The Geopolitical Audience

Watching Quantum of Solace (2008) in London

Bibliographic Data

ID12780605
AuthorsJason Dittmer (0000-0002-1022-4978, UCL Australia, corresponding author), Klaus Dodds (0000-0001-5074-0662, Royal Holloway University of London)
Year2013
Volume11
Issue1
Pages76-91
Publication date2013-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenuePopular Communication (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1540-5702 • E-ISSN: 1540-5710
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/15405702.2013.747938
OpenAlexW2086822681
LanguageEN
Citations received33
References cited36

This article argues for the intersection of popular geopolitics and audience studies in audience power. This is demonstrated through a survey of viewers attending the James Bond film Quantum of Solace (QoS) at three theatres in the greater London area. Geography emerged as relevant to audiences in three forms. First, geography was understood as a catalyst for resource-based wars, providing an opportunity to reflect on these conflicts and their future likelihood. Second, geography serves as a difference engine for producing tension and excitement. Finally, geography emerged through the situatedness of viewing and rhizomatic nature of subjectivity. However, these geographies must be understood as part of a larger geopolitical assemblage that is animated by audience power. In conclusion, we argue for an understanding of geopolitical space as constituted through audiences’ constituent power to produce topologies. While audiences did not transform QoS into a radical text, this potential remains latent

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