Same . . . yet Other: Interpersonal Communication across Alternate Worlds
This chapter explores the way in which the series Fringe portrays the presence of difference between versions of the same person existing in multiple worlds. Fringe offers a unique opportunity to consider in detail the question of interpersonal communication and what might be termed ‘experiential’ o...
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| description | This chapter explores the way in which the series Fringe portrays the presence of difference between versions of the same person existing in multiple worlds. Fringe offers a unique opportunity to consider in detail the question of interpersonal communication and what might be termed ‘experiential’ otherness, for example, by comparing interactions with Olivia against those with Alt-Olivia, and interactions with Walter and against those with Walternate, etc. The chapter is therefore able to analyse the series’ portrayal of the otherness that results between people that are ostensibly the ‘same’, while also being different from each other, in terms of their emotional, intellectual and physical skills, because of their particular life experiences and sociocultural positioning. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-168882023-02-13T08:01:37Z Same . . . yet Other: Interpersonal Communication across Alternate Worlds Sandry, Eleanor Tanya R. Cochran Sherry Ginn Paul Zinder television Self-other relations communication theory science fiction This chapter explores the way in which the series Fringe portrays the presence of difference between versions of the same person existing in multiple worlds. Fringe offers a unique opportunity to consider in detail the question of interpersonal communication and what might be termed ‘experiential’ otherness, for example, by comparing interactions with Olivia against those with Alt-Olivia, and interactions with Walter and against those with Walternate, etc. The chapter is therefore able to analyse the series’ portrayal of the otherness that results between people that are ostensibly the ‘same’, while also being different from each other, in terms of their emotional, intellectual and physical skills, because of their particular life experiences and sociocultural positioning. 2014 Book Chapter http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/16888 McFarland restricted |
| spellingShingle | television Self-other relations communication theory science fiction Sandry, Eleanor Same . . . yet Other: Interpersonal Communication across Alternate Worlds |
| title | Same . . . yet Other: Interpersonal Communication across Alternate Worlds |
| title_full | Same . . . yet Other: Interpersonal Communication across Alternate Worlds |
| title_fullStr | Same . . . yet Other: Interpersonal Communication across Alternate Worlds |
| title_full_unstemmed | Same . . . yet Other: Interpersonal Communication across Alternate Worlds |
| title_short | Same . . . yet Other: Interpersonal Communication across Alternate Worlds |
| title_sort | same . . . yet other: interpersonal communication across alternate worlds |
| topic | television Self-other relations communication theory science fiction |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/16888 |