TY - BOOK ID - 77890470 TI - Perverse Spectators PY - 2000 SN - 0585318832 9780585318837 9780814771181 0814771181 081478139X 0814781381 9780814781395 9780814781388 PB - New York, NY DB - UniCat KW - Film KW - Film criticism. KW - Motion picture audiences. KW - Motion pictures -- Philosophy. KW - Motion picture audiences KW - Film criticism KW - Motion pictures KW - Music, Dance, Drama & Film KW - Philosophy KW - Cinema KW - Feature films KW - Films KW - Movies KW - Moving-pictures KW - Audio-visual materials KW - Mass media KW - Performing arts KW - Motion picture criticism KW - Moving-picture criticism KW - Criticism KW - Film audiences KW - Filmgoers KW - Moviegoers KW - Moving-picture audiences KW - History and criticism KW - Evaluation KW - Audiences KW - Philosophy in motion pictures. KW - PERFORMING ARTS KW - Film. KW - Philosophy. KW - Film & Video KW - History & Criticism. KW - USA. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77890470 AB - Film and television have never been as prevalent or watched than they are now, yet we still have little understanding of how people process and make use of what they see. Though we acknowledge the enormous role the media plays in our culture, we only have a vague sense of how it actually influences our attitudes and desires. In this work, Janet Staiger argues that studying the interpretative methods of spectators within their historical contexts is both possible and necessary to understand the role the media plays in culture and in our personal lives. This analytical approach is applied to top ER -