Morbodiscursos sobre contemplación y emisión de violencia en informativos

  1. Fernández Villanueva, Concepción 1
  2. Revilla Castro, Juan Carlos 1
  3. Davila De Leon, Mª Celeste 1
  1. 1 Universidad Complutense de Madrid
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    Universidad Complutense de Madrid

    Madrid, España

    ROR 02p0gd045

Journal:
Athenea Digital: revista de pensamiento e investigación social

ISSN: 1578-8946

Year of publication: 2018

Volume: 18

Issue: 2

Type: Article

DOI: 10.5565/REV/ATHENEA.1941 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openOpen access editor

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Abstract

The increasing violence broadcasted by the media is subject of concern and social interest. Hard emissions frequently raise the accusation toward the mass media of fostering a morbid curiosity in the audience just to raise audience ratings. But the concept of morbid curiosity includes wide and imprecise meanings. The object of this paper is to (re)construct the meaning of morbidity and morbid curiosity in relation to the watching of serious violence in TV News programs. 16 focus groups have been object of discourse analysis after the viewing 4 videos of a violent piece of TV news. The analysis shows that the dimension of curiosity and interest vs. illness and evil is structuring the discourse; and the participants highlight the positive and legitimate effects that can be attributed to the “gaze” on violence as much as to the scenes. “Watching” with interest is necessary to get the positive effects of the broadcasting of violent images.

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