Philip Drake
Biographic Data
| ID | 4149780 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Philip Drake |
| GIVEN NAMES | Philip |
| FAMILY NAME | Drake |
| SIGNATURE | DRAKE P |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Stirling |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4196-6683 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 40 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 7 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1982 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Belligerent broadcasting, male anti-authoritarianism and anti-environmentalism
This article considers the format and cultural politics of the hugely successful UK television program Top Gear (BBC 2002–2015). It analyzes how—through its presenting team—it constructed an informal address predicated around anti-authoritarian or contrarian banter and protest masculinity. Regular targets for Top Gear presenter’s protest—curtailed by broadcast guidelines in terms of gender and ethnicity—are deflected onto the “soft” targets of go…
Policy or Practice? Deconstructing the Creative Industries
This chapter examines the complex relationship between creative industries \npolicy and creative practice in the UK film industries and the place the Scottish \nfilm industry occupies within this relationship.My aims are twofold. The first \nis to examine how specific conceptualizations of the “creative industries” and “creativity” \nhave functioned as structuring discourses for policy approaches to the \ncreative sector since the mid-1990s. The …
Lights, Camera, Election
The 2010 general election was the first in the UK in which a series of televised leaders’ debates were broadcast. This article takes forward research on mediated political performance and the relationship between celebrity and politics through an analysis of these debates. By discussing how the candidates perform ‘personality’, the article highlights the use of performance in constructing informality and a personalised audience address, contrasti…
The Cultural Politics of Celebrity
Celebrities are a ubiquitous aspect of contemporary Western culture. Although the phenomenon of celebrity itself predates the twentieth century, the rise of the modern mass media - popular newspapers, cinema, radio, and television, and more recently the Internet and other digital communication technologies - has done much to promote and circulate public knowledge of celebrities during the last 100 years. The presence of multi-channel digital tele…
Playing on the level
Exploring the Potential Benefits of City Collaboration
Docherty I., Gulliver S. and Drake P. (2004) Exploring the potential benefits of city collaboration, Reg. Studies 38, 445– 456. As they emerge from extended periods of economic restructuring, many large cities are searching for innovative, more effective ways to achieve and maintain competitive advantage in the international economy. Strategic collaboration, although in the early stages of development, might offer a means for nearby cities to enh…
Brief impressions of the 1982 Asaa conference
Brief impressions of the 1982 ASAA conference." Asian Studies Association of Australia. Review, 6(1), pp. 14–15
The Cultural Politics of Celebrity
Celebrities are a ubiquitous aspect of contemporary Western culture. Although the phenomenon of celebrity itself predates the twentieth century, the rise of the modern mass media - popular newspapers, cinema, radio, and television, and more recently the Internet and other digital communication technologies - has done much to promote and circulate public knowledge of celebrities during the last 100 years. The presence of multi-channel digital tele…
Exploring the Potential Benefits of City Collaboration
Docherty I., Gulliver S. and Drake P. (2004) Exploring the potential benefits of city collaboration, Reg. Studies 38, 445– 456. As they emerge from extended periods of economic restructuring, many large cities are searching for innovative, more effective ways to achieve and maintain competitive advantage in the international economy. Strategic collaboration, although in the early stages of development, might offer a means for nearby cities to enh…
Lights, Camera, Election
The 2010 general election was the first in the UK in which a series of televised leaders’ debates were broadcast. This article takes forward research on mediated political performance and the relationship between celebrity and politics through an analysis of these debates. By discussing how the candidates perform ‘personality’, the article highlights the use of performance in constructing informality and a personalised audience address, contrasti…
Belligerent broadcasting, male anti-authoritarianism and anti-environmentalism
This article considers the format and cultural politics of the hugely successful UK television program Top Gear (BBC 2002–2015). It analyzes how—through its presenting team—it constructed an informal address predicated around anti-authoritarian or contrarian banter and protest masculinity. Regular targets for Top Gear presenter’s protest—curtailed by broadcast guidelines in terms of gender and ethnicity—are deflected onto the “soft” targets of go…
Brief impressions of the 1982 Asaa conference
Brief impressions of the 1982 ASAA conference." Asian Studies Association of Australia. Review, 6(1), pp. 14–15
Playing on the level
Exploring the Potential Benefits of City Collaboration
Docherty I., Gulliver S. and Drake P. (2004) Exploring the potential benefits of city collaboration, Reg. Studies 38, 445– 456. As they emerge from extended periods of economic restructuring, many large cities are searching for innovative, more effective ways to achieve and maintain competitive advantage in the international economy. Strategic collaboration, although in the early stages of development, might offer a means for nearby cities to enh…
The Cultural Politics of Celebrity
Celebrities are a ubiquitous aspect of contemporary Western culture. Although the phenomenon of celebrity itself predates the twentieth century, the rise of the modern mass media - popular newspapers, cinema, radio, and television, and more recently the Internet and other digital communication technologies - has done much to promote and circulate public knowledge of celebrities during the last 100 years. The presence of multi-channel digital tele…
Lights, Camera, Election
The 2010 general election was the first in the UK in which a series of televised leaders’ debates were broadcast. This article takes forward research on mediated political performance and the relationship between celebrity and politics through an analysis of these debates. By discussing how the candidates perform ‘personality’, the article highlights the use of performance in constructing informality and a personalised audience address, contrasti…
Policy or Practice? Deconstructing the Creative Industries
This chapter examines the complex relationship between creative industries \npolicy and creative practice in the UK film industries and the place the Scottish \nfilm industry occupies within this relationship.My aims are twofold. The first \nis to examine how specific conceptualizations of the “creative industries” and “creativity” \nhave functioned as structuring discourses for policy approaches to the \ncreative sector since the mid-1990s. The …
Belligerent broadcasting, male anti-authoritarianism and anti-environmentalism
This article considers the format and cultural politics of the hugely successful UK television program Top Gear (BBC 2002–2015). It analyzes how—through its presenting team—it constructed an informal address predicated around anti-authoritarian or contrarian banter and protest masculinity. Regular targets for Top Gear presenter’s protest—curtailed by broadcast guidelines in terms of gender and ethnicity—are deflected onto the “soft” targets of go…
Political science (5 works) · Media studies (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Gender, Feminism, and Media (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Media Studies and Communication (3 works) · Politics (3 works) · Art (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Public relations (2 works)