Film Audiences

Personal Journeys with Film

Bridgette Wessels, Peter Merrington, Matthew Hanchard , David Forrest

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English

Manchester University Press
03 January 2023

Film theory & criticism; Film & movie: styles & genres

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.

By: Bridgette Wessels, Peter Merrington, Matthew Hanchard, David Forrest
With: the Beyond the Multiplex Team
Imprint: Manchester University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm, Spine: 17mm
Weight: 603g
ISBN: 9781526157829
ISBN 10: 1526157829
Pages: 304
Publication Date: 03 January 2023
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Bridgette Wessels is Professor of Social Inequality at the University of Glasgow.

Reviews for Film Audiences: Personal Journeys with Film

'...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 -- .