Synnøve Lindtner og John Magnus Dahl med ny artikkel i Javnost - The Public

Postdoktor Synnøve Skarsbø Lindtner og stipendiat John Magnus Ragnhildson Dahl har skrevet om hvordan resepsjonen av NRK-serien Skam illustrerer populærkulturens rolle og potensial i et offentlighetsperspektiv. Særlig fjernsynsseriens sjangerspesifikke og estetiske karakteristikker, sammen med hvordan den ble publisert, dras frem av Lindtner og Dahl som avgjørende i denne sammenheng. 

Artikkelen er publisert i tidsskriftet Javnost – The Public. Journal of the European Institute for Communication and Culture. 

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Abstract: 

The Norwegian online teen serial Skam, produced by public broadcaster NRK, makes up an interesting case for exploring the role of popular culture within the public sphere. Since first premiered in 2015, Skam has become an international phenomenon, engaging and connecting teenagers all over the world in online discussions mainly concerning the serial’s characters and romantic plots. Through empirically based reception studies and analysis of online fan activity, we find that these discussions have civic potential and may “build” teen audiences as citizens. Furthermore, we argue that the genre-specific and aesthetic characteristics of Skam facilitate for this to happen. Melodrama, as well as the liveness created by the publication method, are the main features of the serial’s democratic aesthetic.