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Seeing, feeling, knowing: a case study of audience perspectives on screen documentary

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posted on 2023-06-08, 00:05 authored by Thomas AustinThomas Austin
Despite a blossoming of scholarly interest in screen documentary, audience perspectives remain significantly under-researched. This article is part of an attempt to redress such a neglect. It draws on a small study using questionnaires submitted by self-selected and largely middle-class cinemagoers who watched the French documentary Etre et Avoir. Key vectors of inquiry are: generic assumptions about documentary; issues of veracity and trust; distinctions between notions of the `authentic¿ and the inauthentic, the `sincere¿ and the contrived. In addition, the choice of film, cinema and, ultimately audience facilitates some insights into the cultural tastes and practices of the `professional middle class¿, including Francophilia.

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  • Published

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1749-8716

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1

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2

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  • Media and Film Publications

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To be replaced by single authored book: Watching the World: Screen Documentary Audiences (MUP) if published by Dec 2007 - Expected to be published by Dec 2007

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2012-02-06

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