Category: Politics
REARRANGING THE CHAIRS ON THE DECK OF THE TITANIC by Gary R. Edgerton
I’m the king of the world! — James Cameron on accepting the 1998 Best Director Oscar for Titanic...
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THE MARVELOUS MRS. MAISEL: WHITHER THE WOMAN IN THE SPOTLIGHT? by Martha P. Nochimson
Laura Mulvey’s “Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema” is the gift that enigmatically keeps...
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NEW PUBLICATION: WOMEN DO GENRE IN FILM AND TELEVISION by Katarzyna Paszkiewicz
This post has originally been published on the Women’s Film and Television History Network...
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THE BBC GENDER PROBLEM: A CENTURY IN THE MAKING by Sarah Arnold
Last year I had the opportunity to spend time researching the women involved in the development of...
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CfP: PSA Media and Politics group conference: “Political Reversals and Renewals” Nov 8-9, 2018 @ University of Nottingham (UK). Deadline: June 22, 2018.
Political Studies Association: Media & Politics Group Annual Conference 2018 Political...
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EUROPEAN CULTURES OF TELEVISION STUDIES: POLITICS AND POLICIES by Elke Weissmann
With deep-felt thanks to the respondents. There is a wonderful video on YouTube that shows David...
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HOLLYWOOD APOCALYPSE by Gary R Edgerton
Steal a little and they throw you in jail, Steal a lot and they make you king. — Bob Dylan,...
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LOST IN TV TRANSITIONS: MULTI-MEDIAL AUDIENCES, TV INDUSTRIES, AND TELEVISION SCHOLARSHIP NOW – A POSITION PAPER by Bärbel Göbel-Stolz
In a world of increased professional mobility, which often transplants scholars internationally...
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CfP: Transnational Television Drama 2018. June 6-8, 2018 @ Aarhus University (Denmark). Deadline: Jan 15, 2018.
About In 1992 television researcher John Ellis stated that television was an “essentially national...
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CONFERENCE REPORT: GAME OF THRONES, AN INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE, UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE, 6-7 SEPTEMBER, 2017 by Gill Jamieson
‘Winter is coming’, ‘Valar Morghulis’ and ‘You know nothing Jon Snow’ are widely-known expressions...
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CONFERENCE REPORT: TRANS TV AT THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTMINSTER, SCHOOL OF MEDIA, ARTS AND DESIGN, 13-15 SEPTEMBER, 2017 by Andrew Lynch and Alexa Scarlata
At most screen and media studies conferences television scholarship is too often relegated to a...
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TEENAGE BOYS’ ‘INTRUSION’ AND SEXUAL VIOLENCE IN 13 REASONS WHY (NETFLIX, 2017) by Susan Berridge
** This blog contains spoilers ** Firstly, apologies – this blog contains spoilers. But seeing as...
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