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Watching Game of Thrones: How Audiences Engage with Dark Television

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Watching Game of Thrones: How Audiences Engage with Dark Television
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Martin Barker
By (author) Clarissa Smith
By (author) Feona Attwood
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:208
Dimensions(mm): Height 234,Width 156
Category/GenreTelevision
Literary studies - fiction, novelists and prose writers
ISBN/Barcode 9781526171948
ClassificationsDewey:791.4572
Audience
General
Tertiary Education (US: College)
Professional & Vocational

Publishing Details

Publisher Manchester University Press
Imprint Manchester University Press
NZ Release Date 13 June 2023
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

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; and an account of two combined emotions - relish and anguish - which structure audiences' reactions to controversial elements in the series.

Author Biography

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 -- .