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Audiovisual fiction and democracy: A systematic literature review Cover

Audiovisual fiction and democracy: A systematic literature review

Nordicom Review
Volume 46 (2025): Issue s1 (May 2025)
By: Jono Van BelleORCID,  Georgia AitakiORCID and  Maria JanssonORCID  
Open Access
|May 2025

Figures & Tables

Figure 1

Typology for the study of entertainment television and politicsSource: adapted from Holbert, 2005: 445
Typology for the study of entertainment television and politicsSource: adapted from Holbert, 2005: 445

Figure 2

Typology of the political suggested by dimensions of content and intentSource: adapted from Christensen & Haas, 2005: 8
Typology of the political suggested by dimensions of content and intentSource: adapted from Christensen & Haas, 2005: 8

Figure 3

Analytical model of the relationship between fiction, politics, and democracyComments: The figure depicts our model for analysing the relationships between fiction, politics, and democracy, where the audience “doubles” as the people in a democracy and the political is conceptualised as both the arena for deliberation of political issues and a system for decision-making and governing of the people and aspects of cultural production.
Analytical model of the relationship between fiction, politics, and democracyComments: The figure depicts our model for analysing the relationships between fiction, politics, and democracy, where the audience “doubles” as the people in a democracy and the political is conceptualised as both the arena for deliberation of political issues and a system for decision-making and governing of the people and aspects of cultural production.

Figure 4

Number of sampled articles, by year of publication
Number of sampled articles, by year of publication

Figure 5

Context of the studies, by continent
Context of the studies, by continent
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/nor-2025-0008 | Journal eISSN: 2001-5119 | Journal ISSN: 1403-1108
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Language: English
Page range: 55 - 83
Published on: May 16, 2025
Published by: University of Gothenburg Nordicom
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 2 issues per year
Keywords:
critical interpretative synthesis,
politics,
film,
television,
audiences,
democracy,
Nordic Noir
Related subjects:
Social sciences,
Communication science,
Public and political communication,
Mass communication

© 2025 Jono Van Belle, Georgia Aitaki, Maria Jansson, published by University of Gothenburg Nordicom
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