Dr Steve Jones
Senior Lecturer (Film and Media) Adjunct Research Professor (Law and Legal Studies), Carleton University (Ottawa) Research interests: Film, Horror, Pornography, Ethics, Gender, Selfhood |
About
In my research work, I acknowledge that culturally maligned objects (such as horror and pornography) express serious, complicated philosophical ideas. I have written various articles and chapters on contemporary issues in moral philosophy, selfhood studies and feminism, each of which proposes that (a) popular horror films and pornographic texts articulate the same concepts that concern philosophers (albeit in intuitive ways), and (b) these popular objects complicate and contribute to the on-going conceptual debates that define contemporary philosophical and political thought.
In my research work, I acknowledge that culturally maligned objects (such as horror and pornography) express serious, complicated philosophical ideas. I have written various articles and chapters on contemporary issues in moral philosophy, selfhood studies and feminism, each of which proposes that (a) popular horror films and pornographic texts articulate the same concepts that concern philosophers (albeit in intuitive ways), and (b) these popular objects complicate and contribute to the on-going conceptual debates that define contemporary philosophical and political thought.
Qualifications
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Professional Affiliations
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Employment
Steve joined Northumbria University in 2010. He is currently a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Arts., and Head of Subject for the Media group. Steve is also Adjunct Research Professor in Law and Legal Studies at Carleton University (Ottawa) From 2011 - 2016 he was programme leader for the degree programme BA (Hons) Media, Culture and Society. In 2016-17 he was programme leader for the BA (Hons) Mass Communication programmes, and link tutor for the MSc Mass Communication Management (London campus). From 2018-2021, he was Head of Subject for the Media and Languages Programmes at Northumbria University, and is currently acting as external examiner for University of East London. Steve previously taught in the School of Film, Media and Music, University of Sussex (2006-2010). |
Institutional Roles
Steve is currently a member of the departmental REF Internal review panel, he is Northumbria’s representative for the Media arm of the Northern Bridge Doctoral training scheme, and he is responsible for the Media and Communications subject level TEF submission. He has previously been a member of the Faculty Research and Innovation Committee, the Faculty Programme Approvals and Review Sub-Committee, the Faculty Ethics Committee, the Faculty Enhancement Board, and the Departmental Quality Committee. He has also acted as co-Lead of the Department Ethics Committee, and chair of the Departmental Technology Enhanced Learning committee. Steve completed Northumbria’s Leadership and Management training programme in 2016. He also co-led the Mass Communication Programme revalidation in 2015. |
PhD Supervision
Steve is currently supervising PhDs on the socio-technological implications of found footage horror films, and how cultural fears about technology, sex, and violence are reflected via snuff fiction. He has previously supervised PhDs on the concept of violence (broadly conceived), Gamergate and the new backlash against feminism, postfeminism in female ensemble television drama, and the attenuation of violence against animals in popular children’s feature films, . Steve has examined PhDs on captivity in contemporary American Horror cinema, intermediality in contemporary American independent film, spirituality in Thai TV horror-drama, and the political implications of citizen journalism. Steve welcomes PhD applications in the areas of horror film, pornography, gendered and sexual violence, and film-philosophy (particularly morality or the philosophy of mind). |
Modules Taught
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Public Engagement
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Conferences & Talks
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Recent Publications
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Peer Review
Steve has acted as a peer reviewer for journals such as Cultural Politics, Feminist Media Studies, Gender & Society, Participations, Porn Studies, The Journal of Adaptation in Film and Performance, Mosaic, Journal of Italian Cinema and Media Studies, Journal of Popular Television, New Review of Film and Television Studies, Crime Media Culture, European Journal of American Culture, and Sexualities. Steve has also peer reviewed monographs, proposals, text-books and chapters for numerous publishers, including Bloomsbury, Edinburgh University Press, IB Tauris, McFarland, Palgrave-Macmillan, Routledge, Rowman and Littlefield, SAGE, and Taylor & Francis. |