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Book SynopsisMedia Marathoning analyzes readers’ focused engagement with story worlds. Drawing from qualitative studies of marathoners and textual analysis of commonly marathoned stories, this book presents a holistic look at the rewards, costs, and values that course through many marathoners’ experiences to chart the cultural implications of media marathoning.
Trade ReviewIn an era of binge-watching and streaming media, Lisa Glebatis Perks’s excellent Media Marathoning: Immersions in Morality will undoubtedly become a staple read. Through empirical audience data and textual analysis, Perks uncovers the moral lessons inscribed in our most popular texts. Whether you “media marathon” yourself or know someone lost for weeks in their own marathon session, this eminently readable volume will help you understand the people who love to binge and the texts they love to binge on. You may just find yourself, like the marathoners described in this book, unable to stop… -- Paul Booth, DePaul University
Perks’ Media Marathoning represents a much needed analysis of an increasingly popular and significant way we engage with popular media texts today. That we now increasingly use marathoning as a means to connect with our favorite movies, TV shows, books, and games whilst also sharing that experience with friends and family in a social setting represents a dramatic shift in how we understand the media and our relationship with it. Perks uniquely discusses this relationship and presents a thoroughly researched and fascinating book that fills a gap in current scholarship on media audiences, morality, and the evolving practices of media consumption. -- Lincoln Geraghty, University of Portsmouth
Table of ContentsChapter 1: A Walk through the Wardrobe Chapter 2: Behavioral Patterns Chapter 3: Emotional Involvement Chapter 4: Cognitive Involvement Chapter 5: Equipment for Living Morally Chapter 6: Technocrat Villain Chapter 7: Ordinary Hero Chapter 8: Puppeteer Chapter 9: Unlikely Alliance Chapter 10: Love and Friendships Chapter 11: The Untenable Position Chapter 12: Moral Ambiguity Chapter 13: Postmodern Immersion and Interactivity
