{"product_id":"audiences-nick-abercrombie-9780803989627","title":"Audiences: A Sociological Theory of Performance and Imagination","description":"Audiences are problematic and the study of audiences has represented a key site of activity in the social sciences and humanities. Offering a timely review of the past 50 years of theoretical and methodological debate \u003cb\u003eAudiences\u003c\/b\u003e argues the case for a paradigmatic shift in audience research.  \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis shift, argue the authors, is necessitated by the emergence of the  diffused audience′. Audience experience can no longer be simply classified as  simple′ or  mass′, for in modern advanced capitalist societies, people are members of an audience all the time. Being a member of an audience is no longer an exceptional event, nor even an everyday event, rather it is constitutive of everyday life. This book offers an invaluable rev\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Nick Abercrombie, Brian Longhurst\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0803989628\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780803989627\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Sage Publications Ltd\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/18\/1998\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.68lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.13h x 6.18w x 0.45d\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Nick Abercrombie","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44054509748479,"sku":"9780803989627","price":77.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_1e66732c-7820-4abb-9f87-3c180dc3764b.jpg?v=1685030364","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/audiences-nick-abercrombie-9780803989627","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}