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Andy Hollingworth’s online museum of comedy (2019)
Journal Article
Edge, B. (2019). Andy Hollingworth’s online museum of comedy. Comedy Studies, 10(1), 137-142. https://doi.org/10.1080/2040610x.2019.1592293

Andy Hollingworth is a British photographer, renowned for his portraits of leading practitioners in the UK comedy industry. His work has featured in national publications and his exhibition work includes items in the National Portrait Gallery’s colle... Read More about Andy Hollingworth’s online museum of comedy.

Looking into the “Anime Global Popular” and the “Manga Media” : reflections on the scholarship of a transnational and transmedia Industry (2019)
Journal Article
Hernandez Perez, M. (2019). Looking into the “Anime Global Popular” and the “Manga Media” : reflections on the scholarship of a transnational and transmedia Industry. Arts, 8(2), 57. https://doi.org/10.3390/arts8020057

This article introduces the special issue dedicated to global industries around anime, its theoretical commentary and its cross-cultural consumption. The concepts “anime” and “anime studies” are evaluated critically, involving current debates such as... Read More about Looking into the “Anime Global Popular” and the “Manga Media” : reflections on the scholarship of a transnational and transmedia Industry.

Dramatising intelligence history on the BBC : the Camp 020 affair (2019)
Journal Article
Murphy, C. (2019). Dramatising intelligence history on the BBC : the Camp 020 affair. Intelligence and National Security, 34(5), 668-702. https://doi.org/10.1080/02684527.2019.1595466

While there is a considerable literature that considers post-1945 British intelligence historiography, little attention has been given to non-print media, such as factual depictions of intelligence affairs broadcast on television or radio. Using pr... Read More about Dramatising intelligence history on the BBC : the Camp 020 affair.

Relevance theory and metaphor : an analysis of Tom Waits’ ‘Emotional Weather Report’ (2019)
Journal Article
Price, H., & Wilson, J. (2019). Relevance theory and metaphor : an analysis of Tom Waits’ ‘Emotional Weather Report’. Language and Literature, 28(1), 61-81. https://doi.org/10.1177/0963947019827074

‘Emotional Weather Report’ is a song by Tom Waits from his 1975 album, Nighthawks at the Diner. ‘Nighthawk’ is a US colloquial term popularised by its use in the title of Edward Hopper’s 1942 painting ‘Nighthawks’, which depicts a nocturnal scene in... Read More about Relevance theory and metaphor : an analysis of Tom Waits’ ‘Emotional Weather Report’.

The ‘rising power’ status and the evolution of international order : conceptualising Russia’s Syria policies (2019)
Journal Article
Pieper, M. (2019). The ‘rising power’ status and the evolution of international order : conceptualising Russia’s Syria policies. Europe-Asia Studies, 71(3), 365-387. https://doi.org/10.1080/09668136.2019.1575950

Taking Syria’s armed conflict as a case study to illustrate processes of normative contestation in international relations, this paper is interested in re-examining the typology of Russia as a ‘rising power’ to account for ‘rise’ in a non-material di... Read More about The ‘rising power’ status and the evolution of international order : conceptualising Russia’s Syria policies.

Austerity Britain – a brief history (2019)
Journal Article
Williams, B. (2019). Austerity Britain – a brief history. Political Insight, 10(1), 16-19. https://doi.org/10.1177/2041905819838148

Austerity has been a recurring theme of post-war British politics, from the 1950s right up to the present day. But with voters increasingly weary after a decade of public spending reduction, Ben Williams looks back on the modern history of austerity.

Branding, authorship and transmedia adaptation in the official products of Studio Ghibli : the "Miyazaki style" in the video games of Ni No Kuni saga (2011-2018) (2019)
Journal Article
Hernandez Perez, M. (2019). Branding, authorship and transmedia adaptation in the official products of Studio Ghibli : the "Miyazaki style" in the video games of Ni No Kuni saga (2011-2018). Con A de animación, 9, 102-117. https://doi.org/10.4995/caa.2019.11337

Anime is frequently the origin of media-mixes, that is, strategies of production and distribution of transmedia products in the Japanese global markets. Synergies can be formed through collaborative authorships and transmedia adaptations. While there... Read More about Branding, authorship and transmedia adaptation in the official products of Studio Ghibli : the "Miyazaki style" in the video games of Ni No Kuni saga (2011-2018).

Socially networked heterogeneity : the influence of WhatsApp as a social networking site on polarisation in Kenya (2019)
Journal Article
Kibet, A., & Ward, S. (2019). Socially networked heterogeneity : the influence of WhatsApp as a social networking site on polarisation in Kenya. African Journalism Studies, 39(4), 42-66. https://doi.org/10.1080/23743670.2018.1537979

Using a cross-sectional survey of two sampled counties in Kenya, this article analyses whether social networking sites reflect social network heterogeneity. It then examines how social network heterogeneity influences polarisation in Kenya. Three typ... Read More about Socially networked heterogeneity : the influence of WhatsApp as a social networking site on polarisation in Kenya.

The University of Salford Sound of Laughter project (2019)
Journal Article
Wilkie, I., Harrison, L., Brennan, D., Briggs, H., & Battle, L. (2019). The University of Salford Sound of Laughter project. Comedy Studies, 9(2), 245-257. https://doi.org/10.1080/2040610X.2018.1494365

What follows is a report of the University of Salford’s Sound of Laughter Project (2018). This pilot study was set up as an initial attempt to ascertain whether it is possible to discern any meaning from the different laughter sounds that audiences m... Read More about The University of Salford Sound of Laughter project.

Civil society activism, strategic alignment and international public policy making for spectrum (2019)
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Rashid, I., & Simpson, S. (2019). Civil society activism, strategic alignment and international public policy making for spectrum. Journal of Civil Society, 15(1), 62-81. https://doi.org/10.1080/17448689.2019.1565181

Recent work in political science asserts a growth in prominence of civil society in international public policy processes, something that has been to this point under-addressed in the field of public policy research in communication. This article und... Read More about Civil society activism, strategic alignment and international public policy making for spectrum.

Making visible an invisible trade : exploring the everyday experiences of doing social work and being a social worker (2019)
Journal Article
Leigh, J., Morriss, L., & Morriss, M. (2020). Making visible an invisible trade : exploring the everyday experiences of doing social work and being a social worker. Qualitative Social Work, 19(2), 267-283. https://doi.org/10.1177/1473325018824629

This article demonstrates that making art in conjunction with story-telling is a method which can elucidate the everyday working practices of social work practitioners. To date, the relationship between art and social workers has rarely been noted, i... Read More about Making visible an invisible trade : exploring the everyday experiences of doing social work and being a social worker.

The Secret History of BOB: Transmedia Storytelling and Twin Peaks (2019)
Journal Article
Yates, M. (2019). The Secret History of BOB: Transmedia Storytelling and Twin Peaks. MLA Forum, 5(2), 148-170

This article investigates the ways in which the transmedia epitexts of Twin Peaks—which include tie-in books, audio cassettes, collector’s cards, websites, and video featurettes—contributed to the development of Twin Peaks’ supernatural mythology. By... Read More about The Secret History of BOB: Transmedia Storytelling and Twin Peaks.

Mapping Eurasia : contrasting the public diplomacies of Russia’s ‘Greater Eurasia’ and China’s ‘Belt and Road’ initiative (2018)
Journal Article
Pieper, M. (2018). Mapping Eurasia : contrasting the public diplomacies of Russia’s ‘Greater Eurasia’ and China’s ‘Belt and Road’ initiative. Rising powers quarterly (Online), 3(3),

This paper contrasts the public diplomacies behind China and Russia’s approaches to Eurasian Order and process-traces the gradual interaction between the two. It argues that Russia’s ‘Greater Eurasia’ vision seeks to create a common space in Eurasia... Read More about Mapping Eurasia : contrasting the public diplomacies of Russia’s ‘Greater Eurasia’ and China’s ‘Belt and Road’ initiative.