Audience Genre Expectations in the Age of Digital Media

- Seeks to bridge the divide between scholarly work on critical aesthetics vs. audience expectations in relation to film and television studies.
- Draws on a comprehensive and original data-set from a national survey that examined audience perceptions of film genres and television formats, associated viewing patterns, and the current usage of streaming and other newer moving image adjuncts.
- Reflects on how the pandemic has impacted viewing patterns and genre and format expectations moving forward.