In an attempt to add content to my blog I was going to post some links to academic articles on Christmas (particularly Media Studies related things). But apparently there’s not much out there, adding to the growing list of things I would like to see more papers on in order to inform my teaching/research or just satisfy my random curiosities but don’t have time to write myself, thank you very much (if you write on these I will love you, or if you know of stuff, please post in comments – some of these topics have a few articles and chapters that I’ve come across, but none are exactly saturating the academic market):
- Christmas, especially Christmas specials or singles or that kind of thing.
- Hollyoaks
- Susan Boyle
- Whatsapp and/or snapchat
- British TV game shows of the 21st Century that are not reality TV or Millionaire
- BBCs Three and Four, ITVs two, three and four
- Yours magazine
- Spotted communities
- Made in Chelsea
- Great British… programmes (Bake Off, Sewing Bee, Menu etc)
- The i newspaper
- Comic Relief/Sport Relief and/or Children in Need
- The Simpsons: Tapped Out
- Whether or not the hashtags used in product ads get any traffic that isn’t a) sarcastic b) generated by the company and its employees/marketers
Thanks in advance! Have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year