Call for proposals: Hands On History (ed. collection seeking a few additional essays), Deadline: July 10, 2017
We seek proposals for a small number of original essays to include in Hands On History (eds. John...
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ARE WE DISAFFECTED WITH POLITICS OR OBSESSED WITH POLITICS? IT DEPENDS WHERE YOU LOOK ON TV by John Ellis
Two things have made me think about the role of television in the current wave of disaffection from politics. One was a satirical song from Mitch Benn on a recent Radio 4 Now Show with the refrain “I don’t want to see the news...
Read MoreTHEORY, PRACTICE AND THE IMPORTANCE OF GETTING YOUR HANDS ON by John Ellis
The theory/practice ‘divide’ has long bedeviled media studies. But this divide cannot be sustained in the face of new concerns in the field. Studies of gaming and computing emphasize issues that studies of audiovisual media have...
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