Psychological Work with a Film: Presentation of the Author’s Method
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Psychologiczna praca z filmem: prezentacja autorskiej metody „Patrz mądrzej”
Psychological Work with a Film: Presentation of the Author’s Method “Look Smarter”

Author(s): Agnieszka Ogonowska
Subject(s): Education, Psychology, Communication studies
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Komisji Edukacji Narodowej w Krakowie
Keywords: film;work with film;social competences;education;personal development;therapy;psychological education;social education;violence;iconic violence;social stereotypes;stereotyping;media repres

Summary/Abstract: The aim of the article is to present the “Look Smarter” method, which uses the film as a multicode,inter-media and narrative transfer; these attributes allow it to be used in educationand therapeutic activities. The gist of working with a film according to this method is tolearn on the film, learn through the film and learn beyond the film. The successful use of thefilm in this process is determined by most of all: correct choice of film for the undertakenaims and attributes of the group/person, and appropriate psychological competences of theeducator, who also possesses the ability to weigh the efficiency if the achieved results. Thelast part of the article is devoted to the synthetic presentation of a case study, which describesa possibility to use this method in working with students of culture studies and media studieswithin the subject: social psychology.

  • Issue Year: 9/2017
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 106-116
  • Page Count: 11
  • Language: Polish