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Biography
I joined the University of Huddersfield as Professor of Media and Journalism in July 2016. With Professor Cornel Sandvoss I am co-director of the Centre for Participatory Culture, and supervise a number of PhD students in this area, focusing significantly on media fandom and fan studies.
Prior to joining Huddersfield I was Professor of Film and TV Studies at Aberystwyth University, and before that I worked for more than a decade at Cardiff University, beginning as a Lecturer and leaving as a Reader.
I have written six sole-authored research monographs, starting with Fan Cultures in 2002 and coming up to date with Doctor Who: The Unfolding Event in 2015, as well as publishing more than a hundred book chapters and journal articles in the areas of media fandom, cult film/TV, and audiences in the digital era.
Research Expertise and Interests
I am interested in any aspect of media fandom or any kind of audience study, particularly in areas that have been under-explored to date. I am also interested in cult film and TV, including programmes such as Sherlock, Doctor Who and telefantasy/science fiction TV more broadly. In terms of theoretical approaches, I have used psychoanalysis and psychosocial theory in my own fan studies’ research as well as drawing on the work of Pierre Bourdieu and Michel Foucault. As co-director of the Centre for Participatory Culture I would welcome PhD submissions in this field of study, including work on digital audiences/produsers/prosumers as well as transmedia/convergence culture.
Research Expertise and Interests
- Media Fandom
- Audience Study
- Cult Film
- Cult TV
- Telefantasy
- Science Fiction TV
- Psychoanalysis
- Psychosocial Theory
- Digital Audiences
- Producers
- Prosumers
- Transmedia
- Convergence Culture
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Projects
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Mapping Consumption via the Development and Use of an Innovative Diary-Based App
1/10/16 → 6/09/20
Project: Research
Research Output
Routes to Content: How people decide what TV to watch
Johnson, C., Dempsey, L. & Hills, M., 31 Jan 2020, University of Huddersfield. 17 p.Research output: Book/Report › Other report
Open Access
«Черное зеркало», имплицитная религия и сакрализация «запойных просмотров» научной фантастики
Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article
Open Access
Anti-fandom Meets Ante-fandom: Doctor Who Fans' Textual Dislike and 'Idiorhythmic' Fan Experiences
Hills, M., 1 Jan 2019, Anti-Fandom: Dislike and Hate in the Digital Age. Click, M. (ed.). New York: New York University Press, p. 102-122 21 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
Black Mirror as a Netflix Original: Program Brand “Overflow” and the Multidiscursive Forms of Transatlantic TV Fandom
Hills, M., 7 Feb 2019, Transatlantic Television Drama: Industries, Programs, and Fans. Hills, M., Hilmes, M. & Pearson, R. (eds.). New York : Oxford University Press, p. 213-238 26 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
Introduction: Fandom from Cradle to Grave?
Hills, M., 1 Jun 2019, In : Journal of Fandom Studies. 7, 2, p. 87-92 6 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial
Open Access
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Press / Media
Explore the Gothic side of the 1980s at this upcoming Manchester Symposium – full programme now announced
29/05/19
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Other
Doctor Who: Jodie Whittaker Excels and Inspires as the BBC's Time Lord
7/10/18 → 8/10/18
2 Media contributions
Press/Media: Expert Comment