Category: Audience
WHO WATCHES BRITISH TELEVISION TODAY, ANYWAY? by Toby Miller
The Broadcasters’ Audience Research Board, or BARB, tells us the who what, when, where, and how of...
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30 YEARS OF RAGE AND NO SIGNS OF QUIETENING by Liz Giuffre
Music video program Rage made its debut on ABC TV 30 years ago this week, on Friday April 17 1987....
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THE NEW MEDIA EFFECTS: TRIGGER WARNINGS IN THE CLASSROOM by William Proctor
In 2016, several UK universities regrettably adopted the use of trigger warnings to signal...
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LET’S TALK ABOUT TELEVISION. TELEVISION WATCHING AND THE SECOND SCREEN by Martin R Herbers
Viewing practices in the age of second screens Watching television has always been a social...
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MY SERENDIPITOUS ARCHIVE by Pat Holland
What do the following programmes have in common? The Antiques Roadshow from Peterborough (BBC1);...
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IRISH TELEVISION VIEWING IN A NOT SO GLOBAL TELEVISION ECONOMY by Sarah Arnold
When I moved from the UK to Ireland in 2015/16 my transition in terms of the availability...
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THE NIGHTLY SHOW: WHO’S WATCHING? by Lyndsay Duthie
It was a bold scheduling move on the part of ITV, the UK’s main commercial television channel....
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OBJECT TROUVE: PLAY AWAY, ORDINARY CHILDREN’S TELEVISION AND PERSONAL MEMORIES by Billy Smart
There’s a general rule of thumb about the BBC Archives recognised by fans of old television – that...
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THE RETURN OF MARX? ARE WE REALLY THERE YET? by Elke Weissmann
A while ago, Martin Barker invited scholars to discuss the potential for the re-incorporation of...
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OPIOID-INDUCED CONSTIPATION, JACKIE JOYNER-KERSEE, TV COMMERCIALS, CHRONIC LOWER BACK PAIN, AND ME by Toby Miller
I’m back living in the US, courtesy of five months researching with the Latin American studies...
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ADAPTing TO SOCIAL MEDIA TELEVISION by Dr Niki Strange
Previous blog posts by my Adapt colleague, Professor James Bennett, on our social media research...
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THE GREEK STATE COUNCIL’S DECISION ON THE CONTROVERSIAL TELEVISION LICENSING LAW by Katerina Serafeim
On January 13th 2017, the Greek Council of State published its decision which found that the law...
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