Watching "Game of Thrones": how audiences engage with dark television

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 g...

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Main Authors: Barker, Martin 1946- (Author), Smith, Clarissa (Author), Attwood, Feona 1964- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Manchester, UK Manchester University Press 2021
Edition:First published
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Online Access:DE-188
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Summary: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.
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (viii, 200 Seiten) Diagramme
ISBN:9781526152183
9781526152169
DOI:10.7765/9781526152183

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