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Verbatim theatre has traditionally tackled social issues but Wagatha Christie is bucking this trend and offering audiences some light entertainment.
Today’s creepy clowns are not a divergence from tradition, but a return to it.
Blood Sisters is untypical of Nollywood’s normal fair in a number of ways. It chooses thrill over romance and challenges taboos.
Voyeurism provides a glimpse into the private life of another person to give audiences a revealing and entertaining experience.
Subtitles need to be read quickly and dubbing needs to match lips. It’s not an easy feat.
A new school proposed by music moguls Dr. Dre and Jimmy Iovine seeks to provide students with practical skills they can apply in entertainment and other fields. Is this a new model for education?
From its strong female lead who could take down anything in her path to its LGBT undertones, Xena: Warrior Princess stole the hearts of a truly diverse audience.
‘WandaVision’ reimagines stories from Egyptian and Greek mythology, as well as Buddhist tradition.
The sport has seen a revival in recent years. But it will take regulation to remove its reputation as a low-brow form of entertainment
An Italian media scholar raised on American TV assesses Netflix’s ambitious strategy to create original productions in Italy, Japan, Brazil and beyond – and distribute them globally.
Depictions of Indian life in cinema and soap operas have found particular affinity with communities in Northern Ghana.
Audiences have a growing appetite for slow weekly released TV.
Instead of feeling ashamed about our guilty pleasures, it is time to understand how they really work
In Lagos, cinema audiences don’t go to the movies for the film alone. There’s more.
Penny dreadfuls told real stories of murder and mayhem to 19th-century audiences seeking escape from city life. True crime podcasts have a lot in common with them.
‘Sensible’ public figures have far less influence on our behaviour than it seems
The way this genre represents police is just the tip of the iceberg.
Books, movies and records that seem to challenge racism also subtly advance the idea that progress shouldn’t happen too quickly.
From wrestlers to movie stars, celebrities have risen to some of the highest political offices around the world. What makes them so appealing?
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Digital media experience producer and researcher, CQUniversity Australia
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Associate Professor in Astronomy, Monash University
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Artist, Curator, Producer, RMIT University
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Regents Professor of Law and Communication and Director of the Center for Law and Intellectual Property, Texas A&M University
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Professor of Screen Media, King's College London
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Principal Lecturer in Psychology, University of Brighton
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Associate Professor of Diversity and STEM Education, Vanderbilt University
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Professor, Department of Government, University of Essex
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Lecturer in Humanities, University of East Anglia
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Professor of Marketing, California State University San Marcos
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Professor of Creative and Cultural Industries, University of Nottingham
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Professor of Organization and Business Ethics, Northumbria University, Newcastle
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Visiting Assistant Professor of Sociology, Muhlenberg College
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Post-doctoral research fellow, The University of Queensland
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Lecturer in Tourism, Marketing, and Communication, Mauritius Institute of Education
