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- Title
Contemporary Trends in Teen TV.
- Authors
Jedličková, Jana
- Abstract
Foreign fictional TV production aimed at teenagers, i.e. teen TV, is currently strongly influenced by the desire of television stations to capture the attention of the lucrative audience of Millennials. One of the characteristics of this production is an emphasis on the diversity of characters that populate the fictional world of the TV series. This article deals with a specific type of characters; LGBT+ teenagers who have shift ed, in terms of action and importance in the narrative, from a marginalised group to the centre of attention of the audience, both in terms of the narrative function and the transformation of character personalities from pure stereotypes and TV tropes to complex protagonists. The author deals with the interconnection of marketing focus on Millennials and the representation of such characters and argues that one of the main reasons why these characters are currently so narratively focused on is, more than the success of human rights activists, an effort on the part of marketing departments of TV stations to reach a specific demographic.
- Subjects
FICTION television programs; TEEN television programs; TELEVISION production &; direction; TELEVISION stations; STEREOTYPES; TELEVISION characters; TELEVISION viewers
- Publication
Czech & Slovak Journal of Humanities, 2017, Issue 1, p88
- ISSN
1805-3742
- Publication type
Article