Critical Studies in Television最新文献

{"title":"Book Review: Writings on Media: History of the Present","authors":"A. Villarejo","doi":"10.1177/17496020221121485","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/17496020221121485","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":51917,"journal":{"name":"Critical Studies in Television","volume":"23 1","pages":"452 - 454"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2022-08-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"79145921","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"艺术学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"BBC television news in the world: An introduction","authors":"H. Andrews","doi":"10.1177/17496020221121457","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/17496020221121457","url":null,"abstract":"When we sent out a call for papers for the BBC at 100 special issues, ‘the BBC in the world’was one of the key themes listed therein. It was striking, on assessing the excellent abstracts that were submitted, that the bulk of these took as their subject matter the BBC’s transnational relationships with its near neighbours, either geographically in Europe, or culturally, in North America. This mirrors a general preponderance in the scholarship on the BBC’s global position, written by Western authors who inevitably approach the subject from a particular point of view. Despite the current efforts in the academy to decolonise our thinking, teaching and research, television studies approaches to the BBC remain dominated by Western perspectives. There is therefore a significant gap in studies of BBC television. We need more studies of the work of the BBC from the perspectives of scholars (and audiences) outside of theWest. The following pieces add to the conversation and begin to address this gap. They are written in the Critical Studies in Television tradition of short, punchy ‘provocations’ that present a viewpoint or snapshot, able to be produced more flexibly and responsively than a full academic article. The authors were invited to write on any topic related to the BBC in the world, but – coincidentally or not – both articles present an assessment of the operations of BBC News in global contexts, and the way these are perceived by audiences in Nigeria and India. The BBC’s position as a global provider of news is complicated by its history of broadcasting overseas, one that Marie Gillespie, AlbanWebb and Gerd Baumann describe as ‘little known and perhaps even less understood’ (2008: 453). The World Service, established in 1932 and variously named ‘Empire’ and ‘Overseas’ services during its history, now broadcasts radio content in 42 languages worldwide. Part-funded by the UK government, with historical variations in the amount of control or oversight of the state, the service operates as a form of ‘soft power’ and can be viewed as ‘paternalistic’ at best (Sambrook, 2022), propagandistic at worst. The BBC’s global television news provision operates as a commercial outfit rather than directly as a public service, but retains the institution’s PSB-associated brand values of high-quality, impartial news provision. Daya Kishan Thussu notes that despite its aims of promoting British interests, these services","PeriodicalId":51917,"journal":{"name":"Critical Studies in Television","volume":"54 1","pages":"382 - 384"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2022-08-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"74811977","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"艺术学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"A perspective on BBC television news in India","authors":"R. Jaggi, S. Patankar","doi":"10.1177/17496020221121451","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/17496020221121451","url":null,"abstract":"This provocation gives an overview of the BBC in India in terms of television news. It discusses the BBC's sensibilities in relation to the interests and perceptions of Indian audiences through two methods: one, a review of available secondary literature; and two, brief conversations with media professionals who have previously or currently work with the BBC in India. It briefly comments on the conflicting journey of the BBC in India but argues that despite the colonial legacy and the initial narrative of privileging the imperial voice, the BBC is largely viewed as a fair and impartial news source by Indian audiences.","PeriodicalId":51917,"journal":{"name":"Critical Studies in Television","volume":"38 1","pages":"392 - 396"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2022-08-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"88751960","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"艺术学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Book Review: Biographical Television Drama","authors":"Rob Watts","doi":"10.1177/17496020221121467","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/17496020221121467","url":null,"abstract":"author’s own original arguments. Moreover, questions remain regarding the method used for selecting specific vids within the study. In the Conclusion, Stevens argues ‘I chose to use examples that resonate as exemplars based on my long experience in fandom’ (p. 222). However, the subcultural histories motivating inclusion, and the researcher’s embedded identity within these, are not reflected on in, for instance, an autoethnographic manner. This absence led me to question why individual vids had been chosen. For example, Chapter 6 focuses solely on three vids dedicated to the character of Starbuck in the mid-00s Battlestar Galactica, (2004-09), and I was left wondering why this trilogy had been chosen: were they exemplary of historical themes, styles, or aesthetics in vidding? How representative of vidding were these? The lack of reflexivity afforded to the sample is problematic as it raises questions concerning both representativeness and rigour and undermines confidence in how generalizable the arguments are. These are questions that, beyond this individual study, fan studies must continue to defend itself against if it is to gain legitimacy in the face of dismissals of the field as being methodologically based in ‘personal preference’ rather than objectively verifiable criteria.","PeriodicalId":51917,"journal":{"name":"Critical Studies in Television","volume":"1 1","pages":"461 - 464"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2022-08-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"84447655","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"艺术学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Book Review: Binge-Watching and Contemporary Television Studies","authors":"B. Mills","doi":"10.1177/17496020221121482","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/17496020221121482","url":null,"abstract":"Buttigieg JA (2018) Gramsci in English. International Gramsci Journal 3(1): 26–40. Coronation Street (1960) ITV. ITV Studios. Gramsci A, Hoare Q and Nowell-Smith G (1971) Selections from the Prison Notebooks of Antonio Gramsci. London: Lawrence & Wishart. Newcomb H (1974) TV: The Most Popular Art. Garden City, NY: Doubleday/Anchor Press. Sanders of the River. Zoltán Korda (1935) London Films. Williams R (1974) Television: Technology and Cultural Form. London: Fontana.","PeriodicalId":51917,"journal":{"name":"Critical Studies in Television","volume":"29 1","pages":"454 - 456"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2022-08-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"78841173","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"艺术学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Book Review: North East of England on Film and Television","authors":"B. Lamb","doi":"10.1177/17496020221121487","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/17496020221121487","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":51917,"journal":{"name":"Critical Studies in Television","volume":"335 1","pages":"457 - 459"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2022-08-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"78627970","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"艺术学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Book Review: Fanvids: Television, Women, and Home Media Re-Use","authors":"R. Garner","doi":"10.1177/17496020221121489","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/17496020221121489","url":null,"abstract":"Ben Lamb is an expert on British television crime drama whose book, You’re Nicked: Investigating British television police series (Manchester UP) was published 2019. He leads the English Studies and Creative Writing at Teesside University. His research interests include modes of realism within different television production systems, genre theory, gender politics, and representations of social class. He is the producer of the film programme Rewinding the welfare state, supported by the National Lottery Heritage Fund and North East Film Archive.","PeriodicalId":51917,"journal":{"name":"Critical Studies in Television","volume":"1 1","pages":"459 - 461"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2022-08-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"89727299","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"艺术学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Enraptured by this Glorious Media Landscape: Anne with an E and cross-platform coproduction","authors":"W. Abbiss","doi":"10.1177/17496020221122197","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/17496020221122197","url":null,"abstract":"This article examines the CBC/Netflix coproduction Anne with an E (2017–19), a leading example of cross-platform coproduction whose legacy is disrupted by the drama’s unexpected cancellation. Theories of cultural and media imperialism are discussed to contextualise this circumstance, along with an overview of the Canadian media policy context. The relationship between the CBC’s public service model and Netflix’s subscription service is considered, followed by an analysis of the increased cultural representation of the drama, which incorporates Black, queer and Indigenous identities. The article concludes by suggesting what Anne with an E’s cancellation may mean for the future of cross-platform coproductions.","PeriodicalId":51917,"journal":{"name":"Critical Studies in Television","volume":"18 1","pages":"148 - 162"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2022-08-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46612366","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"艺术学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Memory, remembrance and nostalgia in Ken Burns’ The Vietnam War","authors":"Paul Cornelius, Douglas Rhein","doi":"10.1177/17496020221122178","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/17496020221122178","url":null,"abstract":"This essay examines how society and culture constructs differing responses to memory and remembrance in producing documentary series that look back at the American War in Indochina. Drawing upon studies of memory, nostalgia, and remembrance, the primary focus is on the recent documentary series directed by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick, The Vietnam War. That series can be seen as a remembrance rather than an example of historical memory. The essay provides a close analysis, therefore, of The Vietnam War and compares it, in particular, to an earlier series, Vietnam: The Ten Thousand Day War. Also under discussion are documentaries contemporary with the war, In the Year of the Pig and Hearts and Minds. What ultimately can be seen is a shift from active memory and advocacy in human behavior and perspective within the contemporaneous documentaries to an institutionalized construct focusing on remembrance and nostalgia in The Vietnam War.","PeriodicalId":51917,"journal":{"name":"Critical Studies in Television","volume":"49 1","pages":"243 - 255"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2022-08-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"65567845","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"艺术学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"“The Popular Entertainment Side of Broadcasting Should Receive Much More Attention”: The BBC, Comedy, and Nation-Building at Home and Abroad","authors":"B. Mills","doi":"10.1177/17496020221119412","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/17496020221119412","url":null,"abstract":"This article outlines and examines the role comedy and entertainment have played at the BBC in constructing a sense of national identity both in the UK and overseas. It demonstrates the ways in which UK national identities are intertwined with ideas of a sense of humour, and the extent to which this is a performative act. Beginning with a historical approach, the article shows how the BBC, over time, has employed comedy as a way to evidence particularities of UK national identities, and the importance of the organisation in contributing to this.","PeriodicalId":51917,"journal":{"name":"Critical Studies in Television","volume":"66 1","pages":"348 - 364"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2022-08-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"87793511","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"艺术学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}