Netflix as the “upside down” nostalgia platform

clues from Stranger things

  • Maximiano Duval da Silva Cirne Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos (UNISINOS)
  • Gustavo Daudt Fischer Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos

Abstract

We discuss, from a brief flânerie in images associated with Netflix through the user’s browsing experience on the platform and through publications on social networks, the idea of ​​an “inversion” (or turn upside down) of the senses that initially associate nostalgia with melancholic pain for the passage of time to become a communicative practice whose purpose is to generate well-being and interaction with the public. As a trend in audiovisual culture aimed at the consumption of nostalgic experiences, Netflix appears in our results, with emphasis on the series Stranger things (2016), as the “upside down” nostalgia platform, since it strains the most common senses of the term.

Author Biography

Gustavo Daudt Fischer, Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos

Professor da Escola da Indústria Criativa da Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos (UNISINOS). Doutor em Ciências da Comunicação pela UNISINOS. Docente do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências da Comunicação da Unisinos e coordenador do grupo de pesquisa Audiovisualidades e Tecnocultura: Comunicação, Memória e Design. Bolsista PQ2 do CNPq. E-mail gfischer@unisinos.br

Published
2023-12-17