The Lord of the Rings and ?Identification?: A Critical Encounter
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Department of Theatre, Film & Television Studies Lord Of The Rings research |
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23/06/2008
23/06/2008
2005
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Resumo |
Barker, M. (2005) 'The Lord of the Rings and 'identification': a critical encounter', European Journal of Communication, 20, 3, 353-378 Sponsorship: This research was made possible by a grant from the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC Grant No. 000-22-0323) The concept of ?identification? remains a commonly called-upon resource for considering how media audiences might be influenced into taking up moral and cultural positions. Yet very little empirical evidence exists to support its claims; and recent critical conceptual work has significantly undermined many constituent parts of it. This article draws upon the very large data set gathered in the course of the Lord of the Rings international audience research project, to mount critical tests of the concept?s claims. The article then uses a combination of quantitative and qualitative evidence to explore the different bases on which audiences chose nine of the films? characters as their favourites. An alternative approach to theorizing audience relations to characters is briefly outlined. Peer reviewed |
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26 |
Identificador |
Barker , M 2005 , ' The Lord of the Rings and ?Identification?: A Critical Encounter ' European Journal of Communication , vol 20 , no. 3 , pp. 353-378 . DOI: 10.1177/0267323105055262 1460-3705 PURE: 76936 PURE UUID: 8ed834c6-1f80-4031-9b5e-4a2731dd0b04 dspace: 2160/590 |
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eng |
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European Journal of Communication |
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