TY - BOOK AU - Maya Götz PY - 2014 CY - Berlin, Germany PB - Peter Lang Verlag SN - 9783653043044 TI - TV-Hero(in)es of Boys and Girls T2 - Reception Studies of Favorite Characters DO - 10.3726/978-3-653-04304-4 UR - https://www.peterlang.com/document/1048052 N2 - Out of all the media that today’s children encounter, what makes a particular TV character a child’s favorite? Based on 80 case studies, in-depth fan studies and standardized surveys with over 5,000 children between the ages six and twelve in Germany, this book elucidates how girls and boys use TV characters in their everyday lives and their identity work. KW - TV heros, fan studies, TV characters, identification, television characters: LA - English ER -