Book Review: Martin Barker, Clarissa Smith and Feona Attwood, Watching Game of Thrones: How Audiences Engage with Dark Television (Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2021)

Louise Coopey

doi:10.16995/os.8021

Book Review: Martin Barker, Clarissa Smith and Feona Attwood, Watching Game of Thrones: How Audiences Engage with Dark Television (Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2021)

Open Screens ◽

10.16995/os.8021 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 4 (2) ◽

Author(s):

Louise Coopey

Keyword(s):

Game Of Thrones

Martin Barker, Clarissa Smith and Feona Attwood, Watching Game of Thrones: How Audiences Engage with Dark Television (Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2021), pp. vii – 200, ISBN: 9781526152176 (hb), £80.00.

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Book Review: Critical Library Pedagogy Handbook, Volume 1: Essays and Workbook Activities

Reference & User Services Quarterly ◽

10.5860/rusq.56n3.211a ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 56 (3) ◽

pp. 211

Author(s):

Calantha Tillotson

Keyword(s):

Information Literacy ◽

Literacy Instruction ◽

Donald Trump ◽

High Quality ◽

New Techniques ◽

Information Literacy Instruction ◽

Job Duties ◽

Game Of Thrones

As a librarian whose primary passion and daily job duties center on information literacy instruction, I find myself constantly searching for new techniques and resources to engage my students. To combat the dreaded vacant expressions and deafening silence brought to required library sessions by uninterested students, I do my research and plan, plan, plan. I talk about Beyoncé and Game of Thrones and Donald Trump. I wrap critical discussions in goofy jokes and friendly smiles, and I fervently hope that students leave my classroom with enjoyable memories and a smattering of knowledge about the power of information literacy. To convey this knowledge, I strive to use the most thought-provoking, discussion-based activities possible, and I am delighted to announce that Pagowsky and McElroy’s Critical Library Pedagogy Handbook(s) (2016) provide exactly the type of high-quality, thoughtful, progressive resources that every instruction librarian needs.

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