Binge-watching and mental illness versus comfort TV and mental health in WandaVision

IF 0.9 2区艺术学 0 FILM, RADIO, TELEVISION

Critical Studies in Television Pub Date : 2024-01-29 DOI:10.1177/17496020241229038

Christopher L Moore, Chris Comerford, Ren Vettoretto

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Abstract

WandaVision launched the Disney+ subscription video-on-demand (SVOD) platform by blending the sitcom and the superhero genres in a nostalgia-inducing fusion of Marvel comics, cinema and television. The series represents the canonisation of Marvel media into a single cohesive narrative ‘multiverse’, yet the story focuses on the personal experience of the character, Wanda, and her struggle with loss, grief, and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). In this article, we explore how WandaVision presents a unique examination of the tension between the role of screen media as comfort TV and the pervasive fears over the obsessive escapism of binge-watching. The article also assesses the potential risks of excessive media consumption through the framing of American sitcoms and superhero families from the 1950s and onward.

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万达视窗》中的狂热观看与精神疾病，以及舒适电视与精神健康

WandaVision 将情景喜剧和超级英雄类型融合在一起，将漫威漫画、电影和电视融合在一起，令人怀旧，从而推出了 Disney+ 订阅视频点播（SVOD）平台。该系列剧代表了漫威媒体在 "多元宇宙 "叙事中的统一性，但故事的重点是人物旺达的个人经历，以及她与失去、悲伤和创伤后应激障碍（PTSD）的斗争。在本文中，我们将探讨《旺达的视线》如何以独特的视角审视屏幕媒体作为安慰性电视的作用与人们对狂欢式观看的强迫性逃避现实的普遍担忧之间的矛盾。文章还通过对 20 世纪 50 年代以来美国情景喜剧和超级英雄家庭的描述，评估了过度媒体消费的潜在风险。

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Critical Studies in Television FILM, RADIO, TELEVISION-

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2.10

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30.00%

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期刊介绍： Critical Studies in Television publishes articles that draw together divergent disciplines and different ways of thinking, to promote and advance television as a distinct academic discipline. It welcomes contributions on any aspect of television—production studies and institutional histories, audience and reception studies, theoretical approaches, conceptual paradigms and pedagogical questions. It continues to invite analyses of the compositional principles and aesthetics of texts, as well as contextual matters relating to both contemporary and past productions. CST also features book reviews, dossiers and debates. The journal is scholarly but accessible, dedicated to generating new knowledge and fostering a dynamic intellectual platform for television studies.