American television fiction transforming Danish teenagers' religious imaginations

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American television fiction transforming Danish teenagers' religious imaginations. / Petersen, Line Nybro.

I: Communications, Bind 35, Nr. 3, 26.08.2010, s. 229–247.

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Petersen, LN 2010, 'American television fiction transforming Danish teenagers' religious imaginations', Communications, bind 35, nr. 3, s. 229–247. https://doi.org/10.1515/COMM.2010.013

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Petersen, L. N. (2010). American television fiction transforming Danish teenagers' religious imaginations. Communications, 35(3), 229–247. https://doi.org/10.1515/COMM.2010.013

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Petersen LN. American television fiction transforming Danish teenagers' religious imaginations. Communications. 2010 aug. 26;35(3):229–247. https://doi.org/10.1515/COMM.2010.013

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Petersen, Line Nybro. / American television fiction transforming Danish teenagers' religious imaginations. I: Communications. 2010 ; Bind 35, Nr. 3. s. 229–247.

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title = "American television fiction transforming Danish teenagers' religious imaginations",
abstract = "This paper argues that American television fiction with supernatural themes offers Danish teenage audiences a playground for exploring different religious imaginations in a continuous process of internal negotiations; thereby transforming their imaginations. This process of the mediatization of religion is strengthened by three dominating factors: the absence of a homogenous religious worldview in Danish culture, the importance of high production values and visual credibility to supernatural concepts in these shows, and the appeal of transformed religious content in open-structured serial narratives. This essay presents the findings of an empirical qualitative study of seventy-two Danish teenagers and considers two primary parameters for the case-based reception study: the teenagers' levels of fandom and their connection with institutionalized religion. In other words, how are religious imaginations transformed in relation to viewers' level of commitment to the television fiction and to traditional institutionalized religion? ",
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