Much More than a Narrative Genre. Theoretical and Research Perspectives on Medical Drama

Stefania Antonioni is associate professor of Television Studies at the Department of Communication, Humanities and International Studies of the University of Urbino Carlo Bo. Her research interests include transmedia narratives, audience reception online and offline, TV serial narratives, visual studies. She authored the book Imagining. Serialità, narrazioni cinematografiche e fotografia nella pubblicità contemporanea (2016) and several articles, among which “‘SKAM Italia Did it Again’: The Multiple Lives of a Format Adaptation from Production to Audience Experience”, in Critical Studies in Television 16(4) 2021 (with L. Barra and C. Checcaglini); “From Parenthood to Tutto può succedere: Ready-made elements and cultural translation”, in VIEW Journal of European Television History & Culture 9(17) 2020 (with C. Checcaglini).

Marta Rocchi is junior lecturer at the Department of Arts at the University of Bologna. Her research interests concern data-driven approaches for the study of narrative ecosystems, gender inequalities in the audiovisual industry and climate change communications in screen industry. Her publications include a book, several papers in peer-reviewed journals and a book chapter. She was curator of special section of SERIES journal on “Making Models of Contemporary Serial Media Products”. Among her most recent publications are: “Modeling Narrative Features in TV Series: Coding and Clustering Analysis” (2022 with G. Pescatore), “Environmental Misinformation and Audiovisual Serial Narratives: An Automatic Analysis of the Twitter Social Discursiveness on Seaspiracy” (2022), “Women’s Labour in TV Series Production: A Comparative Analysis of Italian Generalist TV and Pay Platforms (2016-2019)” (2023).