A Reflection of Reality or a Departure from it? Binge-Watching Netflix and Building Reality

Abstract

The study depends on the theoretical level of the constructivist approach, and the coding and decoding model of Stuart Hall, where the advocates of the constructivist approach see that building reality is linked to social interactions and the individual’s subjectivity in building this reality. Social political as he receives from the dramatic content of Netflix digital series.

It was not clear that there is a relationship between the patterns of exposure to television drama shown on the Netflix platform and the construction of meanings related to issues in general (political-social) among the Egyptian youth. TV series, these factors are represented in several external variables such as upbringing, the nature of society, and the educational system to which the individual was exposed. This result is consistent with the assumptions of the theory of meaning construction, which assumes that when a person learns, he associates the information he receives with the subjective meanings he possesses, and then compares them.