Affective Disposition Theory

Raney, Arthur A.

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“…More recent research, focused on the so-called Affective Disposition Theory, suggests that this phenomenon occurs because we tend to be more permissive with those characters that, from the start, we like. Scholars such as Raney (2003Raney ( , 2004Raney ( , 2017 and Zillmann (1991Zillmann ( , 1995Zillmann ( , 2000 have contributed to this line of inquiry.…”

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Always Rooting For The Antihero: A Dive Into The Evolution Of Taylor Swift's Poetic Persona

Hernández Rodríguez

2024

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The aim of this paper is to analyze how Taylor Swift's public persona has evolved over the last years, from her beginnings in the music industry to her latest works. To do so, we have studied some of the lyrics of her songs with the objective of understanding the three phases Swift has gone through in the creation of her personal brand: damsel in distress, hero and anti-hero. We have examined how, in her first albums, Swift protrayed herself as a naïve, young, woman always hoping to be rescued by her prince. Later, we have delved into how she depicts herself as a hero, so we have analized the coincidences between Campbell's hero's journey and some of the tracks in the album "1989". Finally, we have focused on how, since 2017, Taylor Swifts embodies the anti-hero, reviewing the shared traits between Swift's public persona and these characters of questionable morality. To this end, we have used some theoretical tools such as textual analysis or Greimas' actantial scheme and we have considered some of the most relevant studies on damsels in distress, the hero and the anti-hero.

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Section: "Always Rising From the Ashes:" The Antihero Is Forgedmentioning

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Always Rooting For The Antihero: A Dive Into The Evolution Of Taylor Swift's Poetic Persona

Hernández Rodríguez

2024

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“…Penelitian yang dilakukan oleh Ramasubramanian & Sanders (2009) (Raney, 2017), The Stereotype Content Model (SCM) (Fiske, 2018), dan Perceiving and Experiencing Fictional Characters (PEFiC) Model (Hoorn & Konijin, 2003). Di dalam video game, faktor yang menentukan menariknya sebuah karakter yaitu bagaimana karakter tersebut direpresentasikan melalui narasi, morality, aesthetics dan juga competence karakter tersebut.…”

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Pengaruh Elemen Visual terhadap Ketertarikan Khalayak Sasaran terhadap Karakter Fiksi menggunakan Pendekatan Mise-En-Scene pada Video Game Trailer ‘Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker’

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Irfansyaha

2023

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Final Fantasy XIV dirilis pada tahun 2010 dan menerima banyak kritik dan dianggap sebagai sebuah video gim online yang gagal pada waktu itu. Dirilis kembali pada tahun 2013 dengan nama Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn dan telah sukses hingga merilis expansion terakhirnya yang berjudul Endwalker yang membuat jumlah pemain Final Fantasy XIV melonjak drastis setelah dikeluarkannya video game trailer pada bulan Februari dan Mei tahun 2021. Video game trailer menampilkan gambaran dari video gim dan memberikan penonton ekspektasi apa yang akan mereka dapatkan pada saat bermain salah satu caranya yaitu dengan menampilkan karakter yang berkaitan dengan narasi dari video gim menggunakan elemen visual yang bertujuan untuk menarik calon pemain. Artikel ini akan menganalisis faktor apa saja yang mempengaruhi ketertarikan khalayak sasaran terhadap suatu video gim melalui visualisasi desain karakter yang ditampilkan. Metode analisis konten digunakan untuk membedah video game trailer menggunakan pendekatan mise-en-scene, The Mixed Emotions and Character Appeal (MECA) Model dan kemudian dianalisa menggunakan pendekatan mean value. Penggunaan MECA model sendiri sudah memberikan hasil bahwa desain karakter sangat mempengaruhi pemain dalam menikmati sebuah narasi dan ketertarikan mereka terhadap karakter fiksi. Penelitian ini juga membuktikan bahwa penerapan mise-en-scene yang tepat juga mempengaruhi persepsi ketertarikan terhadap karakter fiksi. Final Fantasy XIV was released in 2010 and received a lot of criticism and was considered a failed online video game at that time. It was released back in 2013 under the name Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn and was successful until the release of its last expansion entitled Endwalker which made the number of Final Fantasy XIV players soar after the release of the video game trailer in February and May 2021. The video game trailer shows an overview of video games and giving viewers expectations of what they will get when playing, one way is to display characters related to the narrative of the video game using visual elements that aim to attract potential players. This article will analyze what factors affect the target audience's interest in a video game through the visualization of the character designs displayed throughout the video game trailer. Content analysis method is used to dissect video game trailers using the mise-en-scene approach, The Mixed Emotions and Character Appeal (MECA) Model and then analyzed using the mean value approach. The use of the MECA model itself has resulted in the character design greatly influencing the players' enjoyment of a narrative and their interest in fictional characters. This research also proves that the application of the right mise-en-scene also influences the perception of attraction towards fictional characters.

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“…8 According to one of its main contributors (Raney 2017), affective disposition theory refers to a set of explanations for why and how an audience member enjoys various media entertainment narratives. In simple terms, the theory predicts that enjoyment increases when liked characters experience positive outcomes and/or when disliked characters experience negative ones.…”

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Relatable Motives and Righteous Causes; or, Why the Sympathetic Antihero is Not a Moral Psychological Mystery

Kjeldgaard‐Christiansen

2021

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Morally flawed antiheroes in TV and film, such as Dexter Morgan and Dirty Harry, often inspire sympathetic engagement from audiences. Media scholars have argued that it is these antiheroes’ status as fictional characters that allows audiences to flout their moral principles and side with the antiheroes. Against this view, I argue that these problematic sympathies can be explained without reference to a special fictional attitude. Human morality is sensitive not only to abstract moral principles but also to the concrete motives and situations of an individual moral agent, and the motives and situations of the sympathetic antihero very often seem exculpatory.

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Affective Disposition Theory

Cited by 9 publications

References 17 publications

Always Rooting For The Antihero: A Dive Into The Evolution Of Taylor Swift's Poetic Persona

Always Rooting For The Antihero: A Dive Into The Evolution Of Taylor Swift's Poetic Persona

Pengaruh Elemen Visual terhadap Ketertarikan Khalayak Sasaran terhadap Karakter Fiksi menggunakan Pendekatan Mise-En-Scene pada Video Game Trailer ‘Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker’

Relatable Motives and Righteous Causes; or, Why the Sympathetic Antihero is Not a Moral Psychological Mystery

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