Apologies for cross-posting On behalf of the Centre for Media and Celebrity Studies (CMCS) board, I am pleased to announce that the third edition of our newsletter has been published. Highlights include: • The Emotions Industry edited by Senior Lecturer Dr Mira Moshe at Ariel University • Industrial Approaches to Media (IAM) at Nottingham University •…
Industrial Approaches to Media: A Methodological Gateway to Industry Studies From Samuel Ward, PhD Candidate (aaxsjw@nottingham.ac.uk) We are pleased to announce a range of new content on our website. This is free to access and includes videos of the workshops from our recent inaugural event: Paul Grainge and Catherine Johnson, of the University of…
Room’s Annual Writing Contest: 2014 Send us your best work! Submissions to our annual contest are open. Contest closes on July 15, 2014. Categories: Fiction, Poetry and Creative Non-Fiction Prizes Per category First prize: $500 + publication in Room Second prize: $250 + publication in Room Honourable mention: publication on Room‘s website Rules For fiction and creative non-fiction,…
Call for Chapters: The Political Economy of Celebrity Activism In early 2014, Hollywood actor Scarlet Johansson provoked a critical response from the UK charity Oxfam, for whom she functioned as an ambassador. The star had recently signed a promotional deal with SodaStream, the manufacturer of a carbonated drinks machine, with headquarters in Israel and a…
