From the screen to the web – on the cinema fans in the Internet Cover Image

Z ekranu do sieci. O sieciowych fanach sztuki filmowej
From the screen to the web – on the cinema fans in the Internet

Author(s): Marek Jeziński
Subject(s): Fine Arts / Performing Arts, Media studies, Communication studies, Theory of Communication, Social development, Social Informatics, Sociology of the arts, business, education, Film / Cinema / Cinematography, ICT Information and Communications Technologies, Sociology of Art
Published by: Szkoła Wyższa Psychologii Społecznej

Summary/Abstract: In the paper group‑making and social bonds making potency of film as a certain kind of art and entertainment is discussed. Emotions that accompany watching the movies are carried out of the circumstances of reception of a film work and are manifested in the creation of a certain kind of social relations. Specific character of such group activity is also manifested in the Internet environment. A movie, as cultural text, becomes as a particular focus center, which is attractive enough to have a potency for the creation of certain communities. The latter occur as social groups of a unique character, that relies in the specific nature of environment in which they emerge. Movie blogs and www sites concerning movies, cinema and film art display a significant strength for creating social bonds depending on cinema as a specific environment and on the emotions generated by the movies.

  • Issue Year: 43/2015
  • Issue No: 01
  • Page Range: 38-53
  • Page Count: 16
  • Language: Polish