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.
Publisher: Manchester University Press
ISBN: 9781526171948
Number of pages: 208
Weight: 304 g
Dimensions: 234 x 156 x 11 mm
'Watching Game of Thrones offers a valuable contribution to large-scale audience research projects and to Game of Thrones scholarship.'Critical Studies on Television - .
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