Otthon lenni a késő modern médiatérben. A sorozatfogyasztás néhány aspektusáról
Feeling at Home in the Late Modern Media Environment: Some Aspects of the Consumption of Television Series

Summary/Abstract: This paper gives a brief account on recent trends related to the production and consumption of television series in Hungary. We argue that watching television is becoming an active practice of gathering experiences in social settings. The notion of “feeling at home” is generally associated with watching the daily soaps and sitcoms in our home, but taking part in online discussion creates another kind of familiarity and sense of belonging. We would highlight new processes of “domestication” of television series using some Hungarian examples. A recent successful trend is “home production”, i.e. the adaptation of an existing series to the Hungarian market. The other type of domestication is achieved by online fan communities that make up for the failures in distribution and overcome the barriers of reception in relation to foreign productions.

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