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Dr Sarah Ralph
Senior Lecturer Research interests: Film & TV audiences, Media in Everyday Relationships, Cultural Memory, Gender, Girlhood
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About
My research interests centre on media and cultural consumption, and media industries and production cultures, with a through line of interest in the relationship between women and the media in both these spheres. These are further linked by a common framing approach which utilizes innovative empirical research methodologies. My work is less focused on media texts per se, than on the creation of cultural products, the creative process and the contexts in which it takes place, and the ways in which cultural products are received, understood and used by people in their everyday lives and relationships.
My research interests centre on media and cultural consumption, and media industries and production cultures, with a through line of interest in the relationship between women and the media in both these spheres. These are further linked by a common framing approach which utilizes innovative empirical research methodologies. My work is less focused on media texts per se, than on the creation of cultural products, the creative process and the contexts in which it takes place, and the ways in which cultural products are received, understood and used by people in their everyday lives and relationships.
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Qualifications
PhD in Film and Television Studies: 'Watching with Mother: How Film Stars Are Utilized in Mother-Daughter Relations', Aberystwyth University MA Audience and Reception Studies, University of Wales, Aberystwyth (Distinction). BA (Hons) Film and Television Studies, University of Wales, Aberystwyth (First class). |
Professional Affiliations
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Employment
Sarah joined Northumbria University in September 2015 and is currently Senior Lecturer in Media and Cultural Studies in the Department of Social Sciences. From 2012 to 2015 she was Research Associate on the Arts and Humanities Research Council funded project 'Make Me Laugh: Creativity in the British Television Comedy Industry' at the University of East Anglia. Sarah has previously taught film, television and media at Aberystwyth University, Portsmouth University and the University of East Anglia |
Institutional Roles
Sarah currently sits on the Department of Social Sciences Technology Enhanced Learning group, and the Faculty of Art Design and Social Sciences Timetable group. At University level, Sarah is a member of the Retention, Progression and Achievement group, the Foundation Year Task and Finish group, and the University Data Management Committee. |
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PhD Supervision
Sarah is currently supervising PhDs on identity formation in audience memories of The Exorcist, print media representations of women's team sports pre- and post- the 2012 Olympics, and on the role of the presenter in contemporary British children's television. Sarah recently supervised a PhD on postfeminism and historical female ensemble dramas to successful completion (November 2017). Sarah welcomes PhD applications in the areas of media audiences, media consumption and everyday family life, feminism and popular media consumption, girlhood and media culture, and cultural memory. Doctoral projects that demonstrate innovative empirical research methodologies would be very warmly received. |
Modules Taught
Level 3 (Foundation): Media and Society. Level 4: Global Media; Concepts, Culture and Society; Intercultural Communication and Diversity. Level 5: Researching Audiences; Sex and Gender in Society (Sociology). Level 6 & 7: Supervision of Media Dissertations |
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Public Engagement
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Conferences & Talks
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Recent Publications
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Peer Review
Sarah has acted as peer reviewer for journals such as Celebrity Studies, Critical Studies in Television, Journal of Popular Television, and Participations. She has also acted as a manuscript reviewer for Palgrave Macmillan (BFI Classic Film Series). |