Gentrification and Screen Media
Ipek A. Celik Rappas and Noelle Griffis
Ipek Celik Rappas and Noelle Griffis select some key texts on film/TV and gentrification.
television
TV Representation of Female Drug Abuse Within the Urban Night
Ava DeAngelis
In this Student Voices essay, Ava DeAngelis compares the representation of female drug abuse and the urban night in two television series, Euphoria and Gossip Girl.
Events 03: Julia Stolyar, Darshana Mini and Jaana Serres at Locating Media Industries 2023 in London
Scott Rodgers
In the latest episode of our Events podcast series, Julia Stolyar, Darshana Mini and Jaana Serres discuss with Scott Rodgers their research on the locality of different media industries in South Korea, India and Nigeria.
Screen Journeys through Birmingham: the City, the Car and the Canal
Jemma Saunders
From children’s television to images of Spaghetti Junction, Birmingham has been represented as a motor city. Jemma Saunders’s video essay explores screen representations of the city and its automobile-centered identity.
Afterword: The Time of the Television City has Come
Charlotte Brunsdon
Charlotte Brunsdon reflects on recurring themes in the Television Cities dossier and discusses the enticements and challenges of studying television and cities together.
“A change from murder and mayhem”: UK City of Culture on Television
Kat Pearson
Kat Pearson considers the role of television in Coventry's year as UK City of Culture, from BBC programming to local events that enabled residents to engage with the city's history through the TV archives.
“Fix it! And Accessorize it!”: Gender, Nostalgia, and the City in The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Helen Morgan Parmett
Can televisual nostalgia for midcentury Manhattan have feminist potential? Helen Morgan Parmett explores Greenwich Village and gender politics in The Marvelous Mrs Maisel.
Where is it Safe to Make Television? COVID, “Don’t Say Gay,” and the Instability of Spatial Capital
Myles McNutt
Myles McNutt looks at how the issue of safety is redrawing the map of US television production, from Covid-19 to new forms of discriminative legislation on issues such as abortion and LGBTQ+ rights.
TV Cities, Istanbul: The Labor of Reconstructing History in Turkish TV Series
Ipek A. Celik Rappas
How is historic Istanbul recreated for the screen? Drawing on interviews with local media professionals, Ipek Celik Rappas considers the challenges of filming heritage television series in a rapidly changing city.
Familiar Spectacles: Nightclub Space in TV Berlin
Kim Wilkins
Kim Wilkins examines spectacular yet familiar scenes of Berlin nightclubs in serial television, arguing that they draw on the city's history of hedonism to promote its present-day image as a nightlife capital.
The Millenial Flaneuse in Broad City
Sasha Nater
Sasha Nater explores the television series Broad City to consider the extent to which the show's main characters might be considered modern-day flaneuses. The show demonstrates the unique struggles millennial women face as they navigate the city, while also offering up potential for women to make their own place in the city by navigating and narrating their everyday experiences amidst the urban environment.
The Mediapolis Q&A: Elizabeth Patton’s Easy Living
Elana H Levine
Television and media scholar Elana Levine interviews Elizabeth Patton on her recent book Easy Living: The Rise of the Home Office.