Spectator Positioning
Spectator Positioning is a theoretical construct within film reception studies that specifies the ideologically structured relationship between the viewer and the cinematic text, distinguishing itself by determining how narrative, visual, and auditory cues situate the audience within particular positions of identification, perception, and interpretation relative to the film’s ideological and symbolic framework.
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Viewing positions: ways of seeing film
Choice Reviews Online · 1995 · 442 citations
Moving viewers: American film and the spectator's experience
Choice Reviews Online · 2009 · 347 citations
Humanities, Film Studies, Media Arts +15
Choice Reviews Online · 1989 · 212 citations
Humanities, Film Studies, German +17
Perverse spectators: the practices of film reception
Choice Reviews Online · 2001 · 208 citations
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King's College School
London, United Kingdom
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1 publications
86 citations

Western University
London, Canada
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University of St Andrews
St Andrews, United Kingdom
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King's College London
London, United Kingdom
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Library of Virginia
Richmond, United States
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University of Maryland, College Park
College Park, United States
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Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Jerusalem, Israel
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Goldsmiths University of London
London, United Kingdom
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CRO · 12 publications · 1.8K citations
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JSSI · 1 publications · 13 citations
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CSMC · 1 publications · 45 citations
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