Entertainment=Emotion (International workshop) From November 15 to 21,
2009 - Centro de Ciencias de Benasque Pedro Pascual.
What is the relationship between entertainment and emotions in the
consumption of new forms of media?
How does said relationship affect the attitudes, behaviors and thoughts
of audiences?
What new emotions are generated by the new forms of interactive
entertainment?
How does interactivity affect the emotional experience of entertainment?
What is the importance of morality or aesthetic appreciation in the
experience of emotions during the consumption of media entertainment?
What emotions do we consume through new interactive products?
How do the intensity and valence of emotions change our aesthetic
perception of entertainment products?
How are we influenced both by the emotions experienced during the
processes of media entertainment, and by the perception of entertainment
we obtain from experiencing these emotions?
Where are we taken by the emotions that entertain us?
Are there other ways of entertaining ourselves that make us freer?
In what products, and with what characteristics, are emotions stimulated
or presented nowadays?
What are the cultural, economic, ideological, sociological, or artistic
consequences of experiencing media emotions nowadays?
Does entertaining ourselves essentially mean generating emotions?
These are the kind of questions that will be answered at
Entertainment=Emotion (E=E), the first edition of a very special
workshop that will be held at the Centro de Ciencias de Benasque Pedro
Pascual (CCBPP) from November 15 to 21, co-managed by MarÃa Teresa Soto
Sanfiel (Department of Audiovisual Communication and Advertising, at the
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona) and Peter Vorderer (Center for
Advanced Media Research -CAMeRA-, Free University Amsterdam).
E=E is an international workshop to which researchers, professionals and
students of media entertainment are invited. The event, which follows a
very special format, far removed from the traditional meetings held in
the area, seeks to create the right atmosphere for prominent
international researchers, media professionals, creators of content and
students to think together about the phenomenon of emotions in the
audiovisual consumption of entertainment. Of special interest to E=E are
the new forms of interactive entertainment that provoke new emotional
experiences among audiences.
The organizers are hoping that such a meeting, in the magnificent
setting of the CCBPP, surrounded by beautiful mountains and delightful
scenery, will encourage relaxed exchange between researchers and
professionals from different traditions and of differing levels of
experience, and for this to produce new visions and problems to be
investigated, and the inspiration to create content. They also hope to
create a permanent meeting point for media entertainment researchers
that sets a first class international standard.
The organizers also hope to help generate aesthetic, philosophical,
sociological and political discourse on the good for cultural progress
signified by the different forms of emotional experience obtained during
media entertainment processes. In this sense, the ultimate aim of E=E is
to generate knowledge that arouses positive, free and responsible
attitudes to the use, and experience, of emotions in relation to the
consumption of audiovisual entertainment.
Similarly, the organizers of E=E seek to promote the creation, at the
CCBPP, of a high level academic space where professionals and
researchers can exchange and experience in situ the emotions produced
through exposure to products that can generate emotion in order to
entertain.
Finally, the organizers aim to investigate new forms of interactive
entertainment and the emotional experiences they generate, and we
therefore invite any developments to be exhibited or presented.
The application period for the presentation of reports, presentations,
exhibitions, audiovisual performances and poster session ends on
September 7. The candidatures will be evaluated by a scientific
committee, after which a list of those accepted will be published. For
more information about the requirements for participation, please visit
the website (http://www.benasque.org/2009emotion/) or write to Maria
Teresa Soto ((mariateresa.soto /at/ uab.es) <(mariateresa.soto /at/ uab.es)>).
A limited number of people can attend the workshop, so we advise you to
send in your application as early as possible.
The CCBPP is managed by Physics Professors José Ignacio Latorre (UB) and
Manuel Asorey (UZAR) and is supported by the Spanish Ministry for
Education and Science, the Benasque Town Council, the Government of
Aragon, the University of Zaragoza and the BBV. The CCBPP is a centre of
renowned international prestige and is used to hold high level
scientific meetings and, as well as hosting this meeting, seeks to
stimulate the production of significant advances both in the study of
science as in the professional creation of conten
MarÃa Teresa Soto Sanfiel
Departament de Comunicació Audiovisual i Publicitat
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Campus UAB, Edif. I. Bellaterra (08193). Barcelona, Spain
Tel: + 34 93 581 16 43
Fax: + 34 93 581 20 05
MarÃa Teresa Soto Sanfiel
Departament de Comunicació Audiovisual i Publicitat
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Campus UAB, Edif. I. Bellaterra (08193). Barcelona, Spain
Tel: + 34 93 581 16 43
Fax: + 34 93 581 20 05
