The expanding and contracting universe of television images’ influence on the British imaginary in the time of a global pandemic

Collins, H. (2021) The expanding and contracting universe of television images’ influence on the British imaginary in the time of a global pandemic. Sociological Review Magazine, 3 Aug. (doi: 10.51428/tsr.vwdf6482)

Abstract

Before the coronavirus pandemic contemporary media landscapes had been ever expanding. In contrast to those working in cultural studies in the latter part of the twentieth century who could study representations and audience interpretations of single television programmes or series (Couldry, 2020, p. 39), more recent studies of media have had to incorporate the diversification, democratisation and ‘deep mediatization’ (Hepp and Hasebrink, 2017) of people’s relationships with media. But during this global pandemic, we have seen, in some ways, television programming coming back to be centrally important to the lives of people in the UK.

• Item Type: Articles
• Status: Published
• Refereed: No
• Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: Collins, Dr Hilllary
• Authors: Collins, H.
• College/School: College of Medical Veterinary and Life Sciences > School of Health & Wellbeing > General Practice and Primary Care; College of Medical Veterinary and Life Sciences > School of Health & Wellbeing > MRC/CSO SPHSU
• Journal Name: Sociological Review Magazine
• Publisher: Sociological Review Foundation Limited
• ISSN: 2754-1371
• Copyright Holders: Copyright © 2021 Hillary Collins
• First Published: First published in Sociological Review Magazine 3 August 2021
• Publisher Policy: Reproduced under a Creative Commons License