Tag: Kenneth Longden
JOEY ESSEX TALKS NEOLIBERALISM: REALITY TV AND LEGITIMATE TELEVISION by Kenneth Longden
“The judgement of quality is always situated. That is to say, somebody makes the judgement from...
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OF BLACK MIRRORS AND ELECTRIC DREAMS: THE TWILIGHT ZONE OF THE TELEVISION ANTHOLOGY SERIES by Kenneth Longden
This latest offering to CST has partly been inspired by my recent research and planning for 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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GHOST NATION BY KENNETH LONGDEN
The killing of Osama Bin Laden by American special forces may have rid the collective American...
Read MoreSOMETHING IMPOSSIBLE: SCIENCE FICTION TELEVISION by Kenneth Longden
Question: What do the popular sci-fi television series’ Farscape (1999-2003) and Orphan Black (2013 – ) have in common? Answer: Neither featured in my undergraduate class ‘Science Fiction on Television’, but I can explain...
Read MoreA WOMAN’S WOMAN. ‘MUTUAL MUSES’ IN JESSICA JONES AND HAPPY VALLEY by Kenneth Longden
Netflix’s Jessica Jones and the BBC’s Happy Valley, on the surface, may seem to provide different viewing experiences, yet they share certain distinctions beyond the obvious element of both series depicting leading female...
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CHANNEL 4’S DEUTSCHLAND 83: ‘COOL NATION’ BRANDING, THE TRANSNATIONAL, AND RETRO CULTURE. (SELF-EXOTICISM #3) by Kenneth Longden
Channel 4’s recent foray into foreign-language television drama, Deutschland 83, highlights a...
Read MoreSTORYWORLDS, TRANSFICTION, AND TV HISTORIES: SHERLOCK, AND THE ABOMINABLE BRIDE by Kenneth Longden
Long before the end of Christmas television viewing and schedules, broadcasters and production companies herald their new season of television viewing. It is part of that tradition where we say goodbye to the old year, and...
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BBC CHRISTMAS SPECIALS, DOCTOR WHO AND SHERLOCK: SELF-EXOTICISM #2 by Kenneth Longden
The Christmas television schedules have, for many years, introduced a sense of the Carnavalesque...
Read MoreSELF-EXOTICISM, TELEVISION, AND THE TRANSNATIONAL by Kenneth Longden
This paper aims to explore, and expand upon, a theme I recently raised at The Media Across Borders conference, Roehampton University (June, 2015), in relation to global television formats and the transnational. In particular, it...
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SHERLOCK, AGENCY, AND ALGORITHM CULTURE by Kenneth A Longden
This article is the result of a recent, but brief conversation with Matt Hills on Facebook, where...
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