From #AltErLove to #LoveIsLove
Transmedia formats, audience engagement and sexual diversity
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5859050 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Thalia Van Wichelen (0000-0001-6409-9167, University of Antwerp, corresponding author), Esther De Loose (0000-0002-5112-0665, University of Antwerp), A Dhoest (0000-0002-6656-6125, University of Antwerp), Sander De Ridder (0000-0003-3475-0523, University of Antwerp) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 20 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 430-445 |
| Publication date | 2024-04-22 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Critical Studies in Television The International Journal of Television Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1749-6020 • E-ISSN: 1749-6039 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/17496020241247111 |
| OpenAlex | W4395012955 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 23 |
SKAM (2015-2017) and its Flemish adaptation wtFOCK (2018-2021) use several digital platforms to provide viewers with content, enabling different types of audience engagement. By means of a social media analysis, this study investigates how producers utilise transmedia tools to enhance viewers' involvement with the depicted storyline and how viewers interact with the provided content on LGBTQ issues. An analysis of Instagram comments and posts illustrates three different ways audience members gather online: Instagram serves as (1) a platform to connect while co-viewing, (2) a safe environment against homophobia, and (3) a collective of television critics. Transmedia formats like SKAM and wtFOCK contribute to inclusive depictions of sexual minorities and generate accessible spaces for LGBTQ individuals and allies to engage with one another online
Media studies · Sociology · Anthropology · Cinema and Media Studies · Digital Games and Media · Gender, Feminism, and Media
Coping with Shame in a Media-saturated Society
Social Media and the New Commons of TV Criticism
The romantic fantasy of even and Isak—an exploration of Scandinavian women looking for gratification in the teen serial SKAM
Toward a typology of young produsers
The mass production of celebrity
I’m just not gay-gay’
Minute by Minute”
Reworking the Social Order
Using thematic analysis in psychology
Aligning Adolescents to the Public Sphere
From 'secret' online teen drama to international cult phenomenon
Skam (NRK, 2015-17) and the rhythms of reception of digital television
Youthification' of drama through real-time storytelling
Netflix, transfandom and 'trans TV
SKAM Italia did it again'. The multiple lives of a format adaptation from production to audience experience
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |