Overview
Background
Originally from the States, I've been lecturing at UQ since 2017. I teach Multimedia and Digital Project in the Bachelor of Communications, both of which center on embedding critical perspectives on media into creative and collaborative design and production processes.
My first book The Aesthetics of TV Nostalgia (Bloomsbury, 2019) is an industry study of the people designing sets and costumes for nostalgic US television programmes. You can find my other publications in the areas of television representations of gender, the female body in narratives around nationhood, digital archives, and creative production in Adaptation, Television & New Media, Feminist Media Studies, Cinema Journal, Continuum, Surveillance & Society and Convergence.
Availability
- Dr Alex Bevan is:
- Not available for supervision
Fields of research
Qualifications
- Bachelor of Arts, Yale University
- Masters (Coursework), Northwestern University
- Doctor of Philosophy, Northwestern University
Research impacts
The binary of domestic violence and stranger violence, as it is constructed in media and platform design, hinders and derails public attention, intervention, and policy. The way violence against women is represented in media tells us repeated stories around what spaces and behaviors are safe, how women's movements should be trackable with technology, and whom is at fault or responsible.
I welcome any industry, NFP, or government collaborations that place safety at the center of their remits.
Works
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2015
Conference Publication
Designing for Liveness: Art Direction and “Quality” in Early Network Anthology Dramas
Bevan, Alex (2015). Designing for Liveness: Art Direction and “Quality” in Early Network Anthology Dramas. Society for Cinema and Media Studies, Montreal, Canada, March 25-29 2015.
2015
Journal Article
The National Body, Women and Mental Health in Homeland
Bevan, Alex (2015). The National Body, Women and Mental Health in Homeland. Cinema Journal, 54 (4), 145-151. doi: 10.1353/cj.2015.0048
2013
Journal Article
Archiving the Digital Transition in the Boomer TV Sitcom Remake
Bevan, Alex (2013). Archiving the Digital Transition in the Boomer TV Sitcom Remake. Adaptation, 6 (3), 305-319. doi: 10.1093/adaptation/apt007
2013
Conference Publication
How to Make Victory Rolls: Material Memory and Feminisms in Pinup Girl YouTube Tutorials
Bevan, Alex (2013). How to Make Victory Rolls: Material Memory and Feminisms in Pinup Girl YouTube Tutorials. Console-ing Passions Conference, Leicester, United Kingdom, June 25-27 2013.
2012
Journal Article
Nostalgia for Pre-Digital Media in Mad Men
Bevan, Alex (2012). Nostalgia for Pre-Digital Media in Mad Men. Television & New Media, 14 (6), 546-559. doi: 10.1177/1527476412451499
2012
Conference Publication
Latina Identity and the Politics of Vintage on Ugly Betty
Bevan, Alex (2012). Latina Identity and the Politics of Vintage on Ugly Betty. Console-ing Passions Conference, Boston, MA, United States, July 19-20 2012.
2012
Conference Publication
Remaking the Cleavers: Archiving Television in Film Adaptations of the Boomer Era Family Sitcom
Bevan, Alex (2012). Remaking the Cleavers: Archiving Television in Film Adaptations of the Boomer Era Family Sitcom. Society for Cinema and Media Studies, Boston, MA, United States, March 21-25 2012.
2010
Conference Publication
Archiving the Future/Mobilising the Past: “Remembering Baby Boom Advertising Toward ‘Post-Feminist’ Ends?”
Bevan, Alex (2010). Archiving the Future/Mobilising the Past: “Remembering Baby Boom Advertising Toward ‘Post-Feminist’ Ends?”. Society for Cinema and Media Studies, Los Angeles, CA, United States, March 17-21 2010.
2010
Conference Publication
Masculinity, Family and Nostalgia for Postwar Imaging Technologies
Bevan, Alex (2010). Masculinity, Family and Nostalgia for Postwar Imaging Technologies. Console-ing Passions Conference, Eugene, OR, United States, April 24-26 2010.
2008
Conference Publication
Desperate Housewives: New Media, Historical Memory and the Constitution of Female Identity and Feminism
Bevan, Alex (2008). Desperate Housewives: New Media, Historical Memory and the Constitution of Female Identity and Feminism. Console-ing Passions Conference, Santa Barbara, CA, United States, April 24-26 2008.
2008
Conference Publication
The Ethics of Redesign: Gender, Race and Class in Dr. 90210
Bevan, Alex (2008). The Ethics of Redesign: Gender, Race and Class in Dr. 90210. Society for Cinema and Media Studies, Philadelphia, PA, United States, 8-11 March, 2008.
Funding
Past funding
Supervision
Availability
- Dr Alex Bevan is:
- Not available for supervision
Supervision history
Current supervision
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Doctor Philosophy
In what ways has creativity, play and social exchange manifested itself in the amateur radio community in Australia
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Nicholas Carah
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Doctor Philosophy
In what ways has creativity, play and social exchange manifested itself in the amateur radio community in Australia
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Nicholas Carah
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Doctor Philosophy
Reality Check: augmented reality on social media
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Nicholas Carah
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Master Philosophy
Le Corbusier's media of design: an inquiry of drawing, representation and design ideation through architectural case studies
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Antony Moulis
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Doctor Philosophy
Crafting new realities: How augmented reality transforms our lived experience of the world
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Nicholas Carah
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Doctor Philosophy
Algorithmic Realities: Platform Data Processing Perceptions of Productivity Content Creators, and Their Influence
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Nicholas Carah
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Doctor Philosophy
Diffusion of New Media and Public Service Broadcasting: Is New Media a Lifeline for Public Radio Broadcasting in Bangladesh?
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Pradip Thomas
Completed supervision
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2024
Doctor Philosophy
Diffusion of New Media and Public Service Broadcasting: Is New Media a Lifeline for Public Radio Broadcasting in Bangladesh?
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Pradip Thomas
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