Margrethe Bruun Vaage
Biographic Data
| ID | 3594223 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Margrethe Bruun Vaage |
| GIVEN NAMES | Margrethe Bruun |
| FAMILY NAME | Vaage |
| SIGNATURE | VAAGE M B |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Oslo |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7608-0025 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Unbelievable
This article takes the miniseries Unbelievable as its case study to explore how television series can use expectations toward the first episode for rhetorical effect. The first episode portrays the rape of a young woman and her ensuing encounter with male police officers who do not believe her, in line with rape myths. Yet this series sets up expectations in the first episode only to break with them. In the second episode, a pair of female detect…
What Can Cognitive Media Studies Bring to Social Justice
This special issue is dedicated to research on cognition, stigma, and inclusion in film and media studies. We aim to highlight existing research in cognitive media theory and social justice, and also to bring in diverse perspectives from adjacent fields to foster interdisciplinary research into the future. In bringing these voices together, we hope to demonstrate the diverse nature of current research in cognitive film and media theory, and to di…
On Punishment and Why We Enjoy It in Fiction
The article proposes an explanation for why spectators may enjoy excessive punishment when watching fiction, even in Scandinavia where harsh punishment is roundly condemned. Excessive punishment is typically carried out by a vigilante avenger, and in fiction this character is often a fantastic character (e.g., not realistic, taking on superhuman and/or supernatural characteristics). We allow ourselves to enjoy punishment more readily when the cha…
Fictional reliefs and reality checks
The present paper explores the moral psychology of fiction conceptually through the paired concepts ‘fictional relief’ and ‘reality check’. I suggest that the spectator of fictional films and television series sees himself as relieved from some of the moral obligations the spectator of nonfiction films sees himself as subject to, such as considering the consequences of a character's actions and attitudes. A fictional attitude is disturbed when el…
The Role of Empathy in Gregory Currie's Philosophy of Film
Although Gregory Currie is often presented as a strong defender of empathic simulation as part of spectator engagement, this paper questions the importance of empathy in Currie's philosophy of film. Currie's account of the imagination is too propositional, and his account of a more sensuous and experiential kind of imagining is found wanting. While giving a convincing account of impersonal imagining in relation to fiction film, Currie does not su…
Fictional reliefs and reality checks
The present paper explores the moral psychology of fiction conceptually through the paired concepts ‘fictional relief’ and ‘reality check’. I suggest that the spectator of fictional films and television series sees himself as relieved from some of the moral obligations the spectator of nonfiction films sees himself as subject to, such as considering the consequences of a character's actions and attitudes. A fictional attitude is disturbed when el…
The Role of Empathy in Gregory Currie's Philosophy of Film
Although Gregory Currie is often presented as a strong defender of empathic simulation as part of spectator engagement, this paper questions the importance of empathy in Currie's philosophy of film. Currie's account of the imagination is too propositional, and his account of a more sensuous and experiential kind of imagining is found wanting. While giving a convincing account of impersonal imagining in relation to fiction film, Currie does not su…
Fictional reliefs and reality checks
The present paper explores the moral psychology of fiction conceptually through the paired concepts ‘fictional relief’ and ‘reality check’. I suggest that the spectator of fictional films and television series sees himself as relieved from some of the moral obligations the spectator of nonfiction films sees himself as subject to, such as considering the consequences of a character's actions and attitudes. A fictional attitude is disturbed when el…
On Punishment and Why We Enjoy It in Fiction
The article proposes an explanation for why spectators may enjoy excessive punishment when watching fiction, even in Scandinavia where harsh punishment is roundly condemned. Excessive punishment is typically carried out by a vigilante avenger, and in fiction this character is often a fantastic character (e.g., not realistic, taking on superhuman and/or supernatural characteristics). We allow ourselves to enjoy punishment more readily when the cha…
What Can Cognitive Media Studies Bring to Social Justice
This special issue is dedicated to research on cognition, stigma, and inclusion in film and media studies. We aim to highlight existing research in cognitive media theory and social justice, and also to bring in diverse perspectives from adjacent fields to foster interdisciplinary research into the future. In bringing these voices together, we hope to demonstrate the diverse nature of current research in cognitive film and media theory, and to di…
Unbelievable
This article takes the miniseries Unbelievable as its case study to explore how television series can use expectations toward the first episode for rhetorical effect. The first episode portrays the rape of a young woman and her ensuing encounter with male police officers who do not believe her, in line with rape myths. Yet this series sets up expectations in the first episode only to break with them. In the second episode, a pair of female detect…
Art (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Social Psychology (3 works) · Art history (2 works) · Criminology (2 works) · Ethics, Aesthetics, and Art (2 works) · Media studies (2 works) · Social Psychology (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Aesthetics (1 work)