Thank goodness for W1A (2014-17), the now defunct satire on life at New Broadcasting House first launched in the run-up to the BBC’s traumatic renewal of its Royal Charter (‘Don’t forget it’s a Royal Charter’ declared ‘Head of Values’ in the hour-long special which kicked off W1A ’s second series (BBC2 23.4.2015)). Now that Charter Renewal and all its attendant upheavals are in place, lets hope that the Corporation

How should the BBC make its huge archive public? This is the challenge that faces Peter Rippon, the newly appointed Editor of BBC Online Archive. Appointed a few months after the demise of the unmourned BBC Store in May, this appointment of a senior broadcaster shows a new seriousness of purpose in an area that seemed to be dying of neglect.

The European Communication Research and Education Association (ECREA) in partnership with USI Università della Svizzera italiana call for proposals to be presented at the 7th European Communication Conference, to be held in Lugano, Switzerland, from 31 October to 3 November 2018. ECREA and USI are delighted to host the 7th European Communication Conference (ECC). The Conference has chosen the key theme of “Centres and

From February 26th to March 1st 2011 a war was fought on the pages of the image sharing website 4chan (“home to numerous boards where anonymous posters discuss everything from anime, to sports, to paranormal activity, to torture porn”[1]). While short-lived, and practically invisible to those not involved with the website, this ‘Pony War’ would […]

Pinter on Film, Television and Radio A two-day international conference at the University of Reading and the British Library, 19-20 September 2018 Call for papers Harold Pinter (1930-2008) was an actor, director and writer whose output over five decades spanned theatre, film, television, radio, poetry, prose and politics.

When trying to negotiate the place of the television medium in the age of the Anthropocene, one faces a tripartite complexity underlying the ways in which the two interconnect, co-evolve and produce a history proper to an epoch that purposefully suspends the demarcation of reality and simulation.

My friend Pat is a big TV fan, and, over the years, he has maintained that, as television episodes go—particularly for those series with some kind of narrative arc—the second-to-last ones are usually better than the finales.  For whatever reason, he has repeatedly said, they are the ones with the stronger writing, the more intense drama, the more meaningful action.

Call for Papers: Media Freedom, International Symposium at Lund University, Sweden Department of Communication and Media, March 15th 2018 Organisers: Annette Hill, Michael Rübsamen and Zaki Habibi Freedom is embedded within the values of media and democracy. Seemingly self evident freedom is hard won and comes at a cost in media, culture and society.

Screen Interventions VCA Film and Television, University of Melbourne, 27 – 29 June 2018 The Australian Screen Production Education and Research Association (ASPERA) 2018 annual Conference will be held at the VCA, University of Melbourne, Australia, between 27 and 29 June 2018. This year’s conference theme is Screen Interventions.

Singularities: Where the old rules no longer apply – A one-day symposium on Sci-Fi fan events in critical event, tourism and leisure studies Monday 11th June 2018: Cloth Hall, Leeds Beckett University (Leeds, UK) We are extending our call for papers for the Singularities: A One-Day Symposium on Sci-Fi Fan Events.

Intersections in Film and Media Studies Publication:November 2018 Guest Editors:Dr Jodi Brooks (UNSW), Dr Kathleen Williams (University of Tasmania), Dr Jessica Ford (UNSW) and Melanie Robson (UNSW) SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS Deadline for abstracts:1 February 2018 Deadline for full papers:13 May 2018 All submissions will be double-blind peer reviewed.