The Seven Steps to Getting a Job in Television
by: Alan McKee / Queensland University of Technology
You want to work in television, do you? These seven steps might prove useful.
Alan McKee / Queensland University of Technology
Will BitTorrent Change Television? A Luddite’s View
by: Alan McKee / Queensland University of Technology
We hear that convergence technologies such as BitTorrent are going to change television viewing habits and allow for personal schedules. But is it really true?
The Edwardian Country House: An Exegesis
by: Alan McKee / Queensland University of Technology
In the 2002 British reality series The Edwardian Country House 21 people live just as they would have done in the first decade of the twentieth century. Six of them take the role of the family who own the house, while fifteen take the role of the servants. And they live those Edwardian lives – strictly – for three months.
Why Do I Love Television So Very Much?
by: Alan McKee / Queensland University of Technology
Why is television my favourite medium, moreso than cinema, radio, even than books? Why does art make me so angry, television so joyful?
Below Average
by: Alan McKee / Queensland University of Technology
Why it’s best to stick to shows with singing, dancing, or, preferably, both.
Wall to Wall
by: Alan McKee / Queensland University of Technology
Why would hundreds of millions of people around the world watch Dallas? What strange hypnotism could it exude? It must, of course, be an expression of the unfettered power of America to impose its own culture on that of other countries. What other reason could there be for its success?