media studies

Issue 2.5 Previous Issues

Shakespeare on Television, this Millennium

Sarah Olive October 9, 2013 1 Comment BBC Shakespeare cultural studies documentary film studies filming Shakespeare media studies music popular culture radio plays Renaissance history Shakespeare studies TV adaptations

‘#MargaretThatcher’s ousting from Downing Street described on R4 in terms of a great Shakespearean tragedy #Shakespeare’, ‘Spotting #Shakespeare paraphrases in #FreshMeat’, ‘C4’s tribute to Richard Briars…

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Issue 2.3 Previous Issues

Are Video Game Narratives Postmodern?

Alistair Brown May 13, 2013 4 Comments aesthetics Alan Kirby Beyond: Two Souls Call of Duty commodification computer games contemporary culture digital models Espen Aarseth Fredric Jameson gangster films Grand Theft Auto (GTA)Heavy Rain Jean Baudrillard L.A. Noire literary theory ludological theory Mass Effect media studies Minecraft Nintendo Wii Postmodern Culture postmodernism pseudo-modernism Rockstar San Andreas videogames XBox ZX Spectrum

An editorial in the twentieth anniversary issue of the journal Postmodern Culture in 2010 added another voice to mark the gradual retreat of the postmodern…

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