ÌÇÐÄÔ­´´

Department of Cultural, Media and Visual Studies

 

 

Image of Jack Newsinger

Jack Newsinger

Associate Professor in Cultural Industries and Media, Faculty of Arts

Contact

Biography

I have a BA in English Literature from the University of Sussex, and an MA and PhD from the ÌÇÐÄÔ­´´. Before joining the Department in 2017 I taught at the Department of Media, Communication and Sociology at the University of Leicester.

Expertise Summary

My research and teaching interests are in the cultural and creative industries with a focus on policy and cultural labour. I'm interested in how the development of the creative industries as a policy formation and sector of the economy impacts and shapes cultural practice and the working lives of creative practitioners, particularly around questions of inequality and diversity. My work is collaborative and interdisciplinary, drawing upon social science and humanities research traditions, and I have worked extensively with local and national organisations in the cultural sector.

PhD supervision: I'm interested in supervising doctoral research projects on any area of related to the cultural and creative economy. Previous and current supervision includes Chinese creative industries policy, media workers in Latin America, diversity in comics, regional film and literature in England.

Teaching Summary

I am the Programme Convenor for MSc Cultural Industries and Entrepreneurship and most of my teaching is on this programme in Cultural Policy and Cultural Industries.

Research Summary

Current projects include research on workforce diversity in the UK Screen Industries for the British Film Institute; a project investigating the effects of austerity on the freelance cultural… read more

Selected Publications

  • NEWSINGER, JACK and EIKHOF, DORIS RUTH, 2020. JOURNAL OF BRITISH CINEMA AND TELEVISION. 17(1), 47-69
  • NEWSINGER, JACK and SERAFINI, PAULA, 2019. European Journal of Cultural Studies.
  • DORIS EIKHOF and JACK NEWSINGER, 2019. And … action? Gender, knowledge and inequalities in the UK screen industries Gender, Work and Organization. (In Press.)
  • JACK NEWSINGER and STEVE PRESENCE, 2018. . In: PAUL CLEMENS MURSCHETZ, ROLAND TEICHMANN and MATTHIAS KARMASIN, eds., Handbook of State Aid for Film: Finance, Industries and Regulation 447-462. Springer International Publishing.

Current Research

Current projects include research on workforce diversity in the UK Screen Industries for the British Film Institute; a project investigating the effects of austerity on the freelance cultural workforce in the East Midlands funded by the British Academy; and new work on subaltern perspectives on cultural labour. Recently completed work includes a research project on disability arts policy and practice for the Mighty Creatives and an AHRC-funded project investigating practitioner perspectives on cultural evaluation techniques.

  • NEWSINGER, JACK and EIKHOF, DORIS RUTH, 2020. JOURNAL OF BRITISH CINEMA AND TELEVISION. 17(1), 47-69
  • DORIS EIKHOF and JACK NEWSINGER, 2019. And … action? Gender, knowledge and inequalities in the UK screen industries Gender, Work and Organization. (In Press.)
  • NEWSINGER, JACK and SERAFINI, PAULA, 2019. European Journal of Cultural Studies.
  • JACK NEWSINGER and STEVE PRESENCE, 2018. . In: PAUL CLEMENS MURSCHETZ, ROLAND TEICHMANN and MATTHIAS KARMASIN, eds., Handbook of State Aid for Film: Finance, Industries and Regulation 447-462. Springer International Publishing.
  • DORIS EIKHOF, JACK NEWSINGER, DANIELA RUDLOFF and DARIA LUCHINSKAYA, 2018. CAMEo.
  • NEWSINGER, JACK, 2017. The UKFC and the Regional Screen Agencies. In: HUNTER, IAN, PORTER, LARAINE and SMITH, JUSTIN, eds., The Routledge Companion to British Cinema History Routledge. 367-376
  • NEWSINGER, JACK and GREEN, WILLIAM, 2016. Disability & Society. 31(3), 357-372
  • NEWSINGER, JACK and GREEN, WILLIAM, 2016. Journal of Cultural Economy. 9(4), 382-395
  • NEWSINGER, JACK, 2015. Media, Culture & Society. 37(2), 302-313
  • GREEN, WILLIAM and NEWSINGER, JACK, 2014. The Mighty Creatives.
  • NEWSINGER, JACK, 2013. Structure and Agency: Shane Meadows and the New Regional Production Sectors. In: WILLIAMS, MELANIE, GODFREY, SARAH and FRADLEY, MARTIN, eds., Shane Meadows: Critical Essaya Edinburgh University Press. 21-34
  • NEWSINGER, JACK, 2012. Journal of British Cinema and Television. 9(1), 133-144
  • NEWSINGER, JACK, 2012. International Journal of Cultural Policy. 18(1), 111-125
  • NEWSINGER, JACK, 2009. Journal of British Cinema and Television. 6(3), 387-406
  • NEWSINGER, JACK, 2009. Journal of Media Practice. 10(1), 39-55
  • NEWSINGER, JACK, 2009. Identity Policies: Regional Film Policy and Regional Identity in England. In: CHEUNG, RUBY, ed., Cinemas, Identities and Beyond Cambridge Scholars Press. 132-143

Department of Cultural, Media and Visual Studies

University Park
Nottingham, NG7 2RD