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Från spel till bok : adaption av spel till böcker och deras möjligheter

Bramnert, Karl LU (2014) FBMK11 20141
Division of Publishing Studies
Abstract
The paper looks at books that have been adapted from games to see how a relationship between these two medias have changed how the book are portrayed on their cover. To investigate how the covers have been portrayed it looks at several books that have been adapted from a game. The covers are then analyzed based on, how much they limit themselves to their targeted audience, how strong position they give to the authors name, and the genus perspective they portray on their covers. This is done to illustrate how the covers of the book are portrayed to reflect how strongly tied they are to the franchise around the game and how much more attention the franchise gets in contrast to the authors name and the publishers. The paper also looks at the... (More)
The paper looks at books that have been adapted from games to see how a relationship between these two medias have changed how the book are portrayed on their cover. To investigate how the covers have been portrayed it looks at several books that have been adapted from a game. The covers are then analyzed based on, how much they limit themselves to their targeted audience, how strong position they give to the authors name, and the genus perspective they portray on their covers. This is done to illustrate how the covers of the book are portrayed to reflect how strongly tied they are to the franchise around the game and how much more attention the franchise gets in contrast to the authors name and the publishers. The paper also looks at the hyper masculine ideals that are portrayed and question what opportunities these traits give these books on the market in contrast to other books. (Less)
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author
Bramnert, Karl LU
supervisor
organization
course
FBMK11 20141
year
type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
Adaption, Hyper-maskulinitet, Författarnamn, Målgrupp, Omslag, Peritext, Spel, Spelbok, Warhammer
language
English
id
4778346
date added to LUP
2014-11-18 15:07:51
date last changed
2014-11-18 15:07:51
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  abstract     = {{The paper looks at books that have been adapted from games to see how a relationship between these two medias have changed how the book are portrayed on their cover. To investigate how the covers have been portrayed it looks at several books that have been adapted from a game. The covers are then analyzed based on, how much they limit themselves to their targeted audience, how strong position they give to the authors name, and the genus perspective they portray on their covers. This is done to illustrate how the covers of the book are portrayed to reflect how strongly tied they are to the franchise around the game and how much more attention the franchise gets in contrast to the authors name and the publishers. The paper also looks at the hyper masculine ideals that are portrayed and question what opportunities these traits give these books on the market in contrast to other books.}},
  author       = {{Bramnert, Karl}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Från spel till bok : adaption av spel till böcker och deras möjligheter}},
  year         = {{2014}},
}