All Outputs (1673)

Media on ice (2008)
Journal Article

Between March and December 2008 Jane Arthurs was co-editor, with Usha Zacharias, of the Commentary and Criticism Section of this journal, which included topical short essays themed around issues of significance to feminist media studies either from a... Read More about Media on ice.

The new architectures of intimacy? Social networking sites and genders (2008)
Journal Article

Between March and December 2008 Jane Arthurs was co-editor, with Usha Zacharias, of the Commentary and Criticism Section of this journal, which included topical short essays themed around issues of significance to feminist media studies either from a... Read More about The new architectures of intimacy? Social networking sites and genders.

Beyond the fourth wall: Reading, passing, and intervention in internet research (2008)
Journal Article

Between March and December 2008 Jane Arthurs was co-editor, with Usha Zacharias, of the Commentary and Criticism Section of this journal, which included topical short essays themed around issues of significance to feminist media studies either from a... Read More about Beyond the fourth wall: Reading, passing, and intervention in internet research.

Women's History Review: Introduction (2008)
Journal Article

This article is an introduction to a special issue on the history of single women based on papers given at conference held in June 2006 at the University of the West of England, entitled ‘Single Women in History 1000–2000’. The analysis is based on o... Read More about Women's History Review: Introduction.

Single women and philanthropy: A case study of women's associational life in Bristol, 1880-1914 (2008)
Journal Article

This article examines the philanthropic and local government work undertaken by single women in Bristol in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Focusing in particular on the life and work of one woman, Mary Clifford, the article conside... Read More about Single women and philanthropy: A case study of women's associational life in Bristol, 1880-1914.

The future of media entertainment (2008)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

The presentation argued that the convergence of digital technology is already bringing about a change in the distribution, aesthetics and the consumption of media entertainment so that we can access it “anytime, anyplace and anywhere”. Yet embedded c... Read More about The future of media entertainment.

Dr Jeckyl and Sister Hyde (2008)
Exhibition / Performance

By converting the filmic narrative into a verbal one, these performances narrow the ‘aesthetic’ distance between a cultural resource, such as a feature film, and how it contributes to a work of art which uses the resource as a reference. The audience... Read More about Dr Jeckyl and Sister Hyde.

Figuring light - colour and the intangible (2008)
Exhibition / Performance

World premier composed by Alexandra Harwood of the music “Redness” by the Onyx Brass Quintet. The 52-page exhibition catalogue (ISBN 978-1-900809-56-6) was currated by Dr Richard Davey.

I am comedy. 'Out-takes' (2008)
Exhibition / Performance

Public screenings of artists work involving themselves explicitly as either narrator or actor exploring the human condition and their own identity through humour. Many of the artists in this project use humour as a diversion for more hidden philosoph... Read More about I am comedy. 'Out-takes'.

Farmers market (2008)
Exhibition / Performance

A group exhibition featuring twenty four international artists curated by Fedja Klikovac.

The thin men: Anorexic subjectivity in Fight Club and The Machinist. (2008)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Taking anorexia as a model of subjectivity under contemporary capital, this paper analyses the noir protagonists of Fight Club and The Machinist and their relationships to power, labour and their own bodies.

The ethics and aesthetics of trafficking films: MTVs Exit Campaign (2008)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

MTVs exit campaign to raise awareness about the trafficking of women highlights the difficulties faced by charitable organisations when using audience research to evaluate the effectiveness of their media campaigns. To connect with audiences whose et... Read More about The ethics and aesthetics of trafficking films: MTVs Exit Campaign.

From PressWise to MediaWise: promoting journalism ethics in the UK (2008)
Book Chapter

Travel and experience in early modern English literature (2008)
Book

Cryptocephalus (2008)
Other

A exhibition catalogue essay on the work of Artist Nicola Donovan.
The essay was the result of a number of studio visits and interviews with the Artist as she worked on a research project at Bletchley Park, home in WW2 to the Enigma code breakers. T... Read More about Cryptocephalus.

The return of religion and other myths (2008)
Exhibition / Performance

'The Return of Religion and Other Myths' was a large scale exhibition, lecture series and critcal reader. The project explores the popular assumption of the return of religion to the public sphere, contemporary politics, and the media in the West as... Read More about The return of religion and other myths.

Haunting the law: Aspects of gothic in Dickens's fiction (2008)
Journal Article

In recent years Dickens's use of Gothic has been the focus of some diverse and absorbing critical interpretations. This paper seeks to address in more detail the ways in which Gothic features in Dickens's various responses to the law in his work. Sce... Read More about Haunting the law: Aspects of gothic in Dickens's fiction.

Northern Ireland and the British Empire-Commonwealth, 1923-61 (2008)
Journal Article

Despite the unprecedented interest shown by historians in Ireland and empire in recent years, comparatively little research has focused on Northern Ireland's connections to the British Empire-Commonwealth in the post-partition decades. This article... Read More about Northern Ireland and the British Empire-Commonwealth, 1923-61.

Self-regulation and media literacy: citizen-consumers in the digital age (2008)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Policy debates in the UK about digital television includes speculation about the changing relationship between content providers and users. This paper critically examines the perceived need for enhanced skills in media literacy in Ofcom policy statem... Read More about Self-regulation and media literacy: citizen-consumers in the digital age.

Journal editors' panel (2008)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

After providing an overview of the journal I co-edit, and the processes through which submissions go, I then participated in a chaired discussion (along with other journal editors who had made similar presentations) geared towards an audience of grad... Read More about Journal editors' panel.