SERIES Vol 5 No 2 – Television Serials in Asia – Call for papers This themed issue of Series aims to contribute to the study of television serials produced in the Asian region and make them more widely known. The television serial is a prominent expression of popular culture across Asia, especially in China, Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea and Taiwan, but has not been extensively studied.
When that estimable curator of classic British television, the Drama channel, began repeating Jersey-based detective series Bergerac (BBC, 1981-91) earlier this year, the Radio Times was less than laudatory, claiming the first episode showed ‘every one’ of its thirty-seven years.
The differences in pay received by men and women in broadcasting will be starkly revealed when broadcasters and production companies publish their gender pay data. All companies with over 250 employees must do this by the start of April.
“The judgement of quality is always situated. That is to say, somebody makes the judgement from some aesthetic or political or moral position.” (Feuer, 2007: 145) This latest contribution to CST has been inspired by the viewing choices of most of my students, and their predilection for what has variously been described as popular television and mass entertainment.
Sport has long been a prominent feature of scholarly investigation across diverse disciplines including (but not being limited to) education, communication, media studies, tourism, advertising and marketing, public relations, sociology and psychology. However, with the rapid evolution and widespread adoption of new media technologies, the study of sport and its relationship with these disciplines demands recalibration.
We are delighted to announce the Keynote Speakers for this year’s King’s CMCI PhD Conference as Professor Anna Reading from King’s College London and Professor Catherine Grant from Birkbeck, University of London (see details below). The one-day conference will be held on 15 June 2018 at King’s College London . This year, the conference venue has moved to Bush House, former headquarters of the
With deep-felt thanks to the respondents. There is a wonderful video on YouTube that shows David Morley being interviewed about his time at the Centre for Contemporary Cultural Studies (CCCS) and his and Charlotte Brunsdon’s work on Nationwide . The video looks like it might be from the late 1980s, early 1990s, and Morley is in quite a reflective mood/mode, explaining how he came to the CCCS and how he came to do the work he
As someone who was fairly vocal about the need for long-running BBC flagship series Doctor Who to seriously address its gender problems, I was pleased, but not overjoyed, when it was announced that the thirteenth Doctor would be played by Jodie Whittaker, the first woman to take on the role.
Department of Theatre, Film and Television, TFTV University of York Post-Graduate Symposium, 21 st June 2018 Technology has radically changed our ways to approach, consume and enjoy media. The aesthetic experience of watching a Netflix series or engaging with the comments section in a newsfeed has become a daily experience we couldn’t have imagined a decade ago.
Call for Papers: Tintin and the City of the Golden Owls Theme: A two-day, cross-cultural and cross-media conference that discusses the work of Hergé and Tintin . EXTENDED DEADLINE for proposals: April 30, 2018 We are pleased to invite you to submit abstracts, panel proposals and posters for the Tintin and the City of the Golden Owls Conference, to be held on 13 th
The Department of Classical and Modern Languages and Literatures (CMLL) at Mississippi State University will soon be hosting a symposium dedicated to “The metaphor of the monster.” This exciting event will take place on Friday, September 21st, and Saturday, September 22nd, 2018.