The audience studies reader
By: [edited by] Will Brooker and Deborah Jermyn.
Contributors: Brooker, Will, 1970-; Jermyn, Deborah, 1970-
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2002
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 347
Subjects: Motion picture audiences; Motion picture audiences -- Psychology; Television viewers; Television viewers -- Psychology; Reading
Description: "The Audience Studies Reader brings together key writings exploring questions of reception and interpretation, reprinting forgotten pieces and combining key essays with new research. Beginning with a general introduction to the Reader, each extract is placed in its historical context with specially written section prefaces and suggestions for further reading." "Organized chronologically and thematically, sections address: the paradigm shift - from effects to uses and gratifications; moral panic and censorship; the active audience and reading as resistance; shifts in screen theory - the spectator and the audience; the fan and the audience; gendering the audience; internet audiences, convergence and increased levels of interactivity; and nation and ethnicity. The conclusion discusses the effects of Internet overflow and the increased level of interactivity it seems to offer."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.