Dr Jason Jacobs
School of Arts, Media and Culture, Griffith University
Current ARC Projects
ARC Discovery 2003-2005, 'Early television drama in the UK, US and Australia.'
Publications
Books
Body Trauma TV: The new hospital dramas (British Film Institute, 2003)
The Intimate Screen: Early British television drama (Oxford University Press, 2000)
Chapters in Books
'Experimental and Live TV in the US', 'Early Television in Britain', 'Grace Wyndham Goldie' in Michele Hilmes (ed.) The Television History Book (British Film Institute 2004)
'Hospital Drama' in Glen Creeber (ed.) The Television Genre Book (British Film Institute, 2001)
'Gunfire' in Jose Arroyo (ed.) Action/Spectacle Cinema (British Film Institute, 2000)
Refereed Articles
'Issues of Judgement and Value in Television Studies', International Journal of Cultural Studies (December 2001)
Current Research Interests
international early television drama
television history
media aesthetics and criticism
contemporary television fiction in relation to death and the family