Category: Blogs
MUSIC FOR PRIME TIME by Andrew Pixley
Okay, so… this is a book review. Sounds a bit boring doesn’t it? I mean – a book review. I can’t...
Read MoreBABY REINDEER AND THE PROBLEMATIC OWNERSHIP OF BAD FANS by Daniel O’Brien
Regardless as to whether you have seen it, you probably have some awareness of Baby Reindeer, the...
Read MoreA PIRATE LOOKS AT FORTY: OUR FLAG MEANS DEATH AND LIFE CRISES by Melissa Beattie
‘Mother, Mother Ocean/After all the years I’ve found My occupational hazard/Being my occupation’s...
Read MoreWHY MANAGEMENT IS THE KEY TO CHANGING THE LABOUR EXPERIENCE by Christa van Raalte and Richard Wallis
Television careers offer many potential benefits: opportunities for creative expression, a sense of making a difference in the world, flexibility and autonomy – but often at a price. That price includes long hours,...
Read MoreWHODUNNIT? SUSPECTS’ AUTHORSHIP by Melissa Beattie
While improvised or unscripted television has been a feature of media industries for decades, most...
Read MoreALIENATING(?) EXPERIENCES: THE VISITOR by Melissa Beattie
The mid-1990s were an unusual time to grow up in the US (at least I thought so). The success of...
Read MoreNICE ONE! by Andrew Pixley
So, this morning, the day has already got off to a good start with the unprompted arrival of what...
Read MoreHIS-STORY: BIG FINISH’S WHOVIAN PARATEXTS by Melissa Beattie
(Note: this blog is a version of a paper given at the Classical Association Annual Conference on...
Read MoreCINDERELLAS AT THE BAFTA BALL by Christa van Raalte
This blog first appeared on the Women’s Film and Television History Network – UK/Ireland website...
Read MoreCall for Book reviewers – Critical Studies in Television
The Book Reviews Section for the journal Critical Studies in Television is interested in adding to...
Read More‘AS GOD IS MY WITNESS, I THOUGHT TURKEYS COULD FLY’: WKRP IN CINCINNATI AND ITS ENGAGEMENTS WITH CSR by Melissa Beattie
Commercial radio has a long history in the US. It is in this context that sitcom WKRP in...
Read More‘O CANADA’? REPRESENTING CANADIANNESS IN ‘ONE WEEK’ by Melissa Beattie
‘It’s been…’ For those of a certain age and/or certain geographic range, that partial lyric...
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- MUSIC FOR PRIME TIME by Andrew Pixley May 10, 2024
- BABY REINDEER AND THE PROBLEMATIC OWNERSHIP OF BAD FANS by Daniel O’Brien May 9, 2024
- A PIRATE LOOKS AT FORTY: OUR FLAG MEANS DEATH AND LIFE CRISES by Melissa Beattie May 3, 2024
- CfP: edited collection “The Witcher: A Companion”. Deadline: June 28, 2024. May 3, 2024
- CfP: The Taylor Swift Unconference, July 4, 2024 @ University of Amsterdam (NED). Deadline: May 6, 2024. May 3, 2024
- WHY MANAGEMENT IS THE KEY TO CHANGING THE LABOUR EXPERIENCE by Christa van Raalte and Richard Wallis April 26, 2024
- WHODUNNIT? SUSPECTS’ AUTHORSHIP by Melissa Beattie April 19, 2024