Landry Digeon

The present research analyzes the inequality of gender representation in transnational TV series. For this purpose, a content analysis was carried out on 18 episodes of the US crime show Law & Order: Criminal Intent and its French adaptation Paris Enquêtes Criminelles. To conduct this research, we used the artificial intelligence toolkit the Möbius Trip, which is equipped with a gender and emotion recognition feature and relies on big data. The main findings indicate that male characters overwhelmingly dominate the onscreen time equally in both the US and the French versions. The data also show that male characters are more emotionally expressive and that women tend to display a wider range of emotions. The French characters are slightly more emotionally expressive than their American counterparts. The data also suggest that male characters tend to display violent behavior and that female characters tend to be portrayed as a victim in both versions of the show. The emotions-related results show a trend, but the difference of emotions between male and female characters and between the French and American cultures remain fairly narrow.

This article elucidates a typology for cross-culturally comparing different versions of television formats. Digital tools are used to derive quantitative data based on temporal parameters of episode or genre of the narrative structure, content, and sequencing. Type one, which we also call " transposed narratives, " retains the narrative structure and sequencing while extending and expanding the narrative structure to readjust to longer broadcast times. Type two, which we call 'transmutated narratives,' redistributes and reorganizes the narrative structure and sequencing to adjust to both extended broadcast time and other culturally relevant proximity issues. Type three adaptations display genre structure similarities while narrative structure, sequencing and content diverge. These we call 'derived narratives.'

Media Literacy and Academic Research is a high-quality open access peer- reviewed journal focused on the academic reflection of media and information literacy issues, media education, critical thinking, digital media and new trends in related areas of media and communication studies. The journal is devoted to addressing contemporary issues and future developments related to the interdisciplinary academic discussion, the results of empirical research and the mutual interaction of expertise in media and information studies, education studies as well as their sociological, psychological, political, linguistic and technological aspects.

Media Literacy and Academic Research - Vol.4, No.1 (2021)

Content:

(1)Transnational TV Series Adaptations: What Artificial Intelligence Can Tell US About Gender Inequality in France and the UsCritical Media Literacy in the Googleburg Galaxy.
(2) Explanatory Journalism – A New Way How to Communicate in Digital Era.
(3) A Qualitative Study on People’s Experiences of Covid-19 Media Literacy.
(4) Security Risks of Sharing Content Based on Minors by Their Family Members On Social Media In Times Of Technology Interference.
(5) The Slogan Effect: The Power of Brand Discourse in Liking and Purchasing Behaviour.
(6) Asynchronous and Synchronous Distance Learning of English as a Foreign Language.
(7) Media Development in Post-Conflict Societies (Kosovo Case).
(8) On Perspectives of Teacher Training and Understanding of Their Digital Competencies as Determinants of Digital Education.
(9) Self-Government Activity on Social Media as an Information Source to Cover Local Issues: Slovak And Ukrainian Journalists’ Views.
(10) Media Literacy and Mobilizing Children: The Image of Child in Automobile Ads.
(11) „Media Invasion“ Against Islam in the Context of the Slovak Republic.
(12) Privacy on the Internet Concerning Generation Z in Bosnia and Herzegovina.