R.I.P. DAVID CASSIDY (12.4.50 – 21.11.17) by Kim Akass
I woke up this morning to multiple messages from friends saying how sorry they were that David...
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WHEDON, WEINSTEIN AND WHY FEMINISM MATTERS by Lorna Jowett
In August 2017, The Wrap published an article written by Kai Cole, architect,actor and producer...
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MORE FEMALE EXECUTIVES WOULD STEM THE SEXIST ROT IN HOLLYWOOD by Lyndsay Duthie
Harvey Weinstein, the Hollywood producer with 300 Oscar nominations, has fallen. After The New...
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REGISTRATION CLOSING – Game of Thrones: An International Conference University of Hertfordshire, De Havilland Campus, 6-7 September 2017
Co-organised by the Media Research Group of the Schools of Creative Arts and Humanities...
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THE CROWN FAILS TO TAKE THE CROWN AT BAFTAS by Lyndsay Duthie
The big question of this year’s BAFTAs was how many awards Netflix would romp home with. Most of...
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MARILYN MONROE’S TELEVISION SET by Geoff Lealand
The end of my university career approaches as a result of my (reluctant) acceptance of voluntary...
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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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A DEFENCE OF 13 REASONS WHY by William Proctor
As the media firestorm surrounding the Netflix TV series 13 Reasons Why continues apace, I...
Read MoreCFP: Trans TV – 13-15 September 2017, University of Westminster
Transformations of Television Industries Transformations of Television Consumption Practices Transformations of Televisual Aesthetics, Narratives and Identities 21st Century Transnational and Transmedia Television Practices...
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ODE TO ADAM AND JOE by Richard Hewett
A long time ago, in a galaxy not so far away, Friday nights were (all too briefly) enlivened by a...
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TABOO: TRANSITION, TESTOSTERONE, AND THE TRANSCENDENTAL by Kenneth Longden
In a recent Sight and Sound article (March 3 2017) Nick James made an interesting observation...
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“HAVE YOU EVER TRIED TO UN-MAKE SOUP?” LEGION’S ROLLER-COASTER RIDE THROUGH THE SIXTIES by Tobias Steiner
First, and for the record, let me state that I’m not a huge fan of superheroes. Although one has...
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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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MARVELING AT ELIZABETH: THINKING THROUGH THE CONJUNCTURE WITH HOMELAND’S PRESIDENT-ELECT by Toby Miller
In endeavoring to comprehend the current conjuncture, I’ve been trying to think back a hundred,...
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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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WHEN TWO BECOMES ONE by Richard Hewett
As this goes to press (can we say that about online materials?), series four of Line of...
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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...
Read MoreCFP: Game of Thrones – An International Conference, 6-8 September 2017, University of Hertfordshire
6-8 September 2017 University of Hertfordshire, School of Creative Arts, College Lane, Hatfield, Hertfordshire, AL10 9AB Deadline for proposals EXTENDED: 18 April 2017 Conference email: GOTconf2017@herts.ac.uk Keynote Speakers:...
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MENTAL HEALTH — ON TV AND IN HE by Lorna Jowett
Having recently returned to work after several weeks off work because of anxiety and clinical...
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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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ROOTS (HISTORY, 2016) VERSUS ROOTS (ABC, 1977) by Elke Weissmann
I finally got around to watching the new version of Roots (if you haven’t seen it yet, episodes...
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TEACHING TELEVISION: FEMINISM, FOCUS AND ME by Kim Akass
Forgive me if I am wrong, but I had thought that Higher Education was for adults, albeit young...
Read MoreCfP Different Bodies: (Self-)Representation, Disability and the Media
University of Westminster, London, United Kingdom 23 June 2017 This one-day conference seeks to explore representations of the body as strange, shameful, wrong, impaired, wounded, scarred, disabled, lacking, different or...
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