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Broadcasting and the NHS in the Thatcherite 1980s: The challenge to public service (2013)
Book
Holland, P., Chgnell, H., & Wilson, S. (2013). Broadcasting and the NHS in the Thatcherite 1980s: The challenge to public service. UK: Palgrave MacMillan

The very idea of 'public service' came under fierce attack in the Thatcherite 1980s. Broadcasting and the NHS in the Thatcherite 1980s takes the two key services, broadcasting and the NHS, and traces the heated debates and political pressures which... Read More about Broadcasting and the NHS in the Thatcherite 1980s: The challenge to public service.

Beyond patriarchy: Six Feet Under and the older woman (2012)
Book Chapter
Wilson, S. (2012). Beyond patriarchy: Six Feet Under and the older woman. In J. Dolan, & E. Tincknell (Eds.), Ageing Femininities: Troubling Representations. Cambridge Scholars Press

The chapter explores the ways in which ageing femininities are constructed in the TV drama Six Feet under by looking at the characters of Ruth Fisher and her friend Bettina. The chapter argues that through the rule breaking, unruly bhaviour, the TV s... Read More about Beyond patriarchy: Six Feet Under and the older woman.

Angels (2009)
Journal Article
Wilson, S. (2009). Angels

An article written on the BBC drama Angels for Videoactive, a project funded within the eContentplus programme of the European Commission. This is an EU funded project that aims to create access to television archives across Europe in order to enabl... Read More about Angels.

Television talk shows (2009)
Journal Article
Wilson, S. (2009). Television talk shows

An article written on the history of TV talk shows for Videoactive, a project funded within the eContentplus programme of the European Commission. This is an EU funded project that aims to create access to television archives across Europe in order... Read More about Television talk shows.

Women, ageing and media workshops (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Dolan, J., Jenning, R., Garde Hansen, J., Gorton, K., Wilson, S., & Tincknell, E. (2008, June). Women, ageing and media workshops. Presented at AHRC funded Research Networks and Workshops: Women, Ageing and Media, http://insight.glos.ac.uk/researchmainpage/centres/wam/Pages/AHRCfundedResearchNetworksandWorkshopsProject.aspx

The Women, Ageing and Media (WAM) research group secured Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) funding in 2008 to run a series of workshops and an international conference in order to conduct a sustained investigation into proliferating print,... Read More about Women, ageing and media workshops.

It was a "mascara runnin’ kinda day": Oprah Winfrey, confession, celebrity and the formation of trust (2007)
Book Chapter
Wilson, S. (2007). It was a "mascara runnin’ kinda day": Oprah Winfrey, confession, celebrity and the formation of trust. In V. Bakir, & D. Barlow (Eds.), Communication in the Age of Suspicion: Trust and the Media (167-176). Basingstoke, Hampshire: Palgrave Macmillan

Oprah Winfrey is a very popular figure in contemporary American culture. Often described as 'authentic', the chapter explores the ways in which Winfrey deploys confessional practices on her TV talk show as a means to engender trust.

White picket fences, domestic containment and female subjectivity: the quest for romantic love (2006)
Book Chapter
Wilson, S. (2006). White picket fences, domestic containment and female subjectivity: the quest for romantic love. In J. McCabe, & K. Akass (Eds.), Reading Desperate Housewives (144-155). I.B. Tauris

The chapter explores the representation of feminine desire for romantic love in the TV drama Desperate Housewives. It argues that the show recalls and articulates a pre-feminist sensibility.