03428cam a2200421 i 4500 20380356 KeNaZET 20260720141704.0 171030s2018 nyua b 001 0 eng c 2017044623 9780190867133 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780190867140 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9780190867171 (Oxford scholarship online) 9780190867157 (updf) 9780190867164 (epub) 20380356 LBSOR/DLC eng LBSOR rda DLC pcc PN1995.5 .P53 2018 791.43/653 23 Plantinga, Carl author. 29035 Screen stories : emotion and the ethics of engagement / Carl Plantinga. USA: Oxford University Press, c2018. xii, 311 p.: ills.; 24 cm. Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-291) and index. The Power of Screen Stories -- The Rhetoric of Screen Stories -- Transfer and Cultivation -- Caveats and Complications -- Engagement and Estrangement -- Immersion and Emotion -- Moralities and Characters as Moral Agents -- The Personal and the Political -- Mood and Ethics -- Ethics and Character Engagement -- Narrative Structure: Closure and Frame Shifters -- Narrative Paradigm Scenarios: Revenge and the Other. "The way we communicate with each other is vital to preserving the cultural ecology, or wellbeing, of a place and time. Do we listen to each other? Do we ask the right questions? Do we speak about each other with respect or disdain? The stories that we convey on screens, or what author Carl Plantinga calls 'screen stories,' are one powerful and pervasive means by which we communicate with each other. Screen Stories: Emotion and the Ethics of Engagement argues that film and media studies needs to move toward an an approach to ethics that is more appropriate for mass consumer culture and the lives of its citizens. Primarily concerned with the relationship between media and viewers, this book considers ethical criticism and the emotional power of screen stories that makes such criticism necessary. The content we consume-- from television shows and movies to advertisements-- can significantly affect our welfare on a personal and societal level, and thus, this content is subject to praise and celebration, or questioning and even condemnation. The types of screen stories that circulate contribute to the cultural ecology of a time and place; through shared attention they influence what individuals think and feel. Plantinga develops a theory of the power of screen stories to affect both individuals and cultures, asserting that we can better respond ethically to such media if we understand the sources of its influence on us" -- Motion pictures Moral and ethical aspects. 13591 Culture in motion pictures. 29036 Motion picture audiences Psychology. 29037 Mass media Moral and ethical aspects. 29038 Mass media and culture. 159 Mass media Audiences Psychology. 29039 Criticism Moral and ethical aspects. 29040 7 cbc orignew 1 ecip 20 y-gencatlg lcc BK PN1995.5 .P53 2018 PN1995.5 .P53 2018 10142 10142 0 0 lcc 0 0 NFIC ZER ZER GEN 2026-07-16 Purchase 11842 0 PN1995.5 .P53 2018 z013572 2026-07-20 14:18:17 C1 2026-07-20 BK