Fall 2020 RCGD Seminar Series – “Stories & Streams: Audiences and Entertainment in the Digital Age”

Entertainment as Depletion or Replenishment

Monday, October 5, 2020 (3:45 PM – 5:00 PM)

Celebrating Your Circle of Life: Audience Responses to Nostalgic Entertainment

Monday, October 12, 2020 (3:45 PM – 5:00 PM)

Can Entertainment Change the World?: Entertainment Media and Socially Conscious Experiences

Monday, October 19, 2020 (3:45 PM – 5:00 PM)

Interpersonal Relations in Narrative Fiction, Real-Life, and In-between (*pre-recorded)

Monday, October 26, 2020 (3:45 PM – 5:00 PM)

Pop Culture Characters as Avatars and Extensions of the Self: On Dynamic Audience Involvement and Dual Empathy

Monday, November 2, 2020 (3:45 PM – 5:00 PM)

Roundtable Discussion

Monday, November 9, 2020 (3:45 PM – 5:00 PM)

Political Sorting in U.S. Entertainment Media Selection

Monday, November 30, 2020 (3:45 PM – 5:00 PM)