Dr Andrea Esser

 

Job Title: Senior Lecturer Qualifications: PhD Telephone: +44 (0)20 8392 3357 Email Address: A.Esser@roehampton.ac.uk

Short Biography

After a period in media consulting, publishing and lecturing
in London (Goldsmiths, UEL, LSBU) Dr Esser joined the
media team at Roehampton University in September 2005.
She teaches on the Media and Cultural Studies programme.
Her research interests evolve around the economics and
sociology of television, and the transnationalisation of the
media. Her recent work has explored both the continuity of
the market and the dynamics of change: socio-political,
economic, technological and historic frameworks alongside
changes in consumption.

Role and Responsibilities

• Module development & delivery

• Supervision of
dissertations at BA, MA & PhD level

• Member of the
School of Art’s Centre for Research in Film and Audiovisual
Cultures (CRFAC)

• Conference Organiser (Television
Futures, CRFAC, 2007)

• Member of School of Arts'
Marketing & Recruitment Committee

Publications

(2009) Audio-visual content in the EU: production and scheduling, in Rooke, R. European Media in the Digital Age. Pearson Education.

(2009) The Commercialisation of European Television, in Charles, A. (ed.) Media in the Enlarged Europe. Intellect.

(2007) Audiovisual Content in Europe: Transnationalization and Approximation, Journal of Contemporary European Studies, Vol.15, No.2, 163-184.

(2007) Review of Mark Lacy & Peter Wilkin (2005) (eds) Global Politics in the Information Age, Journal of Contemporary European Studies, Vol.15, No.2, 262-264.

(2002) The Transnationalization of European Television, Journal of European Area Studies, Vol 10, No. 1, 13-29.

(1998) "Regarding interpretation: An example from literary criticism", Culture, Policy and Politics: A Question of Evidence, Occasional Papers in Public Policy, South Bank University, May 1998, 31-47.

(1997) Review of Stuart Hall & Paul du Gay (1996), Questions of Cultural Identity, Media, Culture & Society, October 1997, Nr. 4, 481-484.

(1996) Review of Michael Billig (1995), Banal Nationalism , Media, Culture & Society, October 1996 , Nr.4, 691-693.

Membership of professional bodies

• Member of the British Media, Communications and Cultural Studies Association (MeCCSA)

• Member of the International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR)

• Associate Member of the HEA

Qualification Details

London South Bank University (UK)
Department of Education, Politics and Social Sciences
PhD (Apr 2001)
Dissertation thesis: The Transnationalisation of Television in Europe 1985-1997
Dissertation Committee: Dr. Richard Rooke, Prof. Raymond Kuhn, Dr. Anna Reading

Cologne University (Germany)
MA in English and Slavic Literature and Linguistics, and Economics (Jan 1995)
Dissertation thesis: Frauenbilder im Wandel: Literatur als Indikator einer sozio-kulturellen Umbruchsituation im Spätviktorianismus [Images of Women Undergoing Transformation: Literature as an Indicator of a Socio-cultural Change in the Late Victorian Era]

Research Expertise

• Sociology of the European audiovisual market: production, distribution, consumption

• Contemporary media industry trends: commercialisation, market fragmentation, formatting, digitalisation and interactivity, internationalisation of production and distribution

• Transnationalization of the media

• Media economics

Teaching Expertise

• Encountering Television (UG Y1)- Introduction to TV and ideology, identity, representations, effects

• Introduction to British Media (UG Y1) - British media history (press, film, broadcasting, Internet)

• Research Project (UG y1) - Study Skills module, including researching and analysing original material

• Media, Culture & Society (UG Y1) - Introduction to media and ideology, identity, representations, effects

• Television as Industry (UG Y2) - Political economy approach with European and international focus, covering production, distribution, legislation; Career Preparation element and industry guest speakers

• Television & The Public Sphere (UG Y2) - Theories about public spheres; public service broadcasting, public opinion, alternative and new media

• Cultural Policy (UG Y2) - British and EU media policy, national heritage & identity, multiculturalism

• Television Futures (UG Y2) - Contemporary and future developments in production, distribution and consumption; possible effects on society

• Media Culture (MA) - Broad-ranging module in which I cover media policy and media globalization

• New Media & New Technologies (MA) - Internet and democracy, cybercultures, surveillance

• Supervising MA and BA dissertations and independent study projects

Consultancy Expertise

• TV Format Business

• Internationalization strategies for media companies

Consultancies Undertaken

• Consulting British reference publisher A&C Black on their Dictionary of Media Studies (2005)

• Research and recommendations on Digital, Interactive Material for Teaching in Higher Education for LSBU (2004)

• Research, reports and recommendations on the German publishing market for Bloomsbury plc (2001-2002)

• Research, reports and recommendations on the German audiovisual production market for various German and international media companies (1999-2001)

• Liaising with German media consultancy HMR’s British and French consultancy partners, DGA and IMCA, on a tender for EU research project (2000)

• Conceptualisation and organisation of Germany's first international programme market, the Cologne Screenings (1999)

Undergraduate courses taught at Roehampton:

Media and Culture

Postgraduate courses taught at Roehampton:

Media & Cultural Studies