Media, Culture & Nostalgia: Craft or Comfort?

For the course project, I made a video essay where I invite you to think about the motivation behind your media consumption habits under the influence of nostalgia: is it because the content is actually good, or is it just familiar?

For some reason I cannot embed the URL (from both YouTube and Leiden’s Video Portal), but here is a picture of the thumbnail and you can find the links right below it:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NlvmonHYjYc

https://video.leidenuniv.nl/media/t/1_955npewh

I hope this provides you with some insights! Let me know your thoughts in the comments 🙂

Sources

Anemoia: the psychology behind feeling nostalgic for a time you’ve never known

Nostalgia reimagined

The Mere Exposure Effect Lizardi, R. (2015). Mediated nostalgia: Individual memory and contemporary mass media. Lexington Books.

Jameson, F. (1991). Postmodernism, or, the cultural logic of late capitalism. Duke University Press.

Movie/TV Show List

Whisper of the Heart

Gossip Girl

The Princess Diaries 2

Gilmore Girls

My Neighbour Totoro

Back to the Future

Avatar: The Last Airbender (original animation and Netflix live action)

Mufasa: The Lion King

The Lion King

Barbie