Detailed Information on Publication Record
2017
From Interactivity to Freakshow: Ethical Aspects of New Television Trends from the Perspective of Democratic Competence
MOTAL, JanBasic information
Original name
From Interactivity to Freakshow: Ethical Aspects of New Television Trends from the Perspective of Democratic Competence
Authors
MOTAL, Jan (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution)
Edition
Czech and Slovak Journal of Humanities, 2017, 1805-3742
Other information
Language
English
Type of outcome
Článek v odborném periodiku
Field of Study
60405 Studies on Film, Radio and Television
Country of publisher
Czech Republic
Confidentiality degree
není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství
Organization unit
Theatre Faculty
Keywords (in Czech)
televize; interaktivita; etika; demokratická kompetence; morální filozofie; reality tv; docusoap; freakshow
Keywords in English
television; interactivity; ethics; democratic competence; moral philosophy; reality tv; docusoap; freakshow
Tags
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International impact, Reviewed
Změněno: 19/3/2018 11:27, doc. MgA. Jan Motal, Ph.D.
Abstract
V originále
The paper outlines selected ethical aspects of interactivity as a principle. It applies content from Philippe Breton's perspective of the theory of democratic competence in the transformation of technology and contemporary television broadcasting. In terms of the moral philosophy of media, the author views interactivity as a claim on acting and disturbing the space for inner human contemplation integrating one's experience into identity (interiority). Interactivity in this concept may disrupt democratic competence. The author traces this problematic aspect of interactivity specifically in new television formats focusing namely on local production. The author attempts to demonstrate how, due to the reality TV show in particular and its accentuated narrative of success and conflict, interactivity is becoming the prevailing principle and in extreme cases turning into a freakshow. The paper describes the negative relationship between these phenomena and democratic competence.