Overview
Background
Jacobs has an international reputation as a historian of television drama, its institutions, technology and aesthetics. He has taught film and television studies at the University of East Anglia, the University of Warwick, and Griffith University. His first book, The Intimate Screen (Oxford University Press, 2000) is a pioneering study of early television drama; his second book Body Trauma TV (British Film Institute, 2003) explores the aesthetics of the hospital drama in relation to the contemporary cultural imagination. More recently he published Deadwood (Palgrave Macmillan/British Film Institute, 2012), as part of the BFI TV Classics series. He is currently working on an Australian Research Council funded project called ’The Persistence of Television: How the Medium Adapts to Survive in the Digital World', and is writing a book on David Milch, the author of Deadwood (Manchester University Press).
Availability
- Professor Jason Jacobs is:
- Available for supervision
- Media expert
Fields of research
Qualifications
- Bachelor (Honours) of Arts, University of Warwick
- Doctor of Philosophy, University of East Anglia
Research interests
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Television aesthetics
especially contemporary debates about judgement and value.
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The history of television (and other kinds of broadcasting)
which connects textual production to institutional, commercial and technological contexts.
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Aspects of television art and achievement
especially in relation to contemporary television drama and authorship. The history and present of screen aesthetics in relation to television, videogames, film, etc., especially issues, theorisations and debates concerning medium specificity.
Works
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2023
Other Outputs
Real human beings: realism, pressure, and time in the pusher trilogy
Taylor, Alison and Jacobs, Jason (2023). Real human beings: realism, pressure, and time in the pusher trilogy. Pusher Trilogy Collector's Edition: Nicolas Winding Refn’s Pusher Trilogy Box Set. (pp. *-*) edited by Nicolas Winding Ref'n (Director). Kew, VIC, Australia: Umbrella Entertainment.
2023
Book
Reluctant sleuths, true detectives
Jacobs, Jason (2023). Reluctant sleuths, true detectives. Albany, NY, United States: State University of New York Press.
2022
Book Chapter
Oddity and Catastrophe in The Big Short
Jacobs, Jason (2022). Oddity and Catastrophe in The Big Short. Autism in Film and Television: On the Island. (pp. 83-93) edited by Pomerance, Murray and Palmer, R. Barton. Austin, TX United States: University of Texas Press. doi: 10.7560/324912
2020
Journal Article
Television rewired: the rise of the auteur series
Jacobs, Jason (2020). Television rewired: the rise of the auteur series. New Review of Film and Television Studies, 18 (2), 242-244. doi: 10.1080/17400309.2020.1738065
2020
Book
David Milch
Jacobs, Jason (2020). David Milch. Manchester, United Kingdom: Manchester University Press. doi: 10.7765/9781526107084
2017
Journal Article
From public–private virtue to cultural-corporate amoeba: Mr Blobby and the rise of BBC Worldwide during the 1990s
Jacobs, Jason and Thomas, Deborah J. (2017). From public–private virtue to cultural-corporate amoeba: Mr Blobby and the rise of BBC Worldwide during the 1990s. Historical Journal of Film Radio and Television, 38 (2), 1-19. doi: 10.1080/01439685.2017.1285149
2017
Journal Article
The persistence of television: the case of The Good Life
Bonner, Frances and Jacobs, Jason (2017). The persistence of television: the case of The Good Life. Critical Studies in Television, 12 (1), 6-20. doi: 10.1177/1749602016682751
2015
Book Chapter
Television Drama
Jacobs, Jason (2015). Television Drama. The SAGE Handbook of Television Studies. (pp. 315-324) edited by Manuel Alvarado, Milly Buonanno, Herman Gray and Toby Miller. Los Angeles, CA United States: SAGE Reference. doi: 10.4135/9781473910423.n23
2014
Other Outputs
Criticism, submission and time: Mad Men and the killing
Jacobs, Jason (2014). Criticism, submission and time: Mad Men and the killing. London, UK: Critical Studies in Television, University of Hertfordshire.
2014
Other Outputs
True Detective and practical criticism
Jacobs, Jason (2014). True Detective and practical criticism. London, UK: Critical Studies in Television, University of Hertfordshire.
2014
Other Outputs
Inside sport
Jacobs, Jason (2014). Inside sport. London, UK: Critical Studies in Television, University of Hertfordshire.
2013
Other Outputs
Television aesthetics and style: a conversation with Jason Jacobs and Steven Peacock
Jacobs, Jason and Peacock, Steven (2013). Television aesthetics and style: a conversation with Jason Jacobs and Steven Peacock. London, UK: Critical Studies in Television, University of Hertfordshire.
2013
Journal Article
Buonanno, Milly, "Italian TV Drama and Beyond: Stories from the Soil, Stories from the Sea", Jennifer Radice trans.
Jacobs, Jason (2013). Buonanno, Milly, "Italian TV Drama and Beyond: Stories from the Soil, Stories from the Sea", Jennifer Radice trans.. Media International Australia (148), 158-159.
2013
Other Outputs
Beethoven, Games of Thrones and the pure aesthetic kick
Jacobs, Jason (2013). Beethoven, Games of Thrones and the pure aesthetic kick. London, UK: Critical Studies in Television, University of Hertfordshire.
2013
Other Outputs
Ricky Gervais and Michael Haneke: together at last
Jacobs, Jason (2013). Ricky Gervais and Michael Haneke: together at last. London, UK: Critical Studies in Television, University of Hertfordshire.
2013
Other Outputs
Preacher man
Jacobs, Jason (2013). Preacher man. London, UK: Critical Studies in Television, University of Hertfordshire.
2013
Book Chapter
Introduction
Jacobs, Jason and Peacock, Steven (2013). Introduction. Television aesthetics and style. (pp. 1-20) New York, NY, United States: Bloomsbury Academic.
2013
Book
Television aesthetics and style
Jason Jacobs and Steven Peacock eds. (2013). Television aesthetics and style. New York, NY, United States: Bloomsbury Academic.
2012
Other Outputs
Homeland, time and titles
Jacobs, Jason (2012). Homeland, time and titles. London, UK: Critical Studies in Television, University of Hertfordshire.
2012
Other Outputs
The principles of garden design
Jacobs, Jason (2012). The principles of garden design. London, UK: Critical Studies in Television, University of Hertfordshire.
Funding
Past funding
Supervision
Availability
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Supervision history
Current supervision
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Doctor Philosophy
Identity and Representation of Novel Female Superheroes in Contemporary Cinema
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Lisa Bode
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Master Philosophy
With Colleagues Like These: AI in the Workplace, On and Off Screen
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Elizabeth Stephens
Completed supervision
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2024
Master Philosophy
'Beware of inquisitive women': Female Spies in WWII Cinema
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Lisa Bode
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2019
Doctor Philosophy
The Presence of Performance and the Stakes of Serial Drama: Accrual, Transience, Companionship
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Lisa Bode
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2014
Doctor Philosophy
Profoundly Disturbing: The Aesthetics of Violence and the Everyday in European Art Cinema
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Greg Hainge, Dr Lisa Bode
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2020
Master Philosophy
Absence, Presence, and Presences: An Aesthetic Evaluation of Twin Peaks: The Return
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Lisa Bode
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2019
Doctor Philosophy
Characteristics and Cultural Function of the Television Auteur Showrunner in the Digital Age
Associate Advisor
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2017
Doctor Philosophy
Docucharacters: Public Persona as Character in Film, Television, and Fandom
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Lisa Bode
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2015
Doctor Philosophy
Australian press constructions of the 2002 Bali bombing: differing imaginings of the nation and its place in the world
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Emeritus Professor David Carter
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2014
Doctor Philosophy
"A present of things past": Re-imagining Medieval Masculinities in Contemporary Media and Practice
Associate Advisor
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2014
Doctor Philosophy
Creating Heritage in the Australian Historical Miniseries 1978-1995
Associate Advisor
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2014
Doctor Philosophy
The Science Wars and Stargate SG-1: An Exploration of Science within Science Fiction Television
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Emeritus Professor Philip Almond
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2013
Master Philosophy
Breaking Bad and Dignity: Possibilities of Character in the Television Fiction Series
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Lisa Bode
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2012
Doctor Philosophy
New media and minors: the production ecology of Australian children's television from 2006-11
Associate Advisor
Media
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- Film history
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- History - television
- Television - UK drama
- Television - US drama
- Television history
- Videogames
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