Watching Game of Thrones: How Audiences Engage with Dark Television
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Watching Game of Thrones: How Audiences Engage with Dark Television
By (Author) Martin Barker
By (author) Clarissa Smith
By (author) Feona Attwood
Manchester University Press
Manchester University Press
30th March 2021
United Kingdom
Classifications
General
Non Fiction
Film, TV and Radio industries
Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers
791.4572
Physical Properties
Hardback
208
Width 156mm, Height 234mm, Spine 13mm
Description
The first major study of Game of Thronesaudiences, presenting findings to understanding fantasy in contemporary societies.
Game of Thrones was an international sensation, and has been looked at from many different angles. But to date there has been little research into its audiences: who they were, how they engaged with and responded to it. This book presents the findings of a major international research project that garnered more than 10,000 responses to an innovative 'qualiquantitative' questionnaire. Among its findings are:
- A new way of understanding the place and role of favourite characters in audiences' responses
- New insights into the role of fantasy in encouraging thinking about our own world
- An account of two combined emotions relish and anguish which structure audiences' reactions to controversial elements in the series
Author Bio
Martin Barker is Emeritus Professor in the Department of Theatre, Film and Television Studies at Aberystwyth University and Visiting Professor at UWE Bristol
Clarissa Smith is Professor in the Department of Arts at Northumbria University
Feona Attwood is an editor of the journals Sexualities and Porn Studies
