Data and doctor doom: an empirical approach to transmedia characters

By:

Mark, Hibbett

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Palgrave Studies in Comics and Graphic NovelsPublication details: Springer Cham 2024Description: xvi, 300 pISBN:

9783031451720

DDC classification:

741.5944 MAR

Summary: This book defines a straightforward way to analyse fictional characters through data. It shows how a data-led approach can produce rich analyses of characters, their surrounding storyworlds, and their authors across time and different types of media. It uses the Marvel Comics’ character, Doctor Doom as its main case study, and demonstrates the advantages of this approach by comparing the results to those taken from a survey of fan attitudes. It also uses the methodology to analyse the differences between the American and British characters who share the name "Dennis The Menace". Finally, it offers a range of further uses for the tool. All datasets and tools are made available to download, so that other researchers can use the methodology and compare their own results to those generated in the book. (https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-45173-7)

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Book	Indian Institute of Management LRC General Stacks	Non-fiction	741.5944 MAR (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		008266

Table of contents:
Table of contents (6 chapters)
Front Matter
Pages i-xvi
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Introduction
Mark Hibbett
Pages 1-7
Methodology
Mark Hibbett
Pages 9-49
The Corpus and Sample
Mark Hibbett
Pages 51-108
Analysis
Mark Hibbett
Pages 109-182
A Tale Of Two Menaces
Mark Hibbett
Pages 183-203
Discussion
Mark Hibbett
Pages 205-229
Back Matter
Pages 231-302

[https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-45173-7]

This book defines a straightforward way to analyse fictional characters through data. It shows how a data-led approach can produce rich analyses of characters, their surrounding storyworlds, and their authors across time and different types of media. It uses the Marvel Comics’ character, Doctor Doom as its main case study, and demonstrates the advantages of this approach by comparing the results to those taken from a survey of fan attitudes. It also uses the methodology to analyse the differences between the American and British characters who share the name "Dennis The Menace". Finally, it offers a range of further uses for the tool. All datasets and tools are made available to download, so that other researchers can use the methodology and compare their own results to those generated in the book.

(https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-45173-7)

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