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Film audiences

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This book is paradigm-shifting in the study of film audiences. It develops new theory on audiences as a process and new methodology for studying audiences based on extensive new empirical data on a...
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Reception studies have made film audiences increasingly visible, while surveys track trends and policymakers gather information about audience preferences and demographics. But little attention has been paid to the specific contextual relationships and interactions between films and individuals that generate and sustain audiences. This monograph develops the idea of audiences as interactive and relational, introducing three innovative concepts: ‘personal film journeys’, five types of audience formations and five geographies of film provision. A major challenge of audience research is how to capture the richness of people’s social and cultural engagement with film. To achieve this, the book uses an innovative mixed-methods research and computational ontology. It develops ground-breaking theory and concepts and an innovative methodology based on an extensive data-set derived from the under-researched area of British regional film audiences.
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Price: £85.00
Pages: 304
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Imprint: Manchester University Press
Publication Date: 20 December 2022
ISBN: 9781526157829
Format: Hardcover
BISACs:

PERFORMING ARTS / Film / History & Criticism, Film: styles and genres, PERFORMING ARTS / Film / General, PERFORMING ARTS / Film / Reference, Films, cinema, Film history, theory or criticism
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'...this monograph proves to be pragmatic, pithy, and confident in its analysis and development of film audience studies. Its contributors intelligently detail patterns and logical assessments of the nature of film audiences through a synthesis of qualitative and quantitative data.'
Alphaville: Journal of Film and Screen Media

1 Introduction: understanding contemporary film audiences
2 Understanding audiences: conceptualising and analysing film audiences
3 Film audiences in English regions: research context and methodology
4 Film provision: film policy and film distribution
5 Geographies of film provision: places, venues and screens
6 Personal film journeys: engaging with film during the lifecourse
7 Finding and sharing meaning in specialised films
8 Five types of audience experiences: relations and interactions amongst audiences, films and screens
9 The audience as a process: concepts, relations and interactions
10 Conclusion: audience as a process – personal film journeys, regional film provision and lived film experience
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