All Outputs (27)

Seeing It On Television (2021)
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Lees, D., & Sexton, M. (2021). Seeing It On Television. New York: Bloomsbury Publishing

Seeing It on Television: Televisuality in the Contemporary US ‘High-end’ Series is co-authored by Dominic Lees and Max Sexton. The book is a detailed study of aesthetics in contemporary US television drama. It examines a range of cultural, technolog... Read More about Seeing It On Television.

After the Fact? The Truth about Fake News (2020)
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Gilroy-Ware, M. (2020). After the Fact? The Truth about Fake News. London: Repeater Books

Zanjir (2019)
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Mahmoodian, A. (2019). Zanjir. (1). Denmark: RRB Photobooks / IC Visual Lab

Zanjir is a conversation imagined between the artist Amak Mahmoodian (1980-present) and the Persian princess and memoirist Taj Saltaneh (1883 - 1936). In Zanjir, Amak Mahmoodian draws on imagery from King name's collection from the 19th Century held... Read More about Zanjir.

The Emperor and the Pianiola: A children's book for adults (2019)
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Sobers, S. (in press). The Emperor and the Pianiola: A children's book for adults. Bath: Imperial Voice

This illustrated photo-book explores the story of Emperor Haile Selassie and the Ethiopian royal family coming to live in the city of Bath following Mussolini's invasion, and how they used pianola music to create a sense of sanctity for the family at... Read More about The Emperor and the Pianiola: A children's book for adults.

A Fluid Landscape (2018)
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Harman, A. (2018). A Fluid Landscape. (200). UK: Another Place Press

In 'A Fluid Landscape' Amanda Harman explores the shifting landscape of the Somerset levels, an area which, once sea, has gradually become land through a succession of salt marsh, freshwater wetland and rich summer pasture. Human intervention has s... Read More about A Fluid Landscape.

Filling the Void: Emotion, Capitalism and Social Media (2017)
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Gilroy-Ware, M. J. (2017). Filling the Void: Emotion, Capitalism and Social Media. London: Repeater Books

This book demonstrates that, far from the rational, information-driven account of digital media that is often presumed to be a primary determinant of social media usage, particularly by those in the journalism industry and other industries concerned... Read More about Filling the Void: Emotion, Capitalism and Social Media.

Drones and Journalism: How the Media is Making Use of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (2017)
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Chamberlain, P. (2017). Drones and Journalism: How the Media is Making Use of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles. Taylor & Francis (Routledge)

Photographic Dialogues: Moving Stills (2017)
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Sobers, S. (2017). S. Sobers, & K. Hursthouse (Eds.), Photographic Dialogues: Moving Stills. Bristol: Community Media South West

Special issue looking at photographers who shoot moving image, and the relationship between the creative approaches. We ran the Moving Stills symposium in April 2016, which explored the practices of photographers who also produce moving image work... Read More about Photographic Dialogues: Moving Stills.

Shenasnemeh (2016)
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Mahmoodian, A. (2016). Shenasnemeh. ICVL Studio / RRB Publishing

Six years ago, I was waiting in a reception room, holding the birth certificates of my mother and me. We looked similar in our ID photographs. That same day my fingerprint was fixed next to my image, and my mother’s fingerprint next to her image. Des... Read More about Shenasnemeh.

Garden Stories (2016)
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Harman, A. (2016). Garden Stories. USA: Blue Sky Books / Chris Raushenberg

Published by Blue Sky Gallery to coincide with a Solo Exhibition at the gallery in 2016, this series of unintended or ‘accidental’ still lives, made around the gardens and outbuildings of an English country house, seeks to make visible the unseen and... Read More about Garden Stories.

Museum Media (2015)
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Henning, M. (2015). S. Macdonald, & H. R. Leahy (Eds.), Museum Media. Oxford, UK: Blackwells

Vol. 3 of the International Handbook of Museum Studies. This 300,000 word volume contains writings by museum professionals, architects and designers, as well as academics. The series eds. are Sharon Macdonald and Helen Rees Leahy, both at Manchester... Read More about Museum Media.

Blacklisted: The Secret War between Big Business and Union Activists (2015)
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Smith, D., & Chamberlain, P. (2015). Blacklisted: The Secret War between Big Business and Union Activists

Blacklisted tells the controversial story of the illegal strategies that transnational construction companies used to keep union activists away from work.

British theatre and performance 1900-1950 (2015)
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D’Monté, R. (2015). British theatre and performance 1900-1950. London: Bloomsbury Methuen Drama

British theatre from 1900-1950 has been subject to radical re-evaluation with plays from the period setting theatres alight and gaining critical acclaim once again; this book explains why, presenting a comprehensive survey of the theatre and how it s... Read More about British theatre and performance 1900-1950.

All the voices: Diversity in the media (2014)
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Jempson, M., & Pereira, A. C. (2014). All the voices: Diversity in the media. Portugal: SOS Racismo

Commentary on the importance of inclusive coverage, representation and employment in the news media

Gameworlds: Virtual Media and Children's Everyday Play (2014)
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Giddings, S. (2014). Gameworlds: Virtual Media and Children's Everyday Play. New York: Bloomsbury Publishing. https://doi.org/10.5040/9781501300233

This book is about play with, in, and around, digital media in everyday life. Building on detailed case studies it explores the nature of play in the virtual worlds of video games and how this play relates to, and crosses over into, everyday play in... Read More about Gameworlds: Virtual Media and Children's Everyday Play.

Aging femininities: Troubling representations (2012)
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Dolan, J., & Tincknell, E. (2012). Aging femininities: Troubling representations. Cambridge: Cambridge Scholars Press

Gameplay Mode: War, Simulation, and Technoculture (2011)
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Crogan, P. (2011). Gameplay Mode: War, Simulation, and Technoculture. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press

From flight simulators and first-person shooters to MMPOG and innovative strategy games like 2008’s Spore, computer games owe their development to computer simulation and imaging produced by and for the military during the Cold War. To understand the... Read More about Gameplay Mode: War, Simulation, and Technoculture.

Migrations and the media (2011)
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Gross, B., Threadgold, T., & Moore, K. (2011). Migrations and the media. New York: Peter Lang

'Migrations and the media' will bring together current research from the interdisciplinary fields of migration studies and media studies. In its focus upon the global reporting of migration, it will critically explore the mediation of a range of migr... Read More about Migrations and the media.

The new media and technocultures reader (2010)
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Giddings, S., & Lister, M. (2010). The new media and technocultures reader. London: Routledge

Myths, facts and feelings: Bristol and transatlantic slavery (2010)
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Sobers, S., Mitchell, R., Lynas, L., Burton, E., & Cavannah, K. (2010). S. Sobers, R. Mitchell, L. Lynas, E. Burton, & K. Cavannah (Eds.), Myths, facts and feelings: Bristol and transatlantic slavery. Community Media South West