Media Magazine reference guide

The following table lists all the Media Magazine articles for the last three years. You can find pdf copies of all the below magazines online in our Media Magazine archive: https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B0i5diL3vrEiSGxRNHIyZmM4Ums&usp=sharing

Media Magazine Articles featured

MM30 December 2009: The Reality issue

1. Reality goes online: Our special online reality supplement. 2. The real world of the newspaper industry. 3. Reality bites: documentary in the 21st century Carly Sandy explores the ways documentary forms have adapted to the changing media landscape. 4. Reality TV: Media Magazine interviews the Professor of Media at Westminster University and Reality TV expert. 5. The context of conflict: media representations of war. 6. Goody and Boyle: a tale of two (real) women. 7. Watching you, watching me: breaking cinema’s 4th wall. 8. Postmodern or past it? Masculinity and An analysis of the enduring macho appeal of this massively popular BBC brand. 9. Truth and realism in Steven Spielberg’s Amistad. 10. Desperate Romantics: modernising the classic mini-series. 11. E Pluribus Unum: political reality and The West Wing. 12. Is this real? James Rose explores the ‘truth’ behind the horror mockumentary. 13. Faking it: a guide to the American simulacrum. Where’s the ‘reality’ in American Reality TV shows – and how can Baudrillard help us understand it? 14. Is reality becoming more real? The rise and rise of UGC. Sara Mills evaluates the power of the citizen journalist and user-generated content. 15. Hyper-reality and the Digital Renaissance. 16. Xtreme reality: a sadistic future? Richard Smith surveys some of the more extreme examples of reality TV, and asks what they tell us about audiences and ethics. 17. The acceptable face of torture? The case for classification Should explicit images of torture be part of our mainstream viewing experience?

MM31 February 2010: The Fantasy issue

1. The OCR A2 critical perspectives in media exam - Page 6 2. From the dawn of man to the dawn of the dead and beyond: A fantasy film timeline - page 8 3. Dating the Dead: Our Love Affair with the Paranormal - Page 14 4. From Angel to Bill: The Decade-Long Evolution of TV Vampires - Page 17 5. Revisioning the Vampire: Letting the Right One In - Page 21 6. Understanding Fantasy - Page 25 7. The Legacy of Metropolis - Page 30 8. Jaws vs Alien: Dental Nightmares - Page 32 9. District 9: Not so alien after all (film) - Page 35 10. Looking for Eric: Fantasy Meets Social Realism - Page 39 11. Blindness (film): That’s Entertainment? - Page 41 12. Heroes for All Time: The Eternal Appeal of the Superhero - Page 43 13. Super Heroes - The impact of 9/11 - Page 48 - Useful 14. Neil Gaiman, The Sandman and Vertigo – the HBO of comics - Page 53 15. Dexter (TV Series) - Page 58 16. Reading the Apocalypse - Page 61 17. Music in Horror - Page 64 - Useful 18. Cross media fantasy - Page 66 - Useful

MM32 April 2010: The Humour issue

1. Africa’s finest hour? Maggie Miranda explores the ways new South African films offer very different representations of this vibrant and dynamic country. 2. A short history of humour. Jerome Monahan’s comedy timeline plots the changing nature of humour from Plato to postmodernism. 3. Getting serious about the comedy film. Roy Stafford takes a global perspective. 4. Is Nessa bad for our health? Why is body image a source of humour? 5. Eminem: hip-hop’s Lord of Misrule. 6. Lost in translation: the transatlantic travels of sitcom. 7. Suits you sir – the art of TV sketch shows. 8. Snorting Barley – postmodernism, Charlie Brooker and Nathan Barley: cult satire. 9. Mock docs that shock: Pete Turner explores the shock tactics of and subjects the first scene of to a close analysis. 10. The comedy of Lily Allen Harmless pop, barbed wit, hurtful humour or social com