@incollection{Newiak, author = {Newiak, Denis}, title = {The loneliness of conspiracy believers in pandemic series using the examples of Sl{\o}born and Y: The Last Man}, series = {Conspiracy Ideologies in Films and Series}, booktitle = {Conspiracy Ideologies in Films and Series}, editor = {Newiak, Denis and Schnitzer, Anastasia}, publisher = {Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden}, address = {Wiesbaden}, isbn = {9783658436933}, doi = {10.1007/978-3-658-43694-0_4}, pages = {61 -- 93}, abstract = {Not only since the Covid-19 crisis have pandemics and the conspiracy ideologies circulating around them played a central role in current television series. In doing so, the series depict the characters afflicted by such conspiracy beliefs as thoroughly lonely figures, for whom clinging to conspiratorial thinking represents an apparent chance for orientation, meaning, and thereby community. Using a detailed examination of the social constellations and motives of the fictional characters in current pandemic series such as Sl{\o}born and Y: The Last Man, it will be shown that conspiracy ideologies can be interpreted as a consequence of the isolating tendencies of complex late modern living conditions and possible real-world intervention strategies should be considered against this background.}, language = {en} } @incollection{MaederSchwaabNewiak, author = {Maeder, Dominik and Schwaab, Herbert and Newiak, Denis}, title = {Television studies and research on Series: an introduction}, series = {Television Studies and Research on Series: theory, history and present of (post-)televisual seriality}, booktitle = {Television Studies and Research on Series: theory, history and present of (post-)televisual seriality}, editor = {Newiak, Denis and Maeder, Dominik and Schwaab, Herbert}, publisher = {Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden}, address = {Wiesbaden}, isbn = {9783658429140}, doi = {10.1007/978-3-658-42915-7_1}, pages = {1 -- 15}, abstract = {Television series enjoy an unbroken—popular as well as scholarly—attention. It is surprising, however, that in works on seriality in media and cultural studies—referring here primarily on the German context of media studies—, approaches to television studies and television history still play a rather minor role. Yet seriality should always be thought of in terms of television, since the two have always been inextricably interwoven—economically, technically and aesthetically. But what else constitutes the serial in television and how does it change its face in times of digitalization, streaming and interactivity? Is it possible to think of a genuine serial theory of the televisual—and what, in turn, can be learned from this for seriality beyond television? The essays in this volume contribute to shedding new light on the serial as a core principle of television and to providing new impulses for a television theory of the serial on the basis of diverse examples from the current range of television series.}, language = {en} } @incollection{Newiak, author = {Newiak, Denis}, title = {Television series against late-modern loneliness: forms of telemedial communitization using the example of "13 Reasons Why"}, series = {Television Studies and Research on Series : theory, history and present of (post-)televisual seriality}, booktitle = {Television Studies and Research on Series : theory, history and present of (post-)televisual seriality}, editor = {Newiak, Denis and Maeder, Dominik and Schwaab, Herbert}, publisher = {Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden}, address = {Wiesbaden}, isbn = {9783658429140}, doi = {10.1007/978-3-658-42915-7_6}, pages = {101 -- 148}, abstract = {Based on sociological and socio-philosophical theories of modern loneliness, this paper examines the socializing, uniting, and 'Gemeinschaft'-creating functions of television series as they are negotiated in discourse on television theory and the sociology of media. Using the series 13 Reasons Why as an example, it is shown that contemporary television series contribute to social cohesion and social meaning-making in a variety of ways: behavioral modeling, the visualization of social causation, and the production of temporal structures help late-modern societies coordinate their complex interactions; cult and fantum, formation of notions of truth, and the production of parasocial relationships produce new experiences of closeness, community, and transcendence in an age of increasing social distance. Can television series contribute to better enduring or even overcoming the diverse lonelinesses of late modernity—or do they, by thereby pushing modernization ever further, not only produce even stronger feelings of social isolation?}, language = {en} } @incollection{Newiak, author = {Newiak, Denis}, title = {Aus Pandemiefilmen lernen: Wie man Einsamkeit {\"u}berlebt}, series = {St{\"o}rfall Pandemie und seine grenz{\"u}berschreitenden Wirkungen}, booktitle = {St{\"o}rfall Pandemie und seine grenz{\"u}berschreitenden Wirkungen}, editor = {Gansel, Carsten and P{\´e}rez, Jos{\´e} Fern{\´a}ndez}, publisher = {V \& R unipress}, address = {G{\"o}ttingen}, isbn = {978-3-8471-1511-3}, pages = {293 -- 308}, language = {de} } @incollection{Newiak, author = {Newiak, Denis}, title = {Die Vorboten der Nachmoderne. Filmische Szenarien eines fl{\"a}chendeckenden Stromausfalls.}, series = {Zukunftswissen? Potenziale prospektiver Erkenntnis am Beispiel der Energiewirtschaft}, booktitle = {Zukunftswissen? Potenziale prospektiver Erkenntnis am Beispiel der Energiewirtschaft}, editor = {Mackasare, Manuel}, publisher = {J.B. Metzler}, address = {Berlin ; Heidelberg}, isbn = {978-3-662-66755-2}, issn = {2524-8197}, doi = {10.1007/978-3-662-66756-9_16}, pages = {355 -- 370}, abstract = {Fachleute warnen seit Jahren vor den potenziell verheerenden Folgen eines Blackouts, zugleich aber sind Bev{\"o}lkerung, Unternehmen und Regierungen auf dieses Szenario kaum vorbereitet. Film und Fernsehen haben - gerade w{\"a}hrend der Corona-Pandemie - ihre F{\"a}higkeit zur gedanklichen Vorwegnahme wichtiger gesellschaftlicher Herausforderungen bewiesen: Spielfilme und Serien thematisieren Gefahren und Risiken h{\"a}ufig lange vor ihrem tats{\"a}chlichen Eintreten. Blackouts geh{\"o}ren seit langer Zeit genre{\"u}bergreifend zum erz{\"a}hlerischen und inszenatorischen Standardrepertoire. Welche Inszenierungsformen w{\"a}hlen die filmischen Kunstformen zur Darstellung von Blackout-Szenarien? Was kann die moderne Gesellschaft von Film und Fernsehen lernen, um sich auf den bevorstehenden Blackout vorzubereiten? Und lassen sich damit die schwersten Folgen eines realen Blackouts noch verhindern? Vor dem Hintergrund wissenssoziologischer Diskurse sollen anhand ausgew{\"a}hlter Beispiele die Ergebnisse einer aktuellen Studie zum Zukunftswissen in Blackout-Filmen und -Serien pr{\"a}sentiert werden.}, language = {de} } @incollection{Newiak, author = {Newiak, Denis}, title = {How Television Produces Invisible Communities in an Age of Loneliness. A Detailed Look at 13 Reasons Why}, series = {Better Living With TV. Contemporary TV and Moral Identity Formation}, booktitle = {Better Living With TV. Contemporary TV and Moral Identity Formation}, editor = {Benko, Steven}, publisher = {Lexington Books}, address = {Lanham/Boulder/New York/London}, isbn = {978-1-7936-3618-8}, pages = {227 -- 254}, language = {de} } @incollection{Newiak, author = {Newiak, Denis}, title = {Fighting Conspiracy Ideologies: Learning from Pandemic Movies to Counter the Post-Factual}, series = {The Post-Truth Era. Literature and Media}, booktitle = {The Post-Truth Era. Literature and Media}, editor = {Abraham, Praveen and Mathew, Raisun}, publisher = {Authors Press}, address = {New Delhi}, isbn = {978-9391314095}, pages = {21 -- 31}, language = {en} } @incollection{Newiak, author = {Newiak, Denis}, title = {Youth on its Own: Growing Up in a Lonely Post-Apocalyptic World.}, series = {Screening Children in Post-Apocalypse Film and Television}, booktitle = {Screening Children in Post-Apocalypse Film and Television}, editor = {Olson, Debbie}, publisher = {Lexington Books}, address = {Maryland}, isbn = {978-1-66691-867-0}, pages = {61 -- 80}, language = {en} } @book{Newiak, author = {Newiak, Denis}, title = {The Lonelinesses of Modernity}, publisher = {Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden}, address = {Wiesbaden}, isbn = {9783658401436}, doi = {10.1007/978-3-658-40144-3}, abstract = {Modernity presents itself as an age of increasing social disintegration: secularization and rationalization, urbanization and globalization, individualization and digitalization make it difficult for communities today. Modernity comes with desirable promises that make it attractive, but it does not come free: Its price is escalating modern loneliness. Denis Newiak tells a cultural history of modernization that, from industrialization to the late-modern network society, produces ever new and harsher experiences of loneliness.}, language = {en} } @book{Newiak, author = {Newiak, Denis}, title = {K{\"o}nnen Kino und Fernsehen uns zu besseren Ersthelfern machen?}, publisher = {Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden}, address = {Wiesbaden}, isbn = {9783658471767}, doi = {10.1007/978-3-658-47177-4}, pages = {XIV, 99}, abstract = {Durch eine qualifiziertere und h{\"a}ufigere Reanimation (Herz-Lungen-Wiederbelebung) k{\"o}nnten allein in Deutschland jedes Jahr 10.000 Leben gerettet werden. W{\"a}hrend das erlernte Wissen aus dem Erste-Hilfe-Kurs zur Fahrschule relativ schnell vergessen ist, rufen Szenen mit Wiederbelebungen aus Serien und Filmen die Notsituation regelm{\"a}ßig ins Ged{\"a}chtnis. Nicht immer wird in der Fiktion allerdings so reanimiert, wie es in der Realit{\"a}t am besten w{\"a}re. K{\"o}nnen die Reanimationen aus der Popkultur trotzdem dabei helfen, uns zu besseren Ersthelfern zu machen? Welchen Beitrag leisten filmische Ausdrucksformen zur Verbreitung von Wissen zu Selbsthilfemaßnahmen f{\"u}r Notsituationen? Und ließe sich diese Erkenntnis auf andere Lebensrisiken und entsprechende Vorsorgemaßnahmen {\"u}bertragen?}, language = {de} } @incollection{Newiak, author = {Newiak, Denis}, title = {Mit Fernsehserien gegen Verschw{\"o}rungsgl{\"a}ubigkeit : Potentiale didaktischer Intervention am Beispiel der Serie Sl{\o}born}, series = {Verschw{\"o}rungstheorien als Herausforderung in der P{\"a}dagogik und Politischen Bildung : theoretische Ans{\"a}tze und fachdidaktische Praxisperspektiven}, booktitle = {Verschw{\"o}rungstheorien als Herausforderung in der P{\"a}dagogik und Politischen Bildung : theoretische Ans{\"a}tze und fachdidaktische Praxisperspektiven}, editor = {Firsova-Eckert, Elizaveta and Schuster, Johannes and Vajen, Bastian}, publisher = {Springer VS}, address = {Wiesbaden}, isbn = {978-3-658-50019-1}, doi = {10.1007/978-3-658-50019-1}, pages = {145 -- 162}, abstract = {Der Beitrag untersucht das Potenzial von Fernsehserien, insbesondere der ZDF-neo-Serie Sl{\o}born, f{\"u}r einen p{\"a}dagogischen Umgang mit Verschw{\"o}rungstheorien. Dabei wird die gesellschaftliche Relevanz filmischer Medien betont und gezeigt, wie Serien wie Sl{\o}born, die Verschw{\"o}rungstheorien im Kontext eines Krankheitsausbruchs thematisieren, didaktische Funktionen erf{\"u}llen. Besonders wird aufgezeigt, wie solche Serien gerade bei jungen Menschen zur Auseinandersetzung mit Verschw{\"o}rungstheorien beitragen k{\"o}nnen.}, language = {de} }