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- This article describes findings from an online survey Science Fiction & Fantasy: Your Experiences, launched in November 2015 and closed 1 year later, which received 909 unique responses. The survey identified characteristics of readers of science fiction, their knowledge and experiences of works, authors, and subgenres.
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Jun 5, 2018 · The Science Fiction & Fantasy: Your Experiences survey was designed to gather information on who the readers of science fiction and fantasy are today, their attitudes toward science and scientists, and their reading preferences. To this purpose, the survey included questions on reading habits and genre preferences, attitudes toward science, and ...
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science communication, literature, demography, literacy, reading, culture, science fiction, fantasy, descriptive statistics, education
The aims of the survey were to seek answers to the following questions: The demographic characteristics of the science fic-tion and fantasy audience. How respondents perceive that science fiction is influencing attitudes to real science. what are their own perspectives on the benefits science fiction generates for science, how do they think science...
This article reports on the characteristics of a self-selecting audience on their attitudes to science fiction and science. The survey sought to address the research questions, and present findings alongside demographic characteristics to better iden-tify and describe the attitudes and preferences of respondents.
There is a moderate correlation between both age and gender and preferences for science fiction or the specific fantasy subgenre, with older males more likely to prefer science fic-tion rather than fantasy (Table 5), and older respondents gen-erally read more than younger ones.
The audience identified in this survey is characterized by openness to and belief in science, consistently high-volume reading, and a very high level of education. Respondents are sympathetic toward science and scientists, and believe that reading science fiction inspires scientific comprehension and positive attitudes to science and that reading s...
We would like to thank Todd Vandermark, Web Editor, Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, for his kind assistance in promoting our survey.
The author(s) declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.
The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: Menadue is the recipient of an Australian Postgraduate Award for his research. This research did not receive any specific grant from funding agencies in the public, commercial, or not-for-profit sectors.
Christopher Benjamin Menadue research is based in the digital humanities and the applied analysis of ephemeral literature. He currently works on how science fiction reflects human cultural values and experience, and how this can be inferred from people’s responses to and interests in science fiction narratives. He employs a combination of literary...
The survey identified characteristics of readers of science fiction, their knowledge and experiences of works, authors, and subgenres. It examined their attitudes to science and science fiction and their judgment of the similarity between real and fictional scientists.
- Christopher Benjamin Menadue, Susan Jacups
- 2018
The survey provides the researcher with information on how you have experienced Science Fiction & Fantasy literature in your life. If you know other people who might be interested in taking part, please feel free to pass on the link to this survey. If you have any questions please contact Ben Menadue and/or Richard Lansdown: .
This dataset contains the questions asked and the responses received between 11th November 2016 and 10th May 2017 to an online survey of the respondent's opinions on science fiction and fantasy. The responses are primarily related to reading and literature but also include film, television and other media.
The survey Science Fiction and Fantasy: Your Opinions (Menadue, 2017a) was created to address this phenomenological gap, for the purpose of discovering popular opinions on the nature, structure and definitions of science fiction and fantasy.
Jun 5, 2018 · This article describes findings from an online survey Science Fiction & Fantasy: Your Experiences, launched in November 2015 and closed 1 year later, which received 909 unique responses....
