Watching Game of thrones : how audiences engage with dark television /

How did audiences across the world engage with the blockbuster TV series Game of Thrones? This book presents the findings of a major research project that gathered the responses of more than 10,000 people. Its findings challenge many conventional approaches and open up new ways of thinking about the...

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Huvudupphovsmän: Barker, Martin, 1946- (Författare, medförfattare), Smith, Clarissa (Författare, medförfattare), Attwood, Feona (Författare, medförfattare)
Materialtyp: Licensed eBooks
Språk:engelska
Publicerad: Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2021.
Länkar:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/jj.21995669
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Sammanfattning:How did audiences across the world engage with the blockbuster TV series Game of Thrones? This book presents the findings of a major research project that gathered the responses of more than 10,000 people. Its findings challenge many conventional approaches and open up new ways of thinking about the value of contemporary 'fantasy'.
Beskrivning:1 The remarkable phenomenon that is <i>Game of Thrones</i>2 Generating a 'richly structured combination of data and discourses'3 Distinguishing different kinds of audience4 Favourite characters, favourite survivors5 The significance of favourite character choices6 Winter is coming...7 Conflicts and controversies8 Making predictions for an unpredictable worldPostscript: 'If you think this has a happy ending, you haven't been paying attention'Index.
Fysisk beskrivning:1 online resource
ISBN:9781526152169
1526152169
9781526152183
1526152185
9781526152176 (hbk.)
9781526152176