TY - GEN T1 - Watching Game of thrones : how audiences engage with dark television A1 - Barker, Martin, 1946- A1 - Smith, Clarissa A1 - Attwood, Feona LA - English PP - Manchester PB - Manchester University Press YR - 2021 UL - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/jstor_dda_on1255885097 AB - 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'. NO - 1 The remarkable phenomenon that is Game of Thrones2 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. CN - PN1992.77.G35 SN - 9781526152169 SN - 1526152169 SN - 9781526152183 SN - 1526152185 SN - 9781526152176 (hbk.) SN - 9781526152176 KW - Game of thrones (Television program) KW - Television viewers. KW - Fantasy television programs. KW - Téléspectateurs. KW - Émissions fantastiques télévisées. KW - viewers (observers) KW - Fantasy television programs KW - Television viewers ER -