Research Institute for Social Sciences

BA (Hons) Professional Media: Advertising, University of Gloucestershire

MA Cultural and Media Studies, University of the West of England

My PhD project is an online ethnography of the fan community of the A Song of Ice and Fire novels and the Game of Thrones television adaptation.

George R. R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire novel series (1991-current) has recently erupted from the status of little-known work of fiction to the source material of Game of Thrones (2011-current), the most pirated television show of 2012.  In summary, the research covers: expectations and pleasure, tensions in discussions about representations of nudity, the embodiment of literary characters, fans’ relationships with producers, textual boundaries, and the relationship between visual imagery and mental images. 

Supervisors: Dr Nick Bentley and Dr Siobhan Holohan