Just Following the Science: fact-checking journalism and the Government’s lockdown argumentation
(2021)
Book Chapter
Birks, J. (2021). Just Following the Science: fact-checking journalism and the Government’s lockdown argumentation. In S. Price, & B. Harbisher (Eds.), Power, Media and the Covid-19 Pandemic: Framing Public Discourse. Routledge
Outputs (287)
Sexuality and politics: ‘Coming out’ in German and Chinese queer films (2021)
Book Chapter
Bao, H. (2021). Sexuality and politics: ‘Coming out’ in German and Chinese queer films. In Research Handbook on Political Propaganda (156-167). Edward Elgar Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781789906424.00018This chapter analyses the ‘coming out’ narratives represented in two queer films from different cultural contexts: Coming Out (dir. Heiner Carow, GDR, 1989) and Lan Yu (dir. Stanley Kwan, China, 2001). Both films feature gay men’s ‘coming out’ experi... Read More about Sexuality and politics: ‘Coming out’ in German and Chinese queer films.
Introduction: The new terrain of mediated politics (2021)
Book Chapter
Morrison, J., Birks, J., & Berry, M. (2022). Introduction: The new terrain of mediated politics. In J. Morrison, J. Birks, & M. Berry (Eds.), The Routledge Companion to Political Journalism. Taylor & Francis (Routledge)
Make America Hate Again? The Politics of Vigilante Geriaction (2021)
Journal Article
Frame, G. (2021). Make America Hate Again? The Politics of Vigilante Geriaction. Journal of Popular Film and Television, 49(3), 168-180. https://doi.org/10.1080/01956051.2021.1957337The article explores the politics of the vigilante geriaction film, with specific focus on the remake of Death Wish (Eli Roth, 2018). In its construction of a nation under mortal threat from within and without, the subgenre is uncritical in its reinf... Read More about Make America Hate Again? The Politics of Vigilante Geriaction.
Sharing Food, Vulnerability and Intimacy in a Global Pandemic: The Digital Art of the Chinese Diaspora in Europe (2021)
Journal Article
Bao, H. (2021). Sharing Food, Vulnerability and Intimacy in a Global Pandemic: The Digital Art of the Chinese Diaspora in Europe. Journal of Contemporary Chinese Art, 8(2-3), 129-145. https://doi.org/10.1386/JCCA_00041_1This article examines the digital artworks created by three Chinese diaspora artists based in Europe: Berlin-based queer filmmaker Fan Popo’s short digital video Lerne Deutsch in meiner Küche (‘Learn German in my kitchen’), London-based performance a... Read More about Sharing Food, Vulnerability and Intimacy in a Global Pandemic: The Digital Art of the Chinese Diaspora in Europe.
Evolving journalism norms: objective, interpretive and fact-checking journalism (2021)
Book Chapter
Birks, J. (2021). Evolving journalism norms: objective, interpretive and fact-checking journalism. In The Routledge Companion to Political Journalism. Taylor & Francis (Routledge)This chapter will first query the various constructions of ‘bad’ audience responses to information and argumentation, and suggest an approach that neither expects too much of news audiences (and inevitably finds them wanting) nor patronizes them (and... Read More about Evolving journalism norms: objective, interpretive and fact-checking journalism.
The Routledge Companion to Political Journalism (2021)
Book
Morrison, J., Berry, M., & Birks, J. (2021). J. Morrison, J. Birks, & M. Berry (Eds.). The Routledge Companion to Political Journalism. Taylor & Francis (Routledge)
New Wave, New Hollywood: Reassessment, Recovery, and Legacy (2021)
Book
Abrams, N., & Frame, G. (Eds.). (2021). New Wave, New Hollywood: Reassessment, Recovery, and Legacy. Bloomsbury PublishingAs a period of film history, The American New Wave (ordinarily understood as beginning in 1967 and ending in 1980) remains a preoccupation for scholars and audiences alike. In traditional accounts, it is considered to be bookended by two periods of c... Read More about New Wave, New Hollywood: Reassessment, Recovery, and Legacy.
From Idents to Influencers: The promotional screen industries (2021)
Book Chapter
Grainge, P. (2021). From Idents to Influencers: The promotional screen industries. In The Routledge Companion to Media Industries (363-371). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429275340-36This chapter examines the role of the promotional screen industries, a fluid configuration of companies, agencies, and intermediaries that produce audiovisual marketing content for media and consumer brands, corporations, universities, governments, c... Read More about From Idents to Influencers: The promotional screen industries.
Negotiating Noise: Across Places, Spaces and Disciplines (2021)
Book
Krogh Groth, S., & Mansell, J. (Eds.). (2021). Negotiating Noise: Across Places, Spaces and Disciplines. Sound Environment Centre, Lund University. https://doi.org/10.37852/oblu.115Negotiating Noise Across Places, Spaces and Disciplines brings together writing by 20 researchers from across Europe and South-East Asia on the slippery but fascinating topic of noise. What is noise, where can it be heard, and what should we do with... Read More about Negotiating Noise: Across Places, Spaces and Disciplines.