Narrative Complexity and Media Literacy: a Theoretical-Methodological Proposal for the Analysis of Fictional Television Series
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Narrative complexity, Backchannel, X, Media Literacy, EuphoriaAbstract
This paper presents a theoretical and methodological proposition developed to study serial narrative complexity, as defined by Mittell (2015), based on media literacy research, covering audiovisual production and consumption processes. In this context, the aim is to analyse how narrative complexity stimulates critical understanding and promotes the creative production of interacting viewers in social television. For this discussion, the proposal has been applied to the analysis of the fictional universe of the series Euphoria (2019 – HBO) and the backchannel that was generated on X during the screening of the episodes of the second season. It concludes that the series encourages careful reading by building a media repertoire based on the rules of the fictional universe and then inserting these recurrences into new interpretive online contexts. On the social network X, interacting viewers analyse plot nuances, identify narrative, aesthetic and stylistic patterns, and re-signify the story highlighting their media literacy skills.
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TV Series
Game of Thrones (2011–2019)
Hill Street Blues (1981–1987)
Dallas (1978–1991)
Euphoria (2019–present)
Twin Peaks (1990–1991; 2017)
Grey's Anatomy (2005–present)
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