Machine generated contents note: 17. Documentary Editing and Distributed Cognition / Karen Pearlman. pt. I The Mediation of Realities -- 2. A Documentary of the Mind: Self, Cognition and Imagination in Anders Østergaard's Films / Ib Bondebjerg -- 3. Little Voices and Big Spaces: Animated Documentary and Conceptual Blending Theory / Juan Alberto Conde Aldana -- 4. Documentary Spectatorship and the Navigation of "Difficulty" / John Corner -- 5. Docudrama and the Cognitive Evaluation of Realism / Torben Grodal -- 6. The Duties of Documentary in a Post-Truth Society / Dirk Eitzen -- pt. II Character Engagement -- 7. Characterization and Character Engagement in the Documentary / Carl Plantinga -- 8. The Difficulty of Eliciting Empathy in Documentary / Jan Nils -- 9. Fake Pictures, Real Emotions: A Case Study of Art and Craft / Aubrey Tang -- 10. Engaging Animals in Wildlife Documentaries: From Anthropomorphism to Trans-species Empathy / Alexa Weik von Mossner -- pt. III Emotions and Embodied Experience -- 11. Collateral Emotions: Political Web Videos and Divergent Audience Responses / Jens Eder -- 12. Slow TV: The Experiential and Multisensory Documentary / Luis Rocha Antunes -- 13. Toward a Cognitive Definition of First-Person Documentary / Annelies van Noortwijk -- 14. The Communication of Relational Knowledge in the First-Person Documentary / Mette Kramer -- pt. IV Documentary Practice -- 15. A Social Cognition Approach to Stereotyping in Documentary Practice / Catalin Brylla -- 16. A Cognitive Approach to Producing the Documentary Interview / Michael Grabowski -- 17. Documentary Editing and Distributed Cognition / Karen Pearlman.
Summary:
This groundbreaking edited collection is the first major study to explore the intersection between cognitive theory and documentary film studies, focusing on a variety of formats, such as first-person, wildlife, animated and slow TV documentary, as well as docudrama and web videos. Documentaries play an increasingly significant role in informing our cognitive and emotional understanding of today?s mass-mediated society, and this collection seeks to illuminate their production, exhibition, and reception. Taking an interdisciplinary approach, the essays draw on the latest research in film studies, the neurosciences, cultural studies, cognitive psychology, social psychology, and the philosophy of mind. With a foreword by documentary studies pioneer Bill Nichols and contributions from both theorists and practitioners, this volume firmly demonstrates that cognitive theory represents a valuable tool not only for film scholars but also for filmmakers and practice-led researchers.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.