Cognitive theory and documentary film / edited by Catalin Brylla, Mette Kramer.
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TextPublisher: Basingstoke, Hampshire : Palgrave Macmillan, 2018Description: 319 pages : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 21 cmContent type: text | still image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9783319903316 (hbk.) :Subject(s): Documentary films -- Psychological aspects | Motion picture audiences -- Psychology | Cognition | Media Studies | Media StudiesDDC classification: 070.1'8'019 Summary: This groundbreaking edited collection is the first major study to explore the intersection between cognitive theory and documentary film studies, focusing on a variety of formats, such as first-person, wildlife, animated and slow TV documentary, as well as docudrama and web videos. Documentaries play an increasingly significant role in informing our cognitive and emotional understanding of today's mass-mediated society, and this collection seeks to illuminate their production, exhibition, and reception. Taking an interdisciplinary approach, the essays draw on the latest research in film studies, the neurosciences, cultural studies, cognitive psychology, social psychology, and the philosophy of mind.
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This groundbreaking edited collection is the first major study to explore the intersection between cognitive theory and documentary film studies, focusing on a variety of formats, such as first-person, wildlife, animated and slow TV documentary, as well as docudrama and web videos. Documentaries play an increasingly significant role in informing our cognitive and emotional understanding of today's mass-mediated society, and this collection seeks to illuminate their production, exhibition, and reception. Taking an interdisciplinary approach, the essays draw on the latest research in film studies, the neurosciences, cultural studies, cognitive psychology, social psychology, and the philosophy of mind.
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