{"id":16580,"date":"2022-11-01T13:16:13","date_gmt":"2022-11-01T12:16:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cienciagandia.webs.upv.es\/?p=16580"},"modified":"2022-11-01T13:16:23","modified_gmt":"2022-11-01T12:16:23","slug":"the-bbva-foundation-grants-funding-for-a-research-project-headed-by-hector-j-perez","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cienciagandia.webs.upv.es\/en\/2022\/11\/the-bbva-foundation-grants-funding-for-a-research-project-headed-by-hector-j-perez\/","title":{"rendered":"The BBVA Foundation Grants Funding for a Research Project Headed by H\u00e9ctor J. P\u00e9rez"},"content":{"rendered":"

Of the 620 applications submitted for the BBVA Foundation’s 2021 Grants for Scientific Research Projects, 35 projects<\/a> have been selected. Among them, “Multi-Plot Aesthetics and Information Density in Contemporary Television Series – ESTDISC<\/a><\/strong>“, headed by H\u00e9ctor J. P\u00e9rez<\/a>, professor at Campus Gandia of the Universitat Polit\u00e8cnica de Val\u00e8ncia (UPV). “This grant will fund the implementation of an interdisciplinary study that will investigate the relationship between the multi-plot narrative structure of series and their ability to transmit information.”<\/p>\n

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Working alongside P\u00e9rez are M\u00f3nica Barrientos, Alberto Hermida, V\u00edctor Hern\u00e1ndez and Jes\u00fas Jim\u00e9nez (from the University of Seville), Cynthia Caba\u00f1as (from Birkbeck College), Catherine Bohn Gettler (from Saint Johns University), Joseph Paul Magliano (from the State University from Georgia), David Neil Rapp (from Northwestern University) and Beatriz Herr\u00e1iz<\/a>, also a professor at Campus Gandia of the UPV, rounding out the research team<\/p>\n

\u201cWe will study specific phenomena to consolidate the introduction of concepts from the theory of narrative understanding in media studies. Series with rich storylines and extraordinary informative efficiency, coupled with tremendous international success: Chernobyl, Succession or Euphoria.\u00a0And we will carry out a study based on a global survey of viewers and professionals<\/strong> in the field of TV fiction,” as detailed by H\u00e9ctor J.\u00a0P\u00e9rez.<\/p>\n

Aesthetics at the Service of the Message: The Case of Multiplot Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

In recent years, television series are giving rise to cultural and consumer phenomena<\/strong>. For P\u00e9rez, \u201ctheir aesthetic quality has given them an increasingly relevant cultural status. In many cases they’re long stories that last for years, with tremendous capacity to transmit content and with tremendous cognitive richness. The length of these TV series allows for the recounting of complex events, such as the Chernobyl catastrophe, or complex human relationships as they develop over time, making them especially attractive in many cases.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ante el auge de las series de televisi\u00f3n, P\u00e9rez ha afirmado que \u201ces una mezcla de factores sociales, tecnol\u00f3gicos y art\u00edsticos<\/strong>\u201d, pero \u201chay que tener en cuenta que los relatos seriales exitosos no son una novedad, empezaron a consolidarse de una forma muy clara a partir de la revoluci\u00f3n industrial, cuando existen por primera vez sectores relativamente amplios de poblaci\u00f3n con tiempo y nivel cultural y econ\u00f3mico para suscribirse a los folletines literarios que lanzaban peri\u00f3dicos y revistas\u201d.<\/p>\n

In light of the rise of TV series, P\u00e9rez states that “there’s a mix of social, technological and artistic factors<\/strong>,”\u00a0 but “we must bear in mind that successful serialized stories are nothing new; they began to consolidate very clearly with the industrial revolution, when for the first time there were relatively large swathes of population who had the time and cultural and financial levels to subscribe to the serial novels published by newspapers and magazines.<\/p>\n