This paper investigates the popularity of Christian videos among born-again
Christians in Enugu, Nigeria. This study is anchored on the theoretical foundations of
reception analysis. Following a qualitative research design, the research adopted a threestage research method, namely, qualitative content analysis, focus group interviews, and…[Read more]

The development of information and communication technologies in the formation
of a new technical and economic paradigm has changed the structure of the modern media
landscape. The article shows the change in media consumption in Kazakhstan as a result of
technological development and popularization of the Internet. The reflection of this…[Read more]

The cultivation of political fears of the state and radical change of attitudes in
the minds of people is possible in certain socio-political and economic
conditions and massive propaganda in the mass media. The concept of political
fear is insufficiently studied in psycholinguistics. This article is dedicated to
exploring the political fears…[Read more]

The relevance of the study is determined by the question as to in which version
the environmental consciousness of a person should be considered. The novelty
of the study is determined by the possibility of not only forming ecological
awareness but also imparting environmental education in their professional
and everyday living environments.…[Read more]

The article aims to study the structure of the literary problem in the formation of
the local text substrate. The study uses the methodology of studying the language
when it changes in time and space. The article explains the basics of the
methodological support of the translation complex and the structure of its
application in private studies…[Read more]

This experiment was designed to explore people’s critical, differentiating capacity between actual news and content that looks like news. Four groups of post-millennials read four versions of a news story. While the first condition included a real news story derived from a mainstream medium, the other three conditions tested three attributes of f…[Read more]

Unfortunately, tragedies occur all around the world every day. It is perceived by many as particularly devastating when children are the victims of the tragedy. When these events do occur, the media is likely to cover them in part due to the innocence and vulnerability of the victims. In reading media accounts of tragedies involving children, we…[Read more]

This paper considers the use of Boym’s formulations of reflective and restorative nostalgia as a productive lens for viewing the tensions within folk horror texts and their appeals. Considering folk horror texts such as The Wicker Man, Midsommar and The Living and the Dead, the paper will demonstrate that Boym’s two conceptions help to draw out…[Read more]

This paper considers the use of Boym’s formulations of reflective and restorative nostalgia as a productive lens for viewing the tensions within folk horror texts and their appeals. Considering folk horror texts such as The Wicker Man, Midsommar and The Living and the Dead, the paper will demonstrate that Boym’s two conceptions help to draw out…[Read more]

This paper analyses the sitcom “Friends” (1994-2004) and its performance motifs.

Analysis of the episode from television series “Buffy the Vampire Slayer”, “Who Are You?” (4.16).

This paper examines the early connections between BBC radio and television and the Hammer / Exclusive film companies.

This paper examines the responses to the 1954 BBC adaptation of Nineteen Eighty-Four, as held by the BBC Written Archives Centre, in the light of the British Horror Comics campaign of the mid-1950s.

This paper examines the responses to the 1954 BBC adaptation of Nineteen Eighty-Four, as held by the BBC Written Archives Centre, in the light of the British Horror Comics campaign of the mid-1950s.

Keynote presentation at the UK’s first academic folk horror conference.

Keynote presentation at the UK’s first academic folk horror conference.

Invited research presentation given at the University of Reading, 8 October 2015.

Invited research presentation given at the University of Reading, 8 October 2015.

It has become a standard approach when considering screen presentations that incorporate the country house to examine them in the light of Andrew Higson’s formulation of the heritage drama, which presented an essentially conservative, depoliticised spectacle of grandeur, safely distanced from the reality of the majority of viewers. However, the c…[Read more]

It has become a standard approach when considering screen presentations that incorporate the country house to examine them in the light of Andrew Higson’s formulation of the heritage drama, which presented an essentially conservative, depoliticised spectacle of grandeur, safely distanced from the reality of the majority of viewers. However, the c…[Read more]