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_Media Marathoning: Immersions in Morality_

Lisa Glebatis Perks, Merrimack College

Description

Media Marathoning: Immersions in Morality is a scholarly study of the
intense relationship between reader and story world, analyzing the way
audiences become absorbed in a fictive text and dedicate many hours to
exploring its narrative contours. Rather than view these media
experiences as mindless indulgences, "media marathoning" connotes a
conjoined triumph of commitment and stamina. Compared to more
traditional, slower-paced media engagement patterns, media marathoning
affords readers greater depth of story world engagement, maximizing
the emotional and cognitive rewards of the media experience. Through
immersive marathoning experiences, audiences can seriously engage with
mediated questions about human nature and society, refining our
orientation toward morality through internal dialogue about the story
and communication with other readers as we process the meaningful
journey. As digital technologies facilitate easier, user-centered
access to media texts, narratives increase in complexity, and more
readers seek immersive story world experiences, marathoning looks to
be the new normal of media engagement. Drawing from qualitative
studies of book, film, and television marathoners, along with textual
analysis of commonly marathoned stories, Media Marathoning presents a
holistic look at marathoning's cultural impact.

ISBN

9780739196748

On Wed, Dec 18, 2019 at 7:24 AM Mark Kohut <mark.kohut at gmail.com> wrote:
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