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How slow is ‘slow TV’? Audiences’ experiences of meditation, obsession and authenticity when watching swimming moose on Swedish television
Örebro University, School of Humanities, Education and Social Sciences. (Diskurs, medier och kommunikation)ORCID iD: 0000-0001-8327-4231
Örebro University, School of Humanities, Education and Social Sciences. (Film och medier)ORCID iD: 0000-0003-3932-8815
2023 (English)In: Journal of Popular Television, ISSN 2046-9861, Vol. 11, no 3, p. 279-298Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

This article explores viewers’ experiences of the Swedish Public Service (SVT) ‘slow TV’ broadcast Den stora älgvandringen (The Great Moose Migration), aired as a three-week long, live, multi-platform programme since 2019. Through semi-structured interviews with key informants, the aim is to qualitatively under- stand the audience attraction to the 24/7 programme, especially when it comes to authenticity, affordances and its apparent slowness of pace. The study showcases a spectrum of audiences’ experiences, ranging from appreciating the programme’s serenity and stillness to its potential for unexpected drama. It is suggested thatThe Great Moose Migration offers a ‘direct’ link to Swedish nature as it enables awallowing in Swedish landscapes and fauna, and allows for an unashamed adora- tion of the majestic Swedish moose, but without it being experienced as something particularly ‘Swedish’. It is found that authenticity is central to the programme’s success with both production team and audiences. However, both personal and sociable experiences of the programme as authentic rest on the collective accept- ance of authenticity as something intrinsically produced by people and technolo- gies yet not experienced as constructed. Rather, it is something that hovers in between experienced mediated and unmediated reality.

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Intellect Ltd., 2023. Vol. 11, no 3, p. 279-298
Keywords [en]
nature, media experience, Sweden, Swedish Television, technology, The Great Moose Migration, TV production
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Media and Communications
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Media and Communication Studies
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URN: urn:nbn:se:oru:diva-110069DOI: 10.1386/jptv_00107_1ISI: 001125615300003Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85179793134OAI: oai:DiVA.org:oru-110069DiVA, id: diva2:1817495
Available from: 2023-12-06 Created: 2023-12-06 Last updated: 2024-04-23Bibliographically approved

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