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 audiences.
'...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
Bridgette Wessels is Professor of Social Inequality at the University of Glasgow
Peter Merrington is Lecturer in the Business of the Creative and Cultural Industries at the University of York
Matthew Hanchard is Research Associate in Sociology at the University of Sheffield
David Forrest is Professor of Film and Television Studies at the University of Sheffield
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
Index