Game of Thrones was an international sensation and the subject of intense debate, winning over 200 awards during its 8 year run, with a controversial finale watched by more than 19 million viewers.

 

This book, written with Martin Barker and Clarissa Smith, is based on one of the most ambitious audience research projects ever undertaken with more than 10,000 responses from Game of Thrones audience members.

 

The book presents new ways of understanding different kinds of audience, the significance of favourite characters, the role of fantasy in encouraging thinking about our own world, and how audiences understand and engage with controversial forms of representation.