Skam som social utopi
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Skam som social utopi. / Christensen, Christa Lykke.
In: K & K, Vol. 46, No. 125, 2018, p. 139-156.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Skam som social utopi
AU - Christensen, Christa Lykke
PY - 2018
Y1 - 2018
N2 - Shame as a social utopiaIn this article I discuss the Norwegian teen drama series Shame, broadcast by the public service broadcaster NRK 2015-2017. In the Scandinavian countries the series was targeted to a young audience around 16 years old but it went extremely popular among viewers of all ages, among men and women, and moreover, streaming made it available globally. The argument is that the series, expressing the ethos of social responsibility of Scandinavian public service broadcasting, represents a social utopia and that it in several ways has much in common with the long tradition for Scandinavian realistic drama production for young audiences. Thus, the article argues that the drama series of Shame is based on a narrative of inclusion – in contrast to TV-production for a young audience on commercial channels, for instance reality game shows, which are often based on a narrative of exclusion. Thus, the article discusses TV production for a youth audience within a public service and a commercial media system. The theoretical framework draws on Erving Goffman’s micro-sociological considerations of the social dramaturgy of face work, and is inspired by the theory of recognition by Axel Honneth. Analytically, the face work and interactions of the main characters of the Shame-series are used to exemplify how the drama series creates a narrative of inclusion while addressing critical issues such as face loss, emotional rejections and shame. In conclusion, the series is an example of successful public service programming that is able to address young people.
AB - Shame as a social utopiaIn this article I discuss the Norwegian teen drama series Shame, broadcast by the public service broadcaster NRK 2015-2017. In the Scandinavian countries the series was targeted to a young audience around 16 years old but it went extremely popular among viewers of all ages, among men and women, and moreover, streaming made it available globally. The argument is that the series, expressing the ethos of social responsibility of Scandinavian public service broadcasting, represents a social utopia and that it in several ways has much in common with the long tradition for Scandinavian realistic drama production for young audiences. Thus, the article argues that the drama series of Shame is based on a narrative of inclusion – in contrast to TV-production for a young audience on commercial channels, for instance reality game shows, which are often based on a narrative of exclusion. Thus, the article discusses TV production for a youth audience within a public service and a commercial media system. The theoretical framework draws on Erving Goffman’s micro-sociological considerations of the social dramaturgy of face work, and is inspired by the theory of recognition by Axel Honneth. Analytically, the face work and interactions of the main characters of the Shame-series are used to exemplify how the drama series creates a narrative of inclusion while addressing critical issues such as face loss, emotional rejections and shame. In conclusion, the series is an example of successful public service programming that is able to address young people.
KW - Det Humanistiske Fakultet
KW - public service broadcasting
KW - teen drama series
KW - shame
KW - recognition
KW - face work
KW - Scandinavian drama production
KW - narratives of inclusion and exclusion
UR - https://tidsskrift.dk/kok/issue/view/7450/showToc
M3 - Tidsskriftartikel
VL - 46
SP - 139
EP - 156
JO - K & K
JF - K & K
SN - 0905-6998
IS - 125
ER -
ID: 186533063