Author: Guest Author

Aesthetics and the Cinematic Narrative: An Introduction

Aesthetics and the Cinematic Narrative: An Introduction

2 July 2019 Guest Post

This is a guest post by Michael Peter Bolus, Ph.D. Author of Aesthetics and the Cinematic Narrative: An Introduction, out on Anthem Press this month.  The welcome and entertaining distraction that defines most movie-going experiences has become the default expectation for general audiences. The commercial cinema, as a pop-cultural phenomenon, is...

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The Post-Truth About Fake News

The Post-Truth About Fake News

26 September 2018 Guest Post

This is a guest post by Anthem Press author Steve Fuller, University of Warwick. His new book, Post-Truth: Knowledge As A Power Game, is now available. Steve recently spoke to the BBC. Check out his interview here: — In Post-Truth: Knowledge as a Power Game, I argue that the post-truth condition was first...

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Middlebrow – Feelings and Fury

Middlebrow – Feelings and Fury

6 August 2018 Guest Post

This is a guest post by Faye Hammill, University of Glasgow. She is an editorial board member for Anthem Studies in Book History, Publishing and Print Culture.   What does “middlebrow” mean? Is it a label for a particular kind of book, film or artwork – one that is unchallenging, conventional,...

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Consensus Building in the Age of Trump

Consensus Building in the Age of Trump

15 November 2017 Guest Post

This is a guest post by Professor Lawrence Susskind, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), USA and General Editor, Anthem Press Environment and Sustainability Programme What’s special about the Age of Trump? I would point to two things. First, our political leaders (not just the President) no longer feel an obligation to represent...

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Here’s How to Help Manage Local Climate Change Risks

Here’s How to Help Manage Local Climate Change Risks

11 September 2015 Guest Post

This is a guest post by Professor Lawrence Susskind, Director of the MIT Science Impact Collaborative, the Director of the MIT-UTM Malaysia Sustainable Cities Program (MSCP) and co-director of the Water Diplomacy Workshop. We’ve spent far too much time thinking about the global causes of climate change, and not nearly...

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Security and Anxiety in News Consumption

Security and Anxiety in News Consumption

15 May 2015 Guest Post

It was a humid Monday evening in early June 2009 when I visited my informant Amparo at her home in Park 7. It was my first time visiting her house, as our previous chats were held in the more easily accessible basketball court, which functions as a makeshift town plaza...

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The Ruskin–Morris Connection

The Ruskin–Morris Connection

25 September 2014 Guest Post

  In late nineteenth-century Britain, theorist and critic John Ruskin and the designer, writer and activist William Morris began pioneering new approaches to design and the decorative arts. But what sort of relationship did they have and how did their approaches to crafts and politics differ? Dr Mark Frost, author of The...

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Interview with Michael Bhaskar, author of “The Content Machine: Towards a Theory of Publishing from the Printing Press to the Digital Network”

Interview with Michael Bhaskar, author of “The Content Machine: Towards a Theory of Publishing from the Printing Press to the Digital Network”

6 March 2014 Author Interviews

The following is an interview with Michael Bhaskar, author of The Content Machine: Towards a Theory of Publishing from the Printing Press to the Digital Network. This book is a ground-breaking study that demonstrates how publishing can survive and thrive in the digital age. Q: As the title of your...

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