Organiser: British Sociological Association, Media Study Group CfP PDF: https://tinyurl.com/2k6nu4qt We are living in unusual times. As such, recent and ongoing events — including the pandemic, the energy/ cost of living crisis, the war in Ukraine — provide an opportunity to look again at our ideas about the role and operation of media at times of sustained crises and conflicts.

Guest editors: Giulia Taurino (Northeastern University), Georgia Aitaki (Karlstad University) Given recent technological advancements, media scholars have been discussing a digital, computational, algorithmic turn in television (Berry, 2011; Hansen & Paul, 2017;

A murder has, yet again, been committed in a small town in Maine.  The local sheriff is baffled.  Fortunately, however, the town’s most famous resident, retired English teacher turned mystery novelist Jessica Fletcher (Angela Lansbury), is on the case!

Future Nostalgia and Present Utopia: Reimaging Futurism in Film and New Media Program in Film and Media Studies at the University of Pittsburgh Keynote Speaker: Diana Flores Ruíz Date: September 23-24 The University of Pittsburgh Film and Media Studies Program is pleased to announce “Future Nostalgia and Present Utopia: Reimaging Futurism in Film and New Media,” its twelfth

Two very different brothers from Edinburgh (okay, Leith) are driving one night and accidentally hit a pedestrian.  What follows in the BBC Scotland series Guilt (2019-2023) is, unsurprisingly, more about the emotion than the legal definition of guilt as we see the crimes being committed and know that the brothers are guilty of it and the subsequent cover-up.

Reviewing methods used by earlier generations to challenge discriminatory acts in television hiring practices provides proof of the long-standing battle between those who worked to challenge barriers to entry for Black people and the already established media companies that are more concerned about profit margins.

Editor(s): Valerio Coladonato (Sapienza University of Rome) Dom Holdaway (University of Urbino Carlo Bo) Elena Pilipets (University of Siegen) Lidia Valera-Ordaz (University of Valencia) In the last couple of decades, the European political landscape has been shaped by the reinvigorated centrality of populisms.

Over the past few decades we have seen a sharp rise in the number of central female characters in TV series, offering a wide palette of complex female identities, characters following very diverse narrative journeys.

In a recent CST blog, Gary R. Edgerton noted the dearth of work on televised sport, invoking the recent real-time tragedy from the 2 January 2023 NFL game between the Cincinnati Bengals and my hometown team, the Buffalo Bills.

Sometimes, coincidence allows us to observe separate but related phenomena that, seen by themselves, would be nowhere near as meaningful as when compared to each other. Such a wonderful coincidence happened recently in the relatively quick succession of two major television events: the Coronation of King Charles on the 6th and Eurovision, 7 days later, on the 13th May 2023.

by Gary R. Edgerton This strike is a strike for everyone in the industry. —Fran Drescher, SAG-AFTRA president, 8 May 2023 (Jackson)   2023 is shaping up to be one of the more turbulent years in Hollywood’s storied history.