Applications close TOMORROW for our Blaidd Writers Programme. ✍️ We’re looking to develop the next generation of screenwriters in Wales! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Head to screenalliancewales.com/blaidd to apply. 🐺

Scouring LinkedIn for details of what many of my former students are now doing. So so so proud of what so many of them have achieved.

TT Job here at Tulane, seeking to hire a feminist media scholar whose work "engage[s] people-centered research methods, such as critical ethnography, interviews, oral histories, focus groups, and digital methods." apply.interfolio.com/156049

Anyone can take advantage of this brilliant and kind offer from the railway companies.

Pokémon Red Version and Pokémon Blue Version launched 25-years ago today in Europe! 🔴🔵 The games introduced legions of Trainers to the world of Kanto, where the likes of Charmander, Pikachu, and Mewtwo were first discovered. What do these iconic games mean to you, Trainers?

📣📣Join us at Leeds Uni Media. Roles in practice, teaching and scholarship in digital and creative media. 👉Lecturer (T&S, 1.0 FTE, 12 months): jobs.leeds.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx?r… 👉Teaching Fellow (0.5FTE, ongoing): jobs.leeds.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx?r…

🎬 Big news for UK filmmakers! From October 30, the BFI will accept applications for the new Independent Film Tax Credit (IFTC), giving 40% relief on films with budgets under £15M! 🎥💸 A huge boost for low-budget indie films—this could totally reshape the UK film scene! 🇬🇧 With

Next Wednesday (23rd October), I'll be giving a research presentation in JOMEC @ Cardiff Uni entitled 'Snoozy Studies with Snorlax: #Pokemon Sleep, Fan Lifestyles, and 'Auto-Fanagement'. Talk will be hybrid, so DM me if youd like to attend virtually. Time is 1615-1730 BST. #FanStudies

Giant sale on #FandomTNG by Megan Connor, PhD and me at #FSNNA24!

New articles online now Popular Communication (Taylor & Francis) Sinervo, K., Peppard, A., & Woo, B. (2024). How to be a fanboy: Wizard magazine and the pedagogy of comic book fandom. Popular Communication, 1–19. doi.org/10.1080/154057… tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

We're running a two-day academic conference on the Terrifier franchise in May 2025! As the franchise goes from strength to strength, it's the perfect time for a scholarly celebration! Check out the CfP here: warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/news/… #Terrifier3 Terrifier 3 ☝️🤡✌️

Universal Epic Universe opens May 22, 2025 at Universal Orlando Resort. Select multi-day tickets and packages will go on sale October 22. Bookings for Universal Helios Grand Hotel, a Loews Hotel, will also be made available. Learn more: spr.ly/6010qn57C

Universal’s new Epic Universe theme park gets opening date Universal Orlando Resort tinyurl.com/786c5yfy

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🚨 New article on CSTOnline! 🚨 Check out my latest piece where I explore the rise of talk shows in Spain's access-to-prime-time slot and how they're reshaping TV dynamics. 📺 🔗 Read it here: cstonline.net/talk-shows-lea… #MediaStudies #TalkShows #Primetime Kim Akass

What happens when the hedge funds come for the dinosaurs? My thoughts on the recent spate of fossil auctions, for the first issue of Bloomberg Bloomberg Weekend Edition! bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Ah, and so my fan journey began, on an emulated version of this which was in Japanese and given to me on a floppy disk by a friend at Sixth Form. I had no idea what I was doing and so watched the animes on CITV to try and figure out the storyline.

I really want to attend this. I'm trying to think how to reconcile current research areas with this franchise.

JOB ALERT: Hollyoaks are recruiting for a Script Administrator to provide support to editorial team, working closely with Script Editors and production to ensure scripts are formatted and delivered efficiently. Full-time. Liverpool based. Apply by 01/11 limepictures.com/careers/

Thanks very much to Dr Rebecca Williams and anyone else who took the time to attend the talk yesterday. Drop me a line if you'd like to know more about this research.