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KEY CONCERNS IN MEDIA STUDIES Series Editor: Andrew Crisell Each title in this exciting series provides a comprehensive and up-to-date analysis of a key topic in media studies, placing the subjects in the context of today’s global, digital environment. The books, written by leading academic experts, include topical case studies to help students to anchor theoretical and critical concepts in everyday practice.

Gender & the Media Niall Richardson, Sussex University, UK and Sadie Wearing, London School of Economics, UK This book introduces students to key contemporary debates in the study of gender and the media. Integrating cultural theory with text-based criticism, Gender & the Media analyzes recent debates in feminist cultural theory, masculinity studies and ‘queer ‘ theory, before applying these cultural paradigms to critical readings of relevant media texts.

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Celebrity & the Media Sean Redmond, Deakin University, Australia ’A first-rate book, highly original and grounded in the top scholarship.

The writing is clear and lucid, the examples compelling, and Redmond’s coverage of categories, themes, and personalities surrounding celebrity is masterful. Succinct but comprehensive in coverage, this accessible, up-to-date and useful book is well placed to become the text of choice both for university courses and a broader public.’ - Douglas Kellner, UCLA, USA An engaging introduction to the key terms, concepts, dilemmas and issues that are central to the study and critical understanding of celebrity, exploring the impacts of celebrity culture on modern media and examining the influence that celebrity has on the way people place themselves in the modern world.

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December 2013 9780230292680 £16.99

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Media Professionalism & Training Sarah Niblock, Brunel University, UK ‘This timely and to-thepoint book provides a fascinating overview of the crucial issues facing journalists, consumers and the industry as a whole. Niblock recognises that, post Leveson, now is the time to clarify issues such as ethics and professional standards, and does so in a way that makes it enjoyable to read.’ - Julie Bindel, Freelance Journalist and Broadcaster In this critical interrogation of the meaning of media professionalism and the efficacy of training in the digital age, Niblock presents one of the very first texts to scrutinise professional norms and question the scope of the media’s power. The book’s synthesis of practice and theory makes it ideal for media and journalism students.

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November 2013 9780230292826 £16.99

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Public Service Broadcasting Culture & the Media David Hendy, University of Westminster, UK Challenging the opinion that public service broadcasting is a thing of the past, David Hendy explains its importance in the present – and in the future. This book explores the development of public service broadcasting, outlining the key debates and issues, while situating them within wider cultural contexts.

Hendy uses media history to consider the outlook for broadcasters such as the BBC, and other networks and stations around the world. He analyzes how these institutions shape society, culture, and politics, focusing on how key ethical and cultural values - such as enlightenment, impartiality, service, choice, and trust – have been constantly reinvented to ensure that broadcasting can carry on being a public ‘good’ as well as a commercial product.

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March 2013 9780230238954 £16.99

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Paul Bowman, Cardiff University, UK

Culture & the Media looks at the relationship between what we term ‘media’ and ‘culture’, asking the question: where does one end and the other begin?

Written in a lively and accessible style, this book introduces and contextualises the range of different approaches to the study of both of these fields. Using a lively range of examples and case studies - including moral panics in the British media around punk rock in the 1970s, critiques of consumerism in the films Fight Club and American Psycho, and the YouTube-captured ‘violence’ of protests against student fees – Culture & the Media shows how theoretical and disciplinary debates over the meaning of the media and culture relate to our everyday cultural experiences.

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Legal & Ethical Issues in the Media Tim Dwyer, University of Sydney, Australia ‘Dwyer’s perceptive exploration of our everyday engagements with media institutions striving to redefine what counts as the public interest – where all too often social responsibility gives way to corporate priorities – casts fresh light on a host of important legal and ethical questions.

This book is a very welcome contribution to current debates for students and researchers alike.’

- Stuart Allan, Bournemouth University, UK In a world of proliferating media devices, convergence, mobility and social media usage, diverse cultures and globalized media invite comparative understanding of the legal and ethical issues that now confront media audiences and practitioners. Dwyer explores key frameworks and concepts that will engage and challenge thinking about media practice.

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July 2012 9780230244610 £16.99

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Media, Place & Mobility Shaun Moores, University of Sunderland, UK Media, Place & Mobility offers a new understanding of media uses as place-making practices in everyday living. Drawing primarily on phenomenological perspectives, Shaun Moores focuses on the ways in which people inhabit physical and media environments, and he explores the bodily and technologically mediated mobilities that are involved in this activity of dwelling.

His discussion includes many specific examples of mobility, from the manipulation of remote-control devices to the movements of walking and driving in the city or of getting around in online social spaces.

Written in an accessible style, the book invites its readers to participate in the interdisciplinary adventure of non-media-centric media studies.

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April 2012 9780230244634 £16.99

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New Technologies & the Media Gerard Goggin, University of Sydney, Australia ‘This book is essential reading for anyone interested in the dramatic impact of new technologies on the media. Avoiding the usual hype and polarized positions, Goggin provides a coherent and accessible account of the way digital devices are reshaping the press and broadcasting, and why we should care.’ - Judy Wajcman, London School of Economics, UK Explaining the key theories of technology and media, this book cuts through the jargon and techspeak to provide a guide to the dynamics of digital technologies. Combining a keen sense of media history as well as up-to-the-minute case studies, the author discusses how technology is at the heart of enduring media such as the press and broadcasting.

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April 2012 9780230282216 £16.99

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Liveness & Recording in the Media Andrew Crisell, University of Sunderland, UK Andrew Crisell considers why, despite the value we place on liveness, we so often consume pre-recorded media.

He also provides some unexpected answers about the meaning of ‘liveness’ and ‘recording’; their significance, not only for television and radio but also for popular music, and the complexity of the relationship between liveness and recording. This engaging discussion includes diverse and well-known examples of broadcast output and provides an in-depth case study of BBC One. Setting television and radio in the context of other media, it traces the history of liveness and recording, ascribing the rise of the serial to the relationship between the two.

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April 2012 9780230282223 £16.99

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Media & Communication Research Methods Anders Hansen, University of Leicester, UK and David Machin, Örebro University, Sweden This book is an essential guide to the entire process of a media and communication project, from planning to presentation. It begins with an overview of the changing international contexts and trends in media and communication approaches, before individual chapters focus on the different types of media and communication research. It features up-todate case studies throughout the text and places emphasis on the internet as a tool and resource for - and object of - research, as well as exploring advances in the digital management, processing and analysis of media and communication research data.

Doing a Successful Research Project Using Qualitative or Quantitative Methods 2nd edition Martin Brett Davies, University of East Anglia, UK and Nathan Hughes, University of Birmingham, UK ‘This is an excellent guide for undergraduate students conducting research projects. It addresses many of the issues that students encounter and offers excellent practical advice.’ - Patrick White, University of Leicester, UK

Contents: Introduction to Media and Communication Research Methods • The Research Process • Researching Ownership and Media Policy • Inside the Producers’ Domain: Ethnography and Observational Methods • Measuring Output: Content Analysis • Text and Talk: Critical Discourse Analysis • Analysing Narratives and Discourse Schema • Symbols, Semiotics and Spectacle: Analysing Photographs • Measuring Audiences: Survey Research • Interpreting Audiences: Focus Group Interviewing •Dealing with Data: Computers and Analysis Software 328pp Hardback Paperback eIC

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‘Clearly-written and well-organized, this book is an excellent, introductory text covering a broad scope of research methods for beginning students.’ Gerardo Marti, Davidson College, USA Doing a Successful Research Project gives students the knowledge, self-discipline and confidence to carry out their first research project. Describing processes, tools and strategies in a simple, succinct way, it guides the reader carefully through the planning and design stages, to implementation, analysis and completion.

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Culture & Identity

PR Today

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The Authoritative Guide to Public Relations Warren Kidd, University of East London, UK and Alison Teagle, St Paul’s Catholic College, UK

This student-focused text explains the themes and theories behind culture and identity. With up-todate discussion of ‘chavs’, masculinity and social networking, skills-based activities and practice exam questions, this is invaluable reading for anyone new to this topic.

280pp Paperback

August 2012 9780230281028 £25.99

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Crime and the Media Trevor Morris and Simon Goldsworthy, both at University of Westminster, UK

‘If you read just one book on PR, read this. In an industry full of selfimportant bogus theory and pretension, Morris and Goldsworthy tell it how it really is. Worth more than any number of lectures. Buy it.’ Francis Ingham, Director General, The Public Relations Consultants Association (PRCA) A comprehensive textbook from an established and high profile author team, which offers full coverage of PR theory and strategies, whilst also giving practical guidance for anyone in a PR role. The broad coverage tackles the tough issues in the industry, and international case studies are used to demonstrate real-world scenarios.

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Sarah E.H. Moore, Royal Holloway, University of London, UK Drawing on a wide range of media, from cop shows and CSI to newspapers and salacious emails, this book explores how crime is represented, produced and consumed. It covers theoretical arguments, explains core concepts and shows students how to carry out their own media analysis. This is the essential textbook on crime in the media.

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Journalism, BROADCASTING & NEW MEDIA JOURNALISM: CRITICAL PRACTICE Series Editors: Sarah Niblock and Julian Petley This series provides journalists, academics and students with a unique practical and critical guide to key areas of contemporary journalism practice for the digital age. Each volume offers a local and global perspective, with digital aspects considered throughout. The first series to really synthesize theory with practice, these books demonstrate how real-world journalists navigate and accommodate everyday demands, challenges and opportunities in the industry and teach us how to reflect on this.

Speaking Personally The Rise of Subjective and Confessional Journalism Rosalind Coward, Roehampton University, UK ‘This is a wonderfully original, wide-ranging, in-depth and bang-upto-date exploration of the many issues surrounding the evergrowing prominence of the ‘personal voice’ in the media. Like all the best scholarship, it is both enjoyable to read and thought-provoking.’

- Richard Keeble, University of Lincoln, UK Speaking Personally explores how and why personal voices have come to play such an important role in journalism. Covering the history, functions and forms of personal journalism, the book investigates our culture’s obsession with personal and intimate details, arguing persuasively that personal forms of journalism engage a wider readership.

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November 2013 9780230360204 £16.99

Search: Theory and Practice in Journalism Online Murray Dick, Brunel University, UK ‘A genuinely interesting and useful look at the theory and ethics of search techniques coupled with very practical guides to getting the best out of different tools and approaches. This book would be an excellent addition to any journalist’s bookshelf and would be of great benefit to those starting out in the field.’ - Glyn Mottershead, Cardiff University, UK In Search: Theory and Practice in Journalism Online, Murray Dick provides a practical and theoretical overview of the journalistic research potential in various online tools. Written by a leading expert in the field, the book offers experience-based guidance into online search for journalism.

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JOURNALISM: CRITICAL...

Reporting Conflict James Rodgers, City University, UK ‘[The book is] an ideal starting place for students coming to journalism either at BA level or, with knowledge and experience from earlier study or work, at MA level.

But it is also going to be valuable for academics and researchers in other fields (notably politics and international relations) whose subject areas are the focus of conflict reporting but who don’t know how it works...the author has succeeded in the world of journalism and can now apply a wide-ranging knowledge drawn from experience and measure it alongside academic study.’ - Keith Somerville, africajournalismtheworld.com In Reporting Conflict, a correspondent turned lecturer draws on his personal experience of journalism in wartime. The author, James Rodgers, has reported on world-changing conflicts. The book combines reflection on this personal experience with an assessment of other accounts of journalism in wartime, and academic studies on the subject.

168pp Paperback

July 2012 9780230274464 £16.99

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The Democratic Value of News Why Public Service Media Matter Stephen Cushion, Cardiff School of Journalism, UK ‘This is a useful and valuable book, not least for the depth and width of its sources, and Cushion has performed an heroic act of scholarship in bringing together a vast array of useful and relevant literature, in organising it so clearly and in coming to such a balanced view of the modern news world where publicly funded news media are still shown to matter.’ - Journal of British Politics The ownership and funding of media organizations inevitably affects what news we receive everyday.

But is public or private ownership better? Looking at how news is constructed in different contexts under public and commercial models, this book uses global comparative examples to give a topical insight into the world of broadcasting today.

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November 2012 9780230271524 £65.00 9780230271531 £23.99

Challenging the News The Journalism of Alternative and Community Media Susan Forde, Griffith University, Australia Challenging the News examines the nature of alternative and community media outlets, focusing on the news structures and journalistic practices at work. By theorizing alternative journalism as a set of practices unique to its practitioners – and consistent across time despite changing technology and shifting environments – Forde provides original evidence via interviews with journalists, and examines journalistic content to support her key arguments about the motivation of alternative journalists to enhance democracy and public life.

Forde’s study develops an understanding of the journalistic practices at work in independent and community news organizations, and provides practicebased examples of what it is alternative journalists do.

Drawing on original research, this text offers a unique insight into journalistic practices and motivations.

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October 2011 9780230243569 £60.00 9780230243576 £21.99

Radio in Context 2nd edition Guy Starkey, University of Sunderland, UK ‘Takes a user-friendly approach and makes use of an appealing mix of practice and theory, without going overboard on the latter.’ – Paul Bowman, Cardiff University, UK ‘Its practical approach with the support of history and examples is ideal for students.’ – Anne Duffell, Staffordshire University, UK Radio in Context provides students with a practical, critical and comprehensive understanding of the main principles and techniques used in radio programming.

The second edition looks at recent technological, regulatory and institutional changes and expands on key areas such as digital radio, broadcasting over the internet, and the interplay between radio and social media.

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Journalism Across Cultures

Broadcasting in the 21st Century

An Introduction Levi Obijiofor, University of Queensland, Australia and Folker Hanusch, University of the Sunshine Coast, Australia Journalism Across Cultures examines the key issues that form the foundation of journalism practices around the world.

By integrating major theoretical and practical approaches from across the globe, this insightful text analyzes both contemporary and past media models and press theories to explore their philosophical foundations, origins and roles in various societies. This comprehensive account explores how transformations in global journalism – driven by new communication technologies – have dramatically influenced journalistic practices, and they examine the various frameworks that inform models of journalism education and training across the world.

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Richard Rudin, Liverpool John Moore’s University, UK This book uses case studies, interviews and analysis to explore the key changes in broadcasting, concentrating on the changing relationship between audiences and broadcast output.

It demonstrates how traditional TV and radio is being both challenged and supported by technological developments including convergence and social media - which are eroding previous restrictions on the times and places of where broadcasting is being consumed and altering audiences’ pleasures, expectations and demands.

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Media Convergence Networked Digital Media in Everyday Life Graham Meikle, University of Stirling, UK and Sherman Young, Macquarie University, Australia In this illuminating study, authors Graham Meikle and Sherman Young explore the development of the Internet, the rise of social media, the global expansion and consolidation of the major media corporations and the new opportunities for audiences to create, remix, collaborate upon and share their own media. Key chapters explore the differences between broadcast and social media, the relationships between media technologies and cultural change and new understandings of media audiences as creative producers. The book focuses on how everyday media – such as Facebook, iTunes, Google and the BBC iPlayer – can be understood in new ways for the twenty-first century through ideas of convergence.

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GENDER, RACE & IDENTITY

The Feminist Spectator in Action Feminist Criticism for the Stage and Screen

Media Nations

Studying Sexualities

Communicating Belonging and Exclusion in the Modern World

Theories, Representations, Cultures

Jill Dolan, Princeton University, USA ‘The first book-length treatise on feminist spectatorship to include both an anthology of reviews and a practical ‘how-to’ manual for students, would-be writers, and art enthusiasts, The Feminist Spectator in Action attends to an urgent, if chronic, issue in the cinematic and performing arts: the entrenched lack of gender parity.’ - Sara Warner, Cornell University, USA Based on the award-winning ‘The Feminist Spectator’ blog, Dolan provides a feminist viewpoint on a wide range of popular theatre, film and TV productions, from Homeland to The Hunger Games. Providing guidance on how to do mainstream feminist criticism of the stage and screen, this is an essential read for budding feminist critics and spectators.

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June 2013 9781137032904 £55.00 9781137032898 £16.99

Niall Richardson, Sussex University, UK, Clarissa Smith and Angela Werndly, both at Sunderland University, UK

Sabina Mihelj, Loughborough University, UK ‘In its nuanced and erudite handling of two distinct discourses nationalism studies and media studies - Media Nations will be a great asset to many scholars and readers seeking both an overview and a clear assessment of the relationship between the two.’ - Journal of Contemporary European Studies In today’s fragmented media landscapes, national media cultures and national audiences seem elusive.

Can we understand media without reference to a theory of nationalism and mass communication? This book assesses the relevance of nationalism, nationstate and national identity to our understanding of modern mass communication.

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April 2011 9780230231856 £65.00 9780230231863 £22.99

Studying Sexualities introduces students to the critical study of sexuality, exploring the major theories, media representations and cultural practices.

After explaining the key theoretical and empirical debates on the subject, the authors draw on their own original research to address timely topics related to gender, sexuality and popular culture. It features topical case studies and examples from the media and everyday cultural practices throughout the text to enhance students’ understanding of the material.

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FILM & TELEVISION STUDIES

Understanding Film Theory Christine EtheringtonWright and Ruth Doughty, both at University of Portsmouth, UK ‘This is the book that film students have long been waiting for: a clear, well-written and accessible introduction to film theory. Lucid theoretical exposition and case study film analysis offer readers the most intelligible summary of theory that I have yet encountered.’ Paul Sutton, Roehampton University, UK This approachable introduction to film theory is designed to enthuse and equip students for study.

Each of the fifteen chapters provides an insight into the main areas of debate by introducing key ideas and thinkers. Taking the application of theory as its central theme, the book includes innovative features to help students engage critically with theoretical concepts, and summaries of seminal texts.

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August 2011 9780230217102 £65.00 9780230217119 £22.99

The Critical Practice of Film

Jane Campion & Adaptation

An Introduction

Angels, Demons and Unsettling Voices Elspeth kydd, University of the West of England, UK

This book covers the three areas vital to the successful study of film: criticism, theory and practice, and guides the student towards an engaged form of creative expression and an active role as reviewer and critic. Beautifully presented, this groundbreaking text offers all students an integrated understanding of film criticism and production. It includes a wide range of exercises designed to stimulate critical and analytical thought and help demystify the process of creative media making.

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jane campion & adaptation

‘Estella Tincknell brings a welcome and finely wrought focus to the multilayered role of adaptation in Campion’s cinema. Through her detailed reassessment of key films, Tincknell discovers a further claim for Campion’s distinction and in the process succeeds in transporting her collected works to another order again.’ - Deb Verhoeven, Deakin University, Australia angels, demons and unsettling voices

Best known for The Piano, Jane Campion is an author/director whose films explore the relationship between literature and cinema. This book examines Campion’s films as adaptations, mixing cultural and textual analysis, and exploring context, pastiche and genre. It is a must-read for anyone interested in Campion or adaptation studies.

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Film and History James Chapman, University of Leicester, UK ‘Written by one of our leading film historians, Film and History is both accessible and lively and provides an ideal introduction to the subject.’ Peter Hutchings, Northumbria University, UK A concise yet authoritative introduction to the use of film for historians, designed to equip students with the methods both to analyze film texts and to understand the place of film in history and culture. Chapman explores the main theoretical debates and approaches, and charts the development of film history as a discipline in its own right.

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Hollywood and the American Historical Film Edited by J.E. Smyth, University of Warwick, UK ‘This groundbreaking collection of essays redraws the parameters of the historical film, expanding it to include a wide range of films set in the past, notably comedies, westerns and melodramas.

Written in a lively and accessible style, and harbouring a wealth of authoritative scholarship, it is bound to become a fixture of university courses and a landmark in its field.’ - Mark Glancy, Queen Mary University of London, UK This definitive interdisciplinary collection by leading scholars probes the theoretical and historical contexts of films made about the American past, from silent film to the present. The book offers a fresh assessment of studio era historical filmmaking and its legacy across a range of genres.

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The Film Experience An Introduction 3rd edition Timothy Corrigan, University of Pennsylvania, USA and Patricia White, Swarthmore College, USA Published by Bedford/St. Martin’s

‘The Film Experience is a vital, well written, enjoyable and strongly developed introductory book, and is clearly the best of the field.’ - Scott Nygren, University of Florida, USA A comprehensive introduction to film that recognizes students as movie fans and helps them understand the art form’s full scope. The authors situate their strong coverage of the medium’s formal elements within the larger cultural contexts that inform the ways we watch film, from economics and exhibition to marketing and the star system.

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CONTROVERSIES Series Editors: Stevie Simkin and Julian Petley Controversies is a series comprising individual studies of controversial films from the late 1960s to the present day, encompassing classic, contemporary Hollywood, cult and world cinema. Each volume provides an in-depth study analysing the various stages of each film’s production, distribution, classification and reception, assessing both its impact at the time of its release and its subsequent legacy.

‘Sober, balanced and insightful, these books should help us get a perspective on some of the thorniest films in the history of cinema.’ - Kim Newman, Novelist, Critic and Broadcaster

Basic Instinct

Falling Down Stevie Simkin, University of Winchester, UK In the first in-depth study of Basic Instinct, Stevie Simkin addresses the controversy around the film’s sexual content (particularly the notorious interrogation scene) and its allegedly homophobic and misogynistic depiction of lesbian and female characters.

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Jude Davies, University of Winchester, UK Falling Down caused controversy because of its depiction of violence and vigilantism, and was accused of racism in its portrayal of a Korean shopkeeper.

Jude Davies explores the film’s production and reception context, arguing that it was marketed as a deliberate provocation to a growing ‘uncivility’ in American society.

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Bad Boy Bubby Gabrielle Murray, La Trobe University, Australia Bad Boy Bubby focuses on a 35 year-old man-child whose ‘mother/keeper’ keeps him imprisoned in a windowless hovel.

From the moment it entered the festival cycle in 1993, the film has polarized audiences.

This volume examines how and why the film produced such conflicting responses, as well as reviewing its current relevance.

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Inside The Writers' Room Conversations with American TV Writers Edited by Christina Kallas, President of the Federation of Screenwriters in Europe and Columbia University, USA US television drama has gained recognition for its sophisticated narrative form, and the role of the writer has been central to this. Here television writers share their experiences and practices of writing for highly successful shows such as The Sopranos, Seinfeld, Cheers, Sex and the City, The Wire, Mad Men, The Big C and Boardwalk Empire.

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The Birth of British Television A History Mark Aldridge, Southampton Solent University, UK The Birth of British Television traces the early history and development of television, from the experiments of amateurs to the institutionalised developments that led to the world’s first regular, high definition television service.

Focusing on important factors including the attitude of the press towards early television and examining the way that expectations of television changed over time prior to its official launch. The study examines how the aims for a new television service developed, and the extent to which content and technology were linked. The Birth of British Television approaches this formative period from several perspectives, from private individuals, the BBC and government, and the broader opinions at the time through press reports and feedback from the general public.

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Tell us what you love about teaching and you could win a free copy.

Email lecturerservices@palgrave.com using the subject line For the Love of Learning.

Closing date 28th February 2014. Maximum 30 winners. Terms and conditions apply.

ISBN: 9780230396081