TV Series Research Articles

Why do young people choose nursing as their future profession? - a qualitative study on polish nursing students' motivating factors to apply to nursing and work in the profession after graduation.

The existing staff shortages and growing worldwide demand call for action to increase the number of practicing nurses. Following the identified gap in the literature, this qualitative study aims to analyze what motivated nursing students to choose nursing as their field of study and whether they still plan to pursue it after graduation, including the factors influencing their intentions. Thirty semi-structured interviews were conducted with nursing students from Poznan University of Medical Sciences (Poland) on this matter, and the obtained data were subjected to thematic analysis performed by two researchers. Before starting the study, its protocol was also submitted to the Poznan University of Medical Sciences Bioethics Committee, which decided that since it is not a clinical trial, its opinion is not necessary under the Polish legal system (Decision number: KB-987/22). Three themes were generated in this study. The first theme described what prompted respondents to apply for nursing studies. In this aspect, students mentioned factors like, e.g., their interests, subjects taken at high school, previous life experiences with the healthcare sector giving them a chance to observe nurses at work, having a nurse among family members or friends, or the positive presentation of healthcare professionals in the media or TV series. However, as the second theme demonstrated, some students reported a discouraging effect of negative reactions toward this choice from some family members, acquaintances, or even nurses, making them feel as if they had to defend this choice. The respondents attributed these reactions to some outdated stereotypical views on the nursing profession. Finally, the third theme summarized students' current intentions to enter the profession after graduating and the factors influencing them, including the quality of their studies and whether they feel prepared for the requirements of the profession, the role of support and interpersonal relations among staff members, observed conditions of medical personnel's work, physical and emotional burden and the responsibility of nurses' work, the financial stability and abundance of different job prospects for nurses, or the issue of the prestige of the profession. The study's findings offer insight into the motives of nursing students for choosing nursing and their intentions to start working in the profession after graduation, which may help respond to identified problems, enhance the intentions of becoming a nurse among young people, and thus contribute to increasing the number of nurses in the healthcare sector.

Carnal Metamorphosis in <i>Hannibal</i> (2013-2015)

This paper explores the integration of German surrealist motifs within the visual and thematic design of the TV series Hannibal (2013–2015). Through detailed visual analysis, it examines how animal figures such as the raven-stag and Wendigo serve as metaphors for identity and transformation, aligning with the works of Max Ernst, Hans Bellmer, and Meret Oppenheim. The paper contends that Hannibal not only inherits surrealism's fascination with the unconscious but also reinvents it within contemporary media, embodying Freud's psychoanalytic principles and André Breton’s ideology. Employing German surrealist aesthetics, Hannibalcrafts a narrative of psychological metamorphosis and human-animal hybridity. This synthesis invites viewers to experience a visceral reimagining of surrealism’s painterly concerns in a cinematic format. By reinterpreting surrealist themes for contemporary media, Hannibal invites a reevaluation of surrealism's role in shaping modern narratives of identity, morality, and metamorphosis.

Turkish TV Series as a Soft Power Tool

The concept of soft power, developed by Joseph Nye in the 1990s, refers to a country’s ability to influence others in pursuit of its interests through cultural, political values, and foreign policy, rather than military or economic coercion. Turkey has adopted this strategy by transforming cultural and media elements into tools of foreign policy. Particularly since the 2000s, the significant leap in the television series industry has positioned Turkey as one of the leading countries in television exports globally. This study examines the impact of Turkish television series, a crucial tool of Turkey’s cultural diplomacy, on the international stage through content analysis of the series “Gümüş” and “İstanbullu Gelin”. The analysis reveals that these series idealize and present Turkey’s cultural values and lifestyle while simultaneously reflecting and transforming Turkish culture and society in various ways. This phenomenon is notably supported by visual representations that highlight Istanbul as a center of attraction. Furthermore, it has been determined that foreign audiences develop a positive perspective towards Turkey and Turkish culture through these series, indicating that they play a significant role in strengthening Turkey’s soft power. In conclusion, it is emphasized that Turkish television series enhance the country’s cultural influence on a global scale and support its soft power strategies, thereby strengthening Turkey’s position in international relations.

Strategies and sensitivities in Arabic subtitling of taboos in horror TV series

Strategies and sensitivities in Arabic subtitling of taboos in horror TV series

THE TV SERIES AS A FAIRY TALE: ARCHETYPES, NARRATIVE STRUCTURE, AND CULTURAL RESONANCE

This paper examines the connection between fairy tales and television, positioning TV series as a modern equivalent of fairy tales in todays digital age. These series affect viewers similarly to traditional fairy tales, providing fresh insights into the significance of cultural and narrative stereotypes in contemporary society. Stereotypes, as a part of everyday consciousness, accumulate a standardized collective experience, helping individuals navigate life. This study highlights how TV series reinterpret traditional fairy tales to explore universal human experiences and societal issues by analyzing character archetypes, narrative structures, and themes. This research contributes to the interdisciplinary field of media studies by defining the TV series as a contemporary fairy tale of the 21st century.

Translating multilingualism: the Italian dubbing of Master of None

Translating multilingualism: the Italian dubbing of Master of None

Between Memeability and Televisuality: The (Self-)Memefication of Television Series

This essay explores how seriality and televisuality inform and fuel meme culture. Television and streaming series not only provide material for internet memes, i.e., appropriable audio-visual extracts that circulate on social media and video-sharing platforms, but often already feature meme-like visuals themselves, e.g., visual or scenographic imitations of artwork, reenactments of movie scenes, or even entire iconographies of a media franchise. In a semi-historical approach, this essay explores these “memefications” as intertextual practices for recalling, recycling, and preserving cultural artifacts. Citing various cases in US series from an autobiographical collection of such revisualizations and elaborate referential networks in both legacy TV series and popular contemporary shows, this essay proposes a taxonomy of pre-internet memefication within and between series: intermedial, interserial, and intraserial memefications. I discuss them as aesthetic and praxeological precursors of current moving image memes such as TikToks, which similarly restage scenes, characteristics, or tropes from other shows, films, or media. As it is a key characteristic of televisuality to adopt and transform modes of representation from other media, I argue that television may have premeditated and mastered memefication before the conception of internet memes, which are now prevalent in everyday communication.

ADDICTION OF WATCHING KOREAN DRAMA SERIES, LONELINESS, FRUSTRATION AND MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS IN UNIVERSITY STUDENTS

Background: Excessive television consumption, particularly addiction to Korean drama series, has emerged as a behavioral concern, potentially affecting mental well-being. University students, as a highly engaged audience, often develop compulsive viewing habits that may contribute to emotional distress, including loneliness and frustration. Prolonged engagement with digital entertainment is linked to maladaptive coping mechanisms, further exacerbating mental health issues. Understanding the psychological impact of Korean drama addiction is essential for promoting healthier media consumption behaviors. Objective: This study aimed to examine the relationship between addiction to watching Korean drama series, loneliness, frustration, and mental health problems in university students. Additionally, the serial mediation effect of loneliness and frustration in this relationship was investigated. Methods: A correlational research design was employed with a sample of 310 university students (157 men, 153 women) recruited from both public and private institutions. The mean age of participants was 21.63 years (SD = 1.55). Standardized psychometric tools, including the Television Addiction for Korean TV Series Scale, UCLA Loneliness Scale, Need Satisfaction and Frustration Scale, and Mental Health Inventory, were used for data collection. Pearson product-moment correlation, serial mediation analysis using AMOS, and independent sample t-tests were applied for statistical analysis. Results: Addiction to Korean drama series showed a significant positive correlation with loneliness (r = 0.548, p < 0.01), frustration (r = 0.426, p < 0.05), and mental health problems (r = 0.479, p < 0.01). Women exhibited higher addiction scores (M = 153, SD = 13.99) than men (M = 125.16, SD = 14.52). Frustration significantly predicted mental health problems (β = 0.23, p < 0.001). Loneliness partially mediated the relationship between addiction and frustration (β = 0.06, p = 0.45), but no serial mediation effect of loneliness and frustration was found between addiction and mental health outcomes. Conclusion: The findings suggest that addiction to watching Korean dramas is strongly associated with psychological distress among university students. While loneliness mediated the relationship between addiction and frustration, its impact on mental health problems was not statistically confirmed. Understanding these behavioral patterns is crucial for developing interventions that promote balanced media consumption and psychological well-being.

Культура речи журналиста в эпоху медиатизации коммуникации

The process of mediatization of culture is actively taking place in modern society. Today, the media have a significant impact on the civic position, views and level of speech culture and communicative behavior of the population. The profession of a journalist is one of the most important and responsible professions. That is why a journalist has to convey a good speech: correct, appropriate, logical, expressive. Unfortunately, the speech of modern media workers is far from the standard. It is replete with speech, grammatical and stylistic errors and inaccuracies. The unintentional replication of such errors and unfortunate word usage can impoverish speech and lead to communicative risks. Observations show that modern media actively repeat words, constructions, and ways of speech interaction that are fashionable in colloquial speech and popular culture, which are often far from the norm from the perspective of the literary language. In mass media culture, especially in the blogosphere, speech aggression and detabooing of topics that were previously considered forbidden for public communication can be observed. Journalists are paying less attention to the form of thought expression, and therefore some lexemes in the media are abnormally expanding their compatibility and changing their semantics. The globalization of communication leads to excessive and inappropriate use of English loan words in the media. Due to changes in the value system of the Russian society, the mass media are increasingly quoting advertisements, popular foreign films and TV series. Journalists are less likely to turn to academic dictionaries and reference books, focusing on the speech of the population while selecting a speech variant. The mediatization of culture leads to the fact that native speakers have blurred ideas about good speech, rhetorical ideal, traditional values, and the level of linguistic reflection decreases.

The Construction of Female Roles and Reconstruction of Values: An Analysis of Characters in the TV Series Blossoms Shanghai

In the 21st century, the media portrayal of women has become a critical social topic. The previously stereotyped, one-dimensional female representations in film and television have gradually disappeared, replaced by multidimensional female characters and a reconstructed gender value system. This paper takes the TV series Blossoms Shanghai as a case study, utilizing the semiotic theories of Saussure and Roland Barthes to analyze the characterization of women represented by Miss Wang, Li Li, and Lingzi. Furthermore, it delves into the series’ impact on society’s perception of “She Power” and explores the pathways through which this influence is realized.

Mindful attention awareness reduces binge watching engagement: The mediating role of emotion regulation difficulties.

Mindful attention awareness reduces binge watching engagement: The mediating role of emotion regulation difficulties.

From the Small Screen to the Big Screen: The Super8's Distribution of Sandokan TV series

‘From the small screen to the big screen’ proclaims the advertising text of the Super8’s of a television series distributed in 1979 by the German company Piccolo Film, emphasizing the novelty and the potential of format. The film is Sandokan, an Italian miniseries from 1976 directed by Sergio Sollima and starring the Indian actor Kabir Bedi as the exotic protagonist of Salgari’s famous adventure. This contribution maps the European and global success of the series and its media format’s history, focusing in particular on Super8’s distribution. It retraces Super8 ‘reduction prints’ in different languages by relying on film catalogues from the seventies and on sources gathered from platforms such as Imdb and Ebay (where collectors trade Super8) and interviews to ex-employees and owners of former Super8’s distribution companies in Italy and Germany. The paper considers the geographical circulation of Sandokan’s Super8 editions to investigate Sandokan’s figure beyond its literary origins. Super8’s history shows an unexplored relation between media broadcasting and past practices of home viewing beyond the theatrical realm. Sandokan’s Super8 circulation can be regarded as part of larger phenomenon of consumer culture, where reduction prints become a synecdoche to a larger cultural myth.

“A love-addled brain is an incurable malady”: Online debates on contemporary romantic relationships within a Chinese postfeminist context

In the summer of 2023, the TV series “Fireworks of My Heart” sparked extensive online debates over its protagonists’ cross-class love story in China. This study aims to examine the distinctive gender ideology and views on romantic relationships expressed by young middle-class women on social media. By conducting a critical discourse analysis on 1079 Weibo posts under eight relevant hashtags, we identified three significant themes: the bold rejection of the love-addled mindset, privatized self and monetized love, and critiques of structural oppression against women. We argue that contemporary netizen's views on relationships bear a strong postfeminist influence, entwined with consumerism, neoliberalism, and romantic idealism. Despite the emerging trend of feminist awakening, the challenges faced by online discursive activism within China's unique internet environment led to a localized and somewhat extreme evolution that seems to detach from societal foundations.

The Complex Intersection Between Autism, Prejudice and the LGBTQIA+ Movement: An Analysis of an Excerpt from the Series “The Good Doctor”

ABSTRACT In contemporary culture, digital content like social media videos and TV series shape social perceptions, sometimes with negative impacts, particularly in countries like Brazil. The series The Good Doctor exemplifies this, with an episode exploring sexuality and diversity through the lens of an autistic doctor. The character’s rigid belief in binary sexes (XX and XY) and his ignorance of conditions like Klinefelter’s and Morris syndromes reflect a narrow perspective. A confrontational dialog highlights his lack of empathy, which contrasts with his efforts to challenge autism stigmas. Conservative groups exploited this episode to align with radical narratives perpetuating LGBTQIA+ stigmas, despite the character’s ignorance being unintentional. The discovery of testicular cancer in a transgender patient challenges the simplistic view of transgender identities and underscores their complexity. In Brazil, a country with high LGBTQIA+ violence, the use of this video by conservative and religious groups is alarming and contradicts principles of compassion central to Christianity. Addressing such issues requires a deeper understanding of the autistic spectrum and fostering empathy for sexual diversity, promoting social justice and harmony.

Televisuality on a Global Scale: Netflix’s Local-Language Strategy

This article focuses on Netflix’s local-language strategy, the context leading up to it, and the extent to which transnationality, in this particular case, becomes televisual in John Caldwell’s sense. I argue that Netflix has developed a different business model for transnational TV formats through this strategy. For that, I use the Netflix original and exclusive series <em>Criminal</em> (Field Smith & Kay, 2019–present-a–d) as a case study and show that its production context triggers a specific visual response due to Netflix’s economic and legal obligations in Europe. Building on the “transnational TV format trading system” approach of Jean K. Chalaby, this case study highlights how the affordances of multi-country video-on-demand providers like Netflix allow for the successful international franchising strategy in linear television to be conducted internally and simultaneously. Specifically, it shows that fictional TV series no longer need to be developed for a national broadcaster before reaching international markets because multi-country video-on-demand providers do not require various national intermediaries to distribute and stream TV series in different markets. The adaptation process can also be bypassed entirely if the decision to localize a programme into multiple versions is made before production starts. As a result, companies like Netflix can produce several local variations of TV content without running into as many barriers as national broadcasters. From there, I further argue using Mareike Jenner’s “grammar of transnationalism” that the impact of production and distribution processes on the visual treatment of <em>Criminal</em> leads to style excess at the interface level and stylistic scarcity at the aesthetic level.

Psychoanalysis on Conflict of the Main Character in TV Series Emily in Paris Season 2: Psychoanalytic Analysis

This study aims to examine the character of Emily Cooper in the second season of the television series Emily in Paris from a psychoanalytic perspective. The focus of the research will be on Emily Cooper's problems and how Emily solves them. This study applies a qualitative methodology, as qualitative research mainly concerns qualitative phenomena. This study aims to determine how individuals feel or think about a particular issue or institution. The data of this study were collected by watching the television series on Netflix, screen shooting and then analyze descriptively. In addition, this research implements two theories: the first is from Sigmund Freud (1989), known as the model of the mind, and the second is from Kenney (1966), known as the forms of conflict. According to Sigmund Freud, there are three models of mind such as id, ego and superego. While Kenney classified the conflict into four, conflict within a single man, conflict between men, conflict between man and society, and conflict between man and nature. This study then determined that conflict within a single man, and conflict between men occurred most frequently in Emily Cooper's character. When Emily Cooper tries to solve a problem, her id, ego, and superego all play an important role. Keywords: Conflict, Psychoanalysis, Kenney, Sigmund Freud

Do historical TV series boost intention to visit a country and its cultural sites? The case of historical Korean dramas

ABSTRACT Korean historical TV dramas provide prolonged exposure to historical and cultural locations, fostering film-induced tourism. This study examined the relationships between featured places, place attachment, and intentions to visit, with the moderating role of celebrity attachment, using data from 291 Western respondents. The findings confirmed the main premise of film-induced tourism but showed that narrative elements have no significant impact. Unlike previous studies on purposeful film tourists, this study highlighted the insignificant role of celebrity attachment for general tourists. The study contributes to the understanding of film tourism, particularly for Asian TV series viewed by non-Asian audiences.

Presence and representation of mental health in fiction TV series: King George in «Queen Charlotte» (Netflix, 2023)

The representation of disabled people in TV series remains limited, and characterised by stereotypical portrayals. However, over the past decade VOD platforms have promoted a qualitative and quantitative increase in the production of series featuring such characters. This can be attributed to the enhanced visibility of mental health in contemporary society, as well as the obligation of television to serve as a reflection and socialisation instrument. This paper presents a review of the presence and representation of disability in television fiction series produced in the United States. The main objective of this research is to determine the mental health representation in the character of King George III in the TV series Queen Charlotte. A Bridgerton Story (Netflix, 2023). From a qualitative methodology, we review the related literature and conduct an in-depth textual analysis of the character as a person, role, and actant. Moreover, we examine the scenes which reveal the symptoms of the king’s mental health. The findings show the historical licences adopted by the fiction in favour of the narrative. The symptoms expressed by the king are indicative of a Bipolar I Disorder and Dissociative Identity Disorder: anxiety, verbiage, “races of thoughts,” and identity crisis. In conclusion, this representation stands out for a creative and effective purpose, rather than for being realistic. However, it contributes to the visibility of cognitive disability in contemporary audiovisual projects.

Urban Metaphors Depicted Through the Scenographic Architecture of the TV Series Smallville

Amid the ongoing discussions on Urbanism and experiences in contemporary cities, this essay explores the influence of the urban scenery on the profile and behavior of the residents through a playful analysis of the TV series Smallville (2001-2011). The narrative follows Clark Kent who grows up in a small rural town and evolves into the hero, Superman. Smallville with its anti-urban values contrasts with Metropolis, a fictional version of New York City, reflecting different urban dynamics. The series’ filmic scenography illustrates metaphors of the city/individual relationship, showing how the urban environment shapes human behavior and contributes to psychosocial well-being. Furthermore, this study conducts a literature review based on theories such as Semiotics, Gestalt, and Neuroarchitecture, examining how scenography in audiovisual productions like the series Gotham (2014-2019)and the film Joker (2019) reflects real cities and influences the thoughts and personalities of the characters. These works highlight the power of urban structure in shaping individual identity and behavior. Ultimately, the essaycontributes to understanding urban dynamics and their influence on individuals, emphasizing the importance of scenography and the environment that was built while constructing narratives and shaping behaviors.

‘It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s proof that America wants a female superhero!’ Adapting Supergirl for #MeToo Era Television

Abstract Comic book superheroes have been adapted in countless TV series and movies, but adaptations of women superheroes have been less frequent and often poorly received. The six-season run of Supergirl (2015–2021) is one of a few recent exceptions. To better chart the adaptation process, this article will draw on published interviews with the show’s creative team, as well as a first-hand interview with one of the show’s producers that I conducted in 2020. The comments of the creative team are triangulated with textual analysis of the show and an examination of the wider cultural context in which it was produced to provide a rounded understanding of how this 1950s comic book character was adapted for #MeToo era broadcast television. How did producers grapple with Supergirl’s diminutive name, sexualized image, and overshadowing cousin, and turn her into a twenty-first century feminist icon for a diverse broadcast audience? As a revisionist adaptation, Supergirl demonstrates a tension between progressive potential and limitations for comic book superheroines on television. This article reveals how writers and producers balanced Supergirl’s history with the contemporary cultural landscape to create a television series with wide appeal and emphasizes the role of adapters in this process. Supergirl offers both a critique of comic books and a commentary on the historical representation of superheroines, but the success of the show ultimately does not herald dramatic changes in adaptations of comic book superheroines.