ISBN:
9780197665671
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9780197665664
Language:
English
Pages:
vi, 256 Seiten
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Diagramme
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23.5 cm x 14.5 cm
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Screen stories and moral understanding
DDC:
302.23
Keywords:
Storytelling in mass media
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Narration (Rhetoric) Philosophy
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Digital storytelling
;
Essays
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Konferenzschrift 2021
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Aufsatzsammlung
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Massenmedien
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Neue Medien
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Narrativität
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Geschichte 2010-2023
Abstract:
"The introduction argues for the importance of screen stories in relation to moral understanding, first discussing the fundamental role of storytelling in human cultures, then moving into the specific nature of moving image narratives and the institutional contexts in which they are seen. The introduction also discusses the interdisciplinary nature of the book, with its chapters coming from scholars representing various disciplines and their methodologies and terminologies. It identifies and discusses aesthetic cognitivism, the idea that one benefit of the arts is the cognitive benefits they provide. In this case the cognitive benefit in question is moral understanding. Last, the introduction surveys the outline of the book, with its sections on the nature of moral understanding, transfer and cultivation, affect, character engagement, and the reflective afterlife of screen stories"--
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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"This book was made possible by a grant from the Templeton Religion Trust for 'Screen Stories and Moral Understanding,' one of the projects in the Trust's 'Art Seeking Understanding' initiative. The book emerged from a series of virtual seminars held in early 2021, in which all of this book's authors were participants." (Acknowledgments)
DOI:
10.1093/oso/9780197665664.001.0001
