So, about a year ago, I was watching that Breaking Bad film on Netflix and Watchmen on HBO, and I was still thinking about the Deadwood movie from the previous spring.

“SERIES. International Journal of TV Serial Narratives” (https://series.unibo.it) is an open access and peer-reviewed journal, with ISSN and, indexed in major international databases. It publishes 2 issues per year and is mainly devoted to television seriality. It is a joint project by Universitat Politècnica de València (Escola Politècnica Superior de Gandia/DCADHA) and Università di Bologna.

The western was once seen as a key genre for understanding both Hollywood and the culture of the United States more broadly, but studies of the genre are few and far between today (Corkin, 2004; Nelson, 2015;

Legitimacy justifies the acts and authority of social groups and organisations and makes them acceptable to other social members. As a global health crisis that sweeps the world, the Covid-19 pandemic has provoked a crisis of legitimacy that social actors and institutions face over their responses to or roles in the pandemic. Meanwhile, however, the pandemic may also open up opportunities for them to gain legitimacy.

June 17-18, 2021 Berlin (Germany) Deadline: February 10, 2021 A Japanese-German Conference and Edited Volume (2022) Current debates on artificial intelligence often conflate the realities of AI technologies with the fictional renditions of what they might one day become.

Back in July 2020, the BBC began screening its new Sunday night serial on BBC One in an attempt to bring an adaptation of Vikram Seth’s very long, 1993 novel to a mainstream British audience. This blog is not a review of the serial, nor of the critical response to it, which, for reasons which will become clear, would take a lot more time and effort than I currently have.

The circle is now complete.

August 16-22, 2021; Virtual Event Queen’s University* Katarokwi/Kingston, Canada *Queen’s University is situated on Anishinaabe and Haudenosaunee territories ** ** What is the Witch Institute? In the last few years, the witch has re-emerged as a powerful political symbol.

co-edited by Eddie Falvey and Alice Haylett Bryan Call for Book Chapters   As we move into the third decade of the twenty-first century, it becomes increasingly clear that the taste for horror has not abated.

Migrant belonging through digital connectivity refers to a way of being in the world that cuts across national borders, shaping new forms of diasporic affiliations and transnational intimacy. This happens in ways that are different from the ways enabled by the communication technologies of the past.

Are you a graduate or doctoral student, post-doc, or early career professional currently working on a project in which you engage issues concerning historical film, radio or television or issues in media history? Are you interested in presenting your project to a small group of experts and peers? Then this master class of the International Association for Media and History may be just what you are looking for.