This article addresses the question of how dystopian fiction can produce civic and ideological connections among audiences. To this end, we have drawn from different theoretical perspectives on public connectivity to show how audience involvement with fictional entertainment can forge clear links with the political sphere. In short, we offer a qualitative reception study that has yielded six features of dystopias: cognition, rejection of socially negative themes, warning, speculation, ideology, and narcosis. These features are empirically grounded in extensive qualitative research. Finally, based on the participants’ responses, we have proposed a specific reception strategy for the dystopian genre: dystopian imaginative engagement.

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“信仰发起并引导行动——否则什么都不做”：对观看和阅读反乌托邦小说的政治功能的探索

本文讨论了反乌托邦小说如何在观众之间产生公民和意识形态联系的问题。为此，我们从公共连通性的不同理论角度出发，展示了观众参与虚构娱乐如何与政治领域建立清晰的联系。简而言之，我们提供了一项定性接受研究，得出了反乌托邦的六个特征：认知、拒绝社会负面主题、警告、投机、意识形态和麻醉。这些特征是基于广泛的定性研究的经验基础。最后，根据参与者的反馈，我们提出了针对反乌托邦类型的具体接受策略：反乌托邦想象力参与。