The latest issue of Working Paper Series is now online. The issue contains contributions from the Otago Media, Film and Communication Early Career-Graduate conference, Revisiting Audiences: Reception, Identity, Technology.
Editorial
Owain Gwynne – Editorial: Revisiting Audiences: Reception, Identity, Technology (pp. 1-5)
Issue
Dion McLeod & Travis Holland – The Ghost of J.K. Rowling: Harry Potter and the Ur-Fan (pp. 1-20)
Edmund Smith – Superheroes and Shared Universes: How Fans and Auteurs Are Transforming the Hollywood Blockbuster (pp. 1-27)
Alison Bell – ‘Welcome to your ABC Starter Kit‘: Examining Entryway Paratexts in Grey’s Anatomy and Private Practice (pp. 1-19)
Isabelle Delmotte – The influences of sonic sensory awareness in the production and consumption of screened nature documentaries (pp. 1-21)
Working Paper Series is the flagship publication of the Department of Media, Film and Communication and features refereed articles from visiting scholars including:
Naql, Iqtida, Muarada, and Javab g’oi, Sariqa, and Mahumda Sariqa in the Hindi Masala Film
Anjali Gera Roy
Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur
Anjali Gera Roy
Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur
And where do we go next? Some Current and Future Fields of Research in Media Culture and Media Economy – Illustrated by the Example of Michael Jackson’s Thriller
Jürgen E. Müller
University of Bayreuth
Jürgen E. Müller
University of Bayreuth
The site also hosts vodcasts of public lectures by Brendan Hokowhitu, Boots Riley, Joseph Pugliese, Susan Stryker and Jacinta Ruru.
The very first issue from the Media, Film and Communication Early Career-Graduate conference Environments, Spaces, and Transformations edited by Alex Thong and Maud Ceuterick is also available.