Analysis of Three Order Topological: a New Approach to Analyze Audiences of Emotional TV Programs

Abstract

“Topology of the Three Order” was proposed by the famous French psychologist Jacques Lacan who had large an influence after the Second World War. This theoretical system was formed after the critical inheritance against Freud’s theory. It is a system in which the three categories of “symbolic order”, “imaginary order” and “real order” are merged in some way by using geometric models and etc. To this day, Lacan’s “Three Order Topology” has gone through more than half a century, and its meaning has been widely used in various fields, including art, radio and television broadcast. This article aims to research and analyze this new approach based on its role in the audiences of emotional TV programs. After discussion and inquiry, it can be considered that the “Three Order Topology” analysis is a new approach for the analysis of audiences of emotional TV. Keywords—Three Order Topology; emotional TV programs;