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Eine vergleichende Analyse von Nellys Abenteuer mit der Repräsentation von Sinti und Roma in der Medienberichterstattung oder der Fotografie zeigt: Die stereotypen Darstellungen in Nellys Abenteuer sind kein Einzelfall.... more

Eine vergleichende Analyse von Nellys Abenteuer mit der Repräsentation von Sinti und Roma in der Medienberichterstattung oder der Fotografie zeigt: Die stereotypen Darstellungen in Nellys Abenteuer sind kein Einzelfall. Homogenisierende und essentialisierende Darstellungen entlang stereotyper Bilder sind eher die Regel, als die Ausnahme. Medienschaffende und Zuschauende bleiben damit in einem gesellschaftlichen Kontext verhaftet, der seit Jahrhunderten Antiziganismus hervorbringt und zu Ausgrenzung und Verfolgung führen kann.

Nobel laureate Niko Tinbergen coined the term ‘supernormal stimulus’ after discovering that birds who lay small, pale blue eggs speckled with grey prefer to sit on larger, bright blue eggs with black polka-dots. He found that he could... more

Nobel laureate Niko Tinbergen coined the term ‘supernormal stimulus’ after discovering that birds who lay small, pale blue eggs speckled with grey prefer to sit on larger, bright blue eggs with black polka-dots. He found that he could exaggerate the key qualities of any natural stimulus to produce a stronger reaction yet--be it nurturance, courtship, fear or aggression.
Animals encounter supernormal stimuli mostly when experimenters build them. Humans can generate their own and media are awash with them: friendly smiling faces more consistently welcoming than ones own friends, animated cartoon characters with wider eyes than any real child’s, seductive bodies exceeding any proportions found in nature, and a huge array of supernatural menaces.
This chapter examines film, television, spectator sports, video games, and social websites as well as more traditional media such as print and musical performance in terms of the concept of supernormal stimuli.

In this concluding post on Sam Esmail’s Mr. Robot, a critical evaluation of the series’ final scenes as well as its wider cultural, political and ideological importance will be provided. In accordance with previous posts, this analysis... more

In this concluding post on Sam Esmail’s Mr. Robot, a critical evaluation of the series’ final scenes as well as its wider cultural, political and ideological importance will be provided. In accordance with previous posts, this analysis will draw from the work of Todd McGowan in order to provide a final precis on the significance of the gaze as used in the series. Towards the end of this discussion, attention will be given to expanding upon the series’ conclusions in light of similar narrative formats, such as, Todd Phillips’s, Joker (2019). ... Read more – https://cstonline.net/mr-robot-part- three-the-voyeurs-who-think-they-arent-a-part-of-this-mr-robot-and-the-subject-by- jack-black/

Κασσαβέτη, Ο.-Ε. (2017). Ο σοσιαλιστικός εξαμερικανισμός της ελληνικής κρατικής τηλεόρασης κατά την περίοδο της Αλλαγής: η εποχή της σαπουνόπερας και της κωμωδίας-παρωδίας (1981-1989). Στο Β. Βαμβακάς & Α. Γαζή (επ.), Αμερικανικές... more

Κασσαβέτη, Ο.-Ε. (2017). Ο σοσιαλιστικός εξαμερικανισμός της ελληνικής κρατικής τηλεόρασης κατά την περίοδο της Αλλαγής: η εποχή της σαπουνόπερας και της κωμωδίας-παρωδίας (1981-1989). Στο Β. Βαμβακάς & Α. Γαζή (επ.), Αμερικανικές τηλεοπτικές σειρές στην Ελλάδα (1966-2015). Δημοφιλής κουλτούρα και ψυχοκοινωνική δυναμική (σσ. 141-180). Αθήνα: Παπαζήσης.