Screen Comedy and Online Audiences

This book examines audience responses to TV, film, and web comedy posted to online facilities such as Twitter, Facebook, review sites, blogs and message boards. Bore demonstrates some of the ways in which we can adapt theories of humour and comedy to examine the practices of contemporary screen audiences, while offering new insights in

List of contents

1. Introduction

2. Comedy and comedian fandom: Parks and Recreation on Tumblr

3. Women in Hollywood comedy: P/reviewing Bridesmaids and Ghostbusters

4. National and transnational comedy: Lilyhammer on NRK and Netflix

5. Black web comedy: Brothers With No Game on YouTube

6. Sitcom audiences and genre developments: Everybody Hates Chris, Miranda and Gavin & Stacey

7. Reviewing romcom: (500) Days of Summer on IMDb

8. Comedy and transgression: Pinning Amy Schumer

9. Unintentional comedy and comic failure: Tommy Wiseau fandom on reddit

About the author

Inger-Lise Kalviknes Bore is Senior Lecturer in Media and Cultural Theory in the School of Media at Birmingham City University, UK.

Summary

This book examines audience responses to TV, film, and web comedy posted to online facilities such as Twitter, Facebook, review sites, blogs and message boards. Bore demonstrates some of the ways in which we can adapt theories of humour and comedy to examine the practices of contemporary screen audiences, while offering new insights in

Product details

• Authors: Inger-Lise Kalviknes Bore, Inger-Lise Kalviknes (Birmingham City Univer Bore, Bore Inger-Lise Kalviknes
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 10.12.2019
• EAN: 9780367869700
• ISBN: 978-0-367-86970-0
• No. of pages: 182
• Series: Routledge Research in Cultural and Media Studies
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > IT, data processing > Data communication, networks; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Media Studies, PERFORMING ARTS / Television / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies, PERFORMING ARTS / Comedy, Other performing arts, PERFORMING ARTS / Film / General, COMPUTERS / Internet / Social Media, COMPUTERS / Design, Graphics & Media / General, Graphical and digital media applications, COMPUTERS / Internet / Blogging