scholarly journals L’expérience du quotidien dans Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Mise au point ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hélène Monnet-Cantagrel
Keyword(s):  
Buffy The Vampire Slayer

Public Service Motivation in Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Public Voices ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 67 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sharon Mastracci
Keyword(s):  
Popular Culture ◽  
Public Service ◽  
Public Service Motivation ◽  
Public Servants ◽  
Buffy The Vampire Slayer ◽  
The Public ◽  
American Popular Culture ◽  
Public Servant ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
The Individual

In this paper, the author examines public service as depicted in the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer (BtVS). First, she shows how slaying meets the economist’s definition of a public good, using the BtVS episode “Flooded” (6.04). Second, she discusses public service motivation (PSM) to determine whether or not Buffy, a public servant, operates from a public service ethic. Relying on established measures and evidence from shooting scripts and episode transcripts, the author concludes Buffy is a public servant motivated by a public service ethic. In this way, BtVS informs scholarship on public service by broadening the concept of PSM beyond the public sector; prompting one to wonder whether it is located in a sector, an occupation, or in the individual. These conclusions allow the author to situate Buffy alongside other idealized public servants in American popular culture.

scholarly journals American Telefantasy: An Introduction

2012 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sophie Halliday ◽  
Rhys Owain Thomas
Keyword(s):  
Science Fiction ◽  
Doctor Who ◽  
Fair Share ◽  
Buffy The Vampire Slayer ◽  
Battlestar Galactica ◽  
The Walking Dead ◽  
Park Avenue ◽  
General Capacity ◽  
True Blood ◽  
Horror Story

Television schedules are rife with Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror. The re-launched Doctor Who and its prime-time Saturday night stablemate, Merlin spearhead the rise of contemporary British Telefantasy (Being Human, Misfits et al.).  Meanwhile, their American equivalents attract audiences of millions, extensive media attention and, since Peter Dinklage’s Emmy and Golden Globe-winning performance in Game of Thrones, widespread critical acclaim through mainstream industry awards.  Histories of “quality” television are awash with examples of American Telefantasy that have left an indelible impression on popular cultural (and even socio-political) imaginaries; Star Trek, The X-Files, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Lost, and Battlestar Galactica all being enduringly popular examples. As American television networks prepare to launch their all-important “Fall” schedules, ushering in a new year of programming, it is evident that Telefantasy will continue to garner its fair share of TV viewers’ attention – whether due to hotly-anticipated debuts (666 Park Avenue, Arrow, The Neighbors, Revolution), finales (Fringe), provocative content (American Horror Story, True Blood, The Walking Dead, or a general capacity to entertain, bewitch or amuse (Community), Falling Skies, Grimm, Once Upon a Time, Supernatural).

Medienanalyse

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sven Grampp
Keyword(s):  
Buffy The Vampire Slayer

Dieses Lehrbuch stellt medienübergreifend unterschiedliche Analysezugriffe vor, so dass der Leser befähigt wird, mediale Kontexte unterschiedlich zu analysieren. Dargestellt am konkreten Beispiel der Fernsehserie Buffy the Vampire Slayer bezieht sich das Lehrbuch ebenso auf die Bereiche Fotografie, Film, Comic oder Computerspiel.

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