La simpatía hacia los personajes de ficción: un examen de los factores implicados desde la psicología social y la teoría fílmica cognitiva

• Víctor Aertsen ^[1]
  1. [1] Universidad Carlos III de Madrid

     Universidad Carlos III de Madrid

     Madrid, España

     
• Localización: Doxa Comunicación: revista interdisciplinar de estudios de comunicación y ciencias sociales, ISSN 1696-019X, Nº. 25, 2017, págs. 107-128
• Idioma: español
• DOI: 10.31921/doxacom.n25a5
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  • español

    La simpatía es el principal vínculo afectivo que el espectador establece con los personajes de ficción, siendo un prerrequisito necesario para la elicitación de otras emociones. Dada su importancia, el objetivo del presente artículo es detallar los diferentes factores que participan en su constitución, en un intento de ahondar en su comprensión. Para ello se recurre a diferentes trabajos enmarcados en el ámbito de la psicología social y la teoría fílmica cognitiva, se detallan algunos recursos textuales con los que las narraciones audiovisuales explotan cada factor concreto, y se reflexiona sobre los efectos que cada uno de ellos tiene sobre la simpatía y el resto de factores que la fundamentan

  • English

    Sympathy is the main affective bond that the viewer establishes with the fictional characters, being a necessary prerequisite for the elicitation of other emotions. Given its importance, the objective of this article is to detail the different factors involved in its constitution, in an attempt to delve into its understanding. To do it, we turn to different works framed in the field of social psychology and cognitive film theory, we describe some textual resources that audiovisual narratives use to exploit each particular factor, and we reflect on the effects that each of them has on sympathy and the other factors involved.

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