ISBN:
9780415629867
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (359 p)
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Series Statement:
AFI Film Readers
Parallel Title:
Print version Cognitive Media Theory
DDC:
302.2301
Keywords:
Electronic books
Abstract:
Across the academy, scholars are debating the question of what bearing scientific inquiry has upon the humanities. The latest addition to the AFI Film Readers series, Cognitive Media Theory takes up this question in the context of film and media studies. This collection of essays by internationally recognized researchers in film and media studies, psychology, and philosophy offers film and media scholars and advanced students an introduction to contemporary cognitive media theory-an approach to the study of diverse media forms and content that draws upon both the methods and explanations of th
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of figures; List of tables; Acknowledgments; 1. Introduction: contemporary cognitive media theory; Part one: the state of cognitive media theory: current views and issues; 2. "The pit of naturalism": neuroscience and the naturalized aesthetics of film; 3. Evolutionary film theory; 4. The geography of film viewing: what are the implications of cultural-cognitive differences for cognitive film theory?; Part two: psychological research and media theory
Description / Table of Contents:
5. Audiovisual correspondences in sergei eisenstein's alexander nevsky: a case study in viewer attention6. Engaged and detached film viewing: exploring film viewers' emotional action readiness; 7. Coloring the animated world: exploring human color perception and preference through the animated film; Part three: cognitive theory and media content; 8. Mood and ethics in narrative film; 9. Effects of entertaining violence: a critical overview of the general aggression model; 10. A general theory of comic entertainment: arousal, appraisal, and the PECMA flow
Description / Table of Contents:
11. Postcolonial humor, attachment, and yasujiro ozu's early summer12. Avant-garde film in an evolutionary context; Part four: cognitive theory and media forms; 13. Cognitive theory and the individual film: the case of rear window; 14. Cognitive theory and video games; 15. Blinded by familiarity: partiality, morality, and engagement with television series; 16. Coming out of the corner: the challenges of a broader media cognitivism; Bibliography; Contributors; About the american film institute; Index
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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