Watching Game of Thrones: How Audiences Engage with Dark Television

Martin Barker; Clarissa Smith; Feona Attwood

Watching Game of Thrones: How Audiences Engage with Dark Television

Martin Barker, Clarissa Smith, Feona Attwood

Research output: Book/Report › Book › peer-review

Abstract

Game of Thrones attracted unprecedented media attention, winning over 200 awards during its 8 year run, with its final season nominated for a record breaking 32 Emmys. The finale won the Emmy for outstanding Drama series and was watched by 19.3 million viewers. Our book takes Game of Thrones as its subject and is based on one of the most ambitious audience research projects ever undertaken with more than 10,000 completions, giving more than 3 million words of response and debate around the series.

Original language	English
Place of Publication	Manchester
Publisher	Manchester University Press
Number of pages	208
ISBN (Electronic)	978-1-5261-5216-9
ISBN (Print)	978-1-5261-5217-6
Publication status	Published - 1 Apr 2021

Keywords

Audiences for Game of Thrones
Favourite characters, favourite survivors
Winter is coming

1 Invited talk
1 Oral presentation

Sansa & Ramsay Audience Reactions
Smith, C. (Speaker)
1 Oct 2021
Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
Critical Studies in Television Slow Covid-Safe Conference 2021
Smith, C. (Speaker)
19 Jul 2021 → 6 Aug 2021
Activity: Talk or presentation › Oral presentation

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