilitator raised the participants' awareness that texts are never neutral. They are made by someone, somewhere, for some reason. They are created from a particular perspective to tell particular messages. The participants were also facilitated to realise that various media around them such as movies, TV series, news, and advertisements are also ‘texts’ that are not free from the influences of the authors behind them. By the end of the lecture, as seen from the question-and-answer session, it can be seen that the participants have been successfully facilitated to have a certain degree of critical media literacies. Despite the possible limitations, this community service activity could pave the way for more endeavours to facilitate prospective teachers to be critically literate, and able to facilitate their future students to be able to do so as well in the future.

The Application of Negation in Subtitle Translation of American TV Series: A Case Study of Game of Thrones

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A Woman’s Touch: Queeriod Drama and the Scene of Writing

A Woman’s Touch: Queeriod Drama and the Scene of Writing. This paper addresses the representation of women of the long eighteenth century as writers on the contemporary screen. It focuses on the experimentation with time in such representations, the seeking out of closeness and distance in the past through relationships with ‘lost’ texts or scenarios. This in two respects: first, the sense of a lost relationship to manuscript and manuscript ‘hands’ in letters and diaries in the new mediations visual and verbal of the screen; second, the sense of what has been helpfully termed by Elizabeth Freeman ‘temporal drag’ in the representation of same-sex relationships of the past in our media present. I focus in particular on a recent ‘queeriod’ drama about the life of Anne Lister, landowner and lesbian: the series Gentleman Jack developed and directed from her screenplay by Sally Wainwright (BBC /HBO TV series 1, 2019 and series 2, 2022). I look closely at a scene designed to illustrate intense affect formed in and through writing: a moment when we are invited to feel with, or to be touched by, the feeling of the protagonist. A turning away is also a turning toward, a perception of affect. What is transmitted is feeling itself. Writing itself ‘makes’ affect rather than representing it. Keywords: screen, adaptation, eighteenth century, Anne Lister, queer, mediation, affect

Exploring the Strategies Used in Subtitling Nicknames from English to Arabic

Nicknames in audiovisual content serve multiple purposes including, highlighting character traits, adding humor, fostering familiarity, and revealing relationships within the narrative. Subtitling these names can be challenging, due to their culture-specific and connotative nature. However, there is a noticeable lack of research on the strategies involved in subtitling them, particularly from English to Arabic. Therefore, this study aimed to address this gap by identifying, analyzing, and assessing the strategies subtitlers used in subtitling nicknames from English to Arabic. To achieve this, 41 subtitles containing nicknames were selected from the first season of the TV series Lost and analyzed based on Pedersen’s (2011) taxonomy of strategies. Data were analyzed quantitatively and qualitatively. Results showed frequent use of Retention, Direct translation, Situational Substitution, and Omission strategies which failed to convey the intended meaning causing a deviation from the original effect. The used strategies suggested a tendency to untranslated them. Therefore, it was recommended to consider the functional aspects of the nicknames and the significance of conveying their intended meaning to enhance the effectiveness of nickname subtitling and improve viewer experience. Instructors of translation are also recommended to pay sufficient heed to the teaching of strategies of nickname subtitling.

Does Watching Fictional TV Series Increase Social-Cognitive Skills?

Does Watching Fictional TV Series Increase Social-Cognitive Skills?

Research on the Media Image of Overseas Chinese in Latin American Countries based on the TV Series 'Surinam'

Research on the Media Image of Overseas Chinese in Latin American Countries based on the TV Series 'Surinam'

A Comparative Study of Indian TV Serials and Korean Dramas in the Context of Socio-Cultural Influences, Narration Style and Audience Perceptions

Television series are like a mirror. They serve as a reflection of a society's social and cultural ideals. Similarly, when it comes to Indian TV serials and Korean TV series or K-dramas, both represent their respective cultures and reflect societal values, which is why, they serve as a medium for storytelling. Indian TV serials are often known for their recurring themes of family and traditions, genre-specific shows, and morality. Korean dramas, on the other hand, have become popular due to their intriguing storylines, production quality and their diverse set of genres. Due to its popularity among the public, a comparative study of Indian TV serials and Korean dramas is done by the researcher in the context of socio-cultural influences, narration style and audience perceptions. They also tend to have some kind of impact on the viewers as well as help them form a narrative regarding what they view. Therefore, this study aims to provide a comparative analysis between them to shed light on the distinct characteristics and similarities, as well as differences between the two popular serial formats.

Cross-media Integration of Film and Television and Cultural Tourism in the Context of Internet Celebrity Cities

In 2023, with the hit of the TV series "Long Moon Embers", Bengbu will become popular on the whole network, which will make film and television programs and cultural tourism a cross-media integration for a while. Despite the hot atmosphere of the tourism market, the quality of cultural and tourism products is uneven, and it is difficult to live up to the truth under the banner of culture. This not only affects the consumer experience, but also detrimental to the long-term development of the industry. The TV series is detonated, and Bengbu's own profound historical context and urban heritage are the blessings of cultural tourism development. In the face of the city's "out of the circle", Bengbu City should take advantage of the situation to pursue, dig deep into its own resource endowment, and deeply cultivate cultural resources to build a cultural and tourism city; It is necessary to take the opportunity to transform, improve the business environment and industrial ecology, and stimulate the vitality of the city to achieve sustainable development. Do a good job in service with heart and affection, and continue to stimulate new momentum for the development of the cultural tourism market.

Television series, identity of contemporary Muslim women and socio-cultural contestations: the case of Arewa 24’s ‘Mata A Yau’ (contemporary women)

ABSTRACT This study delves into the social and cultural challenges Muslim women face in the TV series Mata A Yau, which airs on Arewa 24, a Hausa-language channel catering to Hausa-speaking audiences in Northern Nigeria. The show premiered in August 2023, sparking debates about the media’s portrayal of contemporary Muslim women and their identity. The study employed sociocultural theory, mixed methods of interviews, and focus group discussions to analyse the program and uncover the root causes of these cultural and social disputes. The findings reveal that Islamic popular culture often intersects with religious and cultural practices, leading to debates about women’s identity, particularly within the context of media and Islamic popular culture. The study uncovers society’s unfounded biases and unjustified insults and condemnation against a particular gender as a result of hasty judgments or responding to contentious or religious issues without fully understanding the topic. The conflicts experienced by Muslim women within the series provide a valuable opportunity to delve into the complexities of contemporary Muslim women’s identity.

Sound Design in the Turkish TV Series and Cinema Sector: Post-Production Stage

Sound Design in the Turkish TV Series and Cinema Sector: Post-Production Stage