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The emergence of the techno-elite audience and free/open source content : a case study on BBC Backstage (2012)
Journal Article
Lin, Y. (2012). The emergence of the techno-elite audience and free/open source content : a case study on BBC Backstage. Particip@tions, 9(2), 597-613

This paper, through a case study on the BBC Backstage project, argues that the continuing convergence of media and ICT sectors has encouraged a powerful elite audience group to emerge – what I term “techno elite” in this paper. The techno elite usual... Read More about The emergence of the techno-elite audience and free/open source content : a case study on BBC Backstage.

me-but-not-me: Teaching the digital double (2012)
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Oliver, M. (2012). me-but-not-me: Teaching the digital double. International Journal of Performance Arts and Digital Media, 8(2), 185-200. https://doi.org/10.1386/padm.8.2.189_1

Written from a practice-as-research perspective, this paper focuses on the importance of teaching the technique of the ‘digital double’ in multimedia performance. It offers a summary of the key theorists who assist in our interpretation and understan... Read More about me-but-not-me: Teaching the digital double.

Shaping the global communications milieu : the EU’s influence on Internet and telecommunications governance (2012)
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governance. Comparative European Politics, 12(1), 54-75. https://doi.org/10.1057/cep.2012.33

This article evaluates the European Union’s (EU) influence in shaping
the global governance for telecommunications and the Internet. Through analysing
EU behaviour within an actorness framework, we demonstrate how the external
opportunity structur... Read More about Shaping the global communications milieu : the EU’s influence on Internet and telecommunications governance.

Profiles and characters : evolution of the representation of the user in social networks and role-playing games (2012)
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Hernandez Perez, M. (2012). Profiles and characters : evolution of the representation of the user in social networks and role-playing games. SEECI 2000 (Internet), XVI(28), 30-48. https://doi.org/10.15198/seeci.2012.28.30-48

Role-playing games -along with social networks- have become the most popular
leisure activity online. This paper locates the origin of these web platforms in the
digital evolution of collaborative narratives and role-playing games. In order to do s... Read More about Profiles and characters : evolution of the representation of the user in social networks and role-playing games.

Typed art (2012)
Journal Article
Handyside, S. (2012). Typed art

Blank Media Collective champions emerging artists, writers, musicians and performers by giving them a unique platform to showcase their work.

The article relates to the recent Type Tarts Exhibition held in the University of Salford Media City comp... Read More about Typed art.

Articulating British Chinese experiences on-screen: 'soursweet' and 'ping pong' (2012)
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Chan, F., & Willis, A. (2012). Articulating British Chinese experiences on-screen: 'soursweet' and 'ping pong'. Journal of Chinese Cinemas, 6(1), 27-39. https://doi.org/10.1386/jcc.6.1.27_1

The notion of the Sinophone according to Shu-mei Shih attempts takes the delineation of Chinese identities out of ethno-geographic boundaries into linguistic communities. In the case of Chinese cinemas, the emphasis on linguistic communities fails to... Read More about Articulating British Chinese experiences on-screen: 'soursweet' and 'ping pong'.

Where is the study of WORK in critical IPE? (2012)
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Moore, P. (2012). Where is the study of WORK in critical IPE?. International Politics, 49(2), 215-237. https://doi.org/10.1057/ip.2011.40

The British school of International Political Economy (IPE) has been highly innovative in encouraging inter-disciplinary work, and allows eclecticism of research and investigation, which is quite distinct in contrast to its American counterpart. Crit... Read More about Where is the study of WORK in critical IPE?.

The impact of new media on diplomatic practice : an evolutionary model of change (2012)
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Archetti, C. (2012). The impact of new media on diplomatic practice : an evolutionary model of change. Hague Journal of Diplomacy, 7(2), 181-206. https://doi.org/10.1163/187119112X625538

Based on a range of interviews with foreign diplomats in London, the article explains the considerable variation in the way communication technologies both affect diplomatic practices and are appropriated by diplomats to pursue the respective countri... Read More about The impact of new media on diplomatic practice : an evolutionary model of change.

Nothing less than perfect: female celebrity, ageing and hyper-scrutiny in the gossip industry (2012)
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Fairclough, K. (2012). Nothing less than perfect: female celebrity, ageing and hyper-scrutiny in the gossip industry. Celebrity Studies, 3(1), 90-103. https://doi.org/10.1080/19392397.2012.644723

From Perez Hilton to Lainey Lui, the figure of the gossip blogger no longer exists
solely on the periphery of celebrity culture. The ‘bitchy’ personas that celebrity gossip bloggers espouse are now firmly embedded within mainstream media. Gossip blogs... Read More about Nothing less than perfect: female celebrity, ageing and hyper-scrutiny in the gossip industry.

Which future for foreign correspondence? London foreign correspondents in the age of global media (2012)
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Archetti, C. (2012). Which future for foreign correspondence? London foreign correspondents in the age of global media. Journalism Studies, 13(5-6), 847-856. https://doi.org/10.1080/1461670X.2012.664352

This article challenges the widespread idea that, in an age of instantaneous and ubiquitously accessible information, foreign correspondents are doomed to disappear. The last study of foreign correspondents in the London hub was conducted 30 years ag... Read More about Which future for foreign correspondence? London foreign correspondents in the age of global media.