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Collective Cultural Memory as a TV Guide: “Living” History and Nostalgia on the Digital Television Platform
Acta Universitatis Sapientiae, Film and Media Studies Pub Date : 2017-12-01 , DOI: 10.1515/ausfm-2017-0004
Berber Hagedoorn 1
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Abstract Modern audiences engage with representations of the past in a particular way via the medium of television, negotiating a shared understanding of the past. This is evidenced by the increasing popularity of reboots, newly developed history and documentary programming, re-use of archival footage and nostalgia content. This article takes a closer look at television’s abilities to circulate and contextualize the past in the current era of convergence through narrowcasting or niche programming on digital television platforms, specifically via nostalgia programming. Such platforms exemplify the multifaceted way of looking at and gaining access to television programming through a variety of connected platforms and screens in the current multi-platform era. Since the way in which television professionals (producers, schedulers, commissioners, researchers) act as moderators in this process needs to be further analysed, the article places an emphasis on how meaningful connections via previously broadcast history and nostalgia programming are also curated, principally through scheduling and production practices for niche programming – key elements in television’s creative process that have received less academic attention. Furthermore, the article discusses to what extent media policy in the Netherlands is attuned to the (re-)circulation of previously broadcast content and programming about past events, and reflects on television’s possibilities for “re-screening” references to the past in the contemporary media landscape. The analysis is based on a combination of textual analysis of audio-visual archival content and a production studies approach of interviews with key professionals, to gain insight into the creators’ strategies in relation to nostalgia programming and scheduling. Subsequently, the article demonstrates how national collective memory, as understood by television professionals in the Netherlands, informs the scheduling and circulation of “living history” on the digital thematic channel – collective cultural memory hence functioning as a TV guide.

中文翻译:

集体文化记忆作为电视指南:在数字电视平台上“活着”的历史和怀旧

摘要现代观众通过电视媒介以特定的方式与过去的表现进行互动,以达成对过去的共同理解。重新启动,新开发的历史记录和纪录片编程的普及,归档录像的重复使用和怀旧内容的证明就是这一点。本文仔细研究了电视在当前融合时代通过数字电视平台上的窄播或小众节目(特别是怀旧节目)传播和背景化过去的能力。在当前的多平台时代,这样的平台示例了通过各种连接的平台和屏幕观看和获得电视节目的多方面方式。自从电视专业人员(制片人,调度员,专员,研究人员)在此过程中扮演主持人的角色,需要进一步分析,本文重点介绍如何通过以前的广播历史和怀旧节目来策划有意义的联系,主要是通过利基节目的安排和制作实践(电视创作过程中的关键要素)受到较少的学术关注。此外,本文讨论了荷兰的媒体政策在多大程度上适应了(广播)先前广播的内容和有关过去事件的节目,并反映了电视在当代“重新筛选”对过去的参考的可能性。媒体景观。该分析是基于对视听档案内容的文本分析和对关键专业人员进行访谈的生产研究方法的结合,深入了解创作者在怀旧节目和排程方面的策略。随后,本文展示了荷兰的电视专业人士所理解的国家集体记忆如何在数字主题频道上为“生活史”的安排和发行提供信息-集体文化记忆因此可以作为电视指南。
更新日期:2017-12-01
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