University of Zagreb. The Faculty of Political Science.
Abstract
U tekstu se analizira važnost televizijske fikcije kao mogućeg bogatog izvora i referentnog okvira za razumijevanje politike. Oslanjajući se na rad Liesbet van Zoonen, u kojemu se polazi od stava da pitanje nije što politička fikcija čini ljudima, već obrnuto: što ljudi rade s političkom fikcijom? Postavlja se, dakle, pitanje je li i kako publika koristi fikciju da bi prezentirala svoje “političko ja”. Analizom reakcije publike na odgledanu političku fikciju, van Zoonen dolazi do zaključka kako zabavni televizijski sadržaji mogu biti važan izvor novih znanja, iskustava i kreativnih stimulansa za bavljenje politikom te da oni nemaju negativan učinak na političku kulturu građana. Istraživanje provedeno na televizijskoj seriji House of Cards potvrđuje tezu da se fanovi u kontekstu web zajednica uistinu bave politikom na način da stvaraju i prezentiraju javne verzije svog “političkog ja”. Rezultati ovog istraživanja pokazuju da politička fikcija potencijalno čini politiku dostupnom svima te su zbog toga fikcijski narativi poželjni i nužni.The article analyzes the importance of television fiction as a potential source and a reference framework for understanding politics. Relying on the work of Liesbet van Zoonen, which starts from the from the classic position in media studies that the question is not so much what films and series about politics do to people, but rather the other way around: what do people do with with political fiction? The question that is raised here is whether and how people use these films to present a ‘political self’. By analyzing the public's reaction to popular American movies and television series about politics, van Zoonen comes to the conclusion that entertaining television content can be an important source of new knowledge, experience and creative stimulus for politics. They do not have the negative effects on the political culture of citizens. The research conducted on the TV series House of Cards confirms the thesis that fans in the context of the web community are really concerned with politics by creating and presenting public versions of their 'political self'. The results of this research show that political fiction potentially makes politics available to everyone and therefore fiction narratives are desirable and necessary
