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Authorship and Authenticity in the Transmedia Brand: The Case of Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (2014)
Journal Article
Hadas, L. (2014). Authorship and Authenticity in the Transmedia Brand: The Case of Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Networking Knowledge: Journal of the MeCCSA Postgraduate Network, 7(1), https://doi.org/10.31165/nk.2014.71.332

The Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) is the first filmmaking endeavour of its kind: multiple separate superhero films taking place within a single diegetic world, united in a single sequel, The Avengers (2012). The third highest-grossing film in histo... Read More about Authorship and Authenticity in the Transmedia Brand: The Case of Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D..

The Malthusian Paradox: performance in an alternate reality game (2014)
Journal Article
Evans, E., Flintham, M., & Martindale, S. (2014). The Malthusian Paradox: performance in an alternate reality game. Personal and Ubiquitous Computing, 18(7), https://doi.org/10.1007/s00779-014-0762-7

The Malthusian Paradox is a transmedia alternate reality game (ARG) created by artists Dominic Shaw and Adam Sporne played by 300 participants over three months. We explore the design of the game, which cast players as agents of a radical organisatio... Read More about The Malthusian Paradox: performance in an alternate reality game.

Stallone and Hollywood in Transition (2014)
Book Chapter
Gallagher, M. (2014). Stallone and Hollywood in Transition. In C. Holmlund (Ed.), The Ultimate Stallone Reader, 97-119. Columbia University Press

Somewhere (and nowhere) between modernity and tradition: towards a critique of international and indigenous perspectives on the significance of contemporary Chinese art (2014)
Journal Article
Gladston, P. (2014). Somewhere (and nowhere) between modernity and tradition: towards a critique of international and indigenous perspectives on the significance of contemporary Chinese art. Tate Papers,

Reviewing international and indigenous perspectives on the significance of contemporary Chinese art, Paul Gladston argues for the necessity of new theoretical paradigms.

The continuity of ‘continuity’: flow and the changing experience of watching broadcast television (2013)
Journal Article
Johnson, C. (2013). The continuity of ‘continuity’: flow and the changing experience of watching broadcast television. Key Words: A Journal of Cultural Materialism, 11,

It has been widely argued that the experience of watching television has altered significantly since Raymond Williams’s theorisation of flow in the mid-1970s. Yet despite the rise of new technologies such as personal video recorders and on-demand ser... Read More about The continuity of ‘continuity’: flow and the changing experience of watching broadcast television.

From brand congruence to the ‘virtuous circle’: branding and the commercialization of public service broadcasting (2013)
Journal Article
Johnson, C. (2013). From brand congruence to the ‘virtuous circle’: branding and the commercialization of public service broadcasting. Media, Culture and Society, 35(3), https://doi.org/10.1177/0163443712472088

In debates about the commercialization of public service broadcasting little attention has been paid to the ways in which the public might experience the commercial and public service activities of public service broadcasters and the impact that this... Read More about From brand congruence to the ‘virtuous circle’: branding and the commercialization of public service broadcasting.

‘Dark Tourism’ and the ‘Kitschification’ of 9/11 (2012)
Journal Article
Potts, T. (2012). ‘Dark Tourism’ and the ‘Kitschification’ of 9/11. Tourist Studies, 12(3), https://doi.org/10.1177/1468797612461083

This paper aims to interrogate the framing of New York’s Ground Zero as a ‘dark tourist’ destination, with particular reference to the entanglement of notions of kitsch in academic discussions of the events of September 11th 2001. What makes Ground Z... Read More about ‘Dark Tourism’ and the ‘Kitschification’ of 9/11.