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Dr. Merris Griffiths

 

Articles, Papers & Chapters

At the moment, my research focuses mainly on children's television and youth audiences, issues relating to the understanding and promotion of media literacy, notions of 'representation' of various social groups (especially children) in the media, gendered readerships of media texts and the advertising industry.

 

 

Griffiths, Merris: 'The Edge of Love and the Local Experience' Participations 6(2), November 2009

 

Griffiths, Merris: 'Favoured Free-time: Comparing children's activity preferences in the UK and the USA' Children & Society, available online in Early View (November 2009)

 

Griffiths, Merris: 'Children and Advertising'. In Creeber, Glen (Ed.) (2008): The Television Genre Book (2nd Edition). London: BFI

 

Griffiths, Merris & Tom O’Malley (2007): ‘Media Literacy in Wales: A Critical Review of Industry & Education Policies & Practices’. Cyfrwng 4

 

Griffiths, Merris: 'Advertising and Children: A Critical Overview of Key Theories and Debates'. In: Gruffydd-Jones, Elin (Ed.) (2006): Handbook in Film, TV & Media. University of Wales Press

 

Griffiths, Merris (2005): 'Cynrychioliadau o Anabledd mewn Rhaglenni Iaith Gymraeg ar S4C' Cyfrwng 2, Ebrill 2005, tud. 7-31

 

Griffiths, Merris (2005): 'Representation of Disabilities in S4C Welsh-language Programming' Cyfrwng 2, April 2005

 

Griffiths, Merris (2005): 'Children Drawing Toy Commercials - Re-imagining Television Production Conventions' Visual Communication 4(1)

 

Chandler, Daniel & Merris Griffiths: 'Who is the fairest of them all? Gendered Readings of Big Brother 2 (UK)'. In: Mathijs, Ernest & Janet Jones (Eds.) (2004):  Big Brother International - Format, Critics and Publics. Wallflower Press pp. 40-61

 

Griffiths, Merris & David Machin: 'Television and Playground Games as Part of Children’s Symbolic Culture', Social Semiotics Vol. 13 (2), 2003, pp. 147-160

 

Griffiths, Merris: Blue worlds and pink worlds – A portrait of intimate polarity’. In: Buckingham, David (Ed.) (2002): Small Screens. Leicester: Leicester University Press, pp. 159-184

 

Griffiths, Merris (2001): Children's Toy Advertisements (PhD)

 

Chandler, Daniel & Merris Griffiths: ‘Gender-Differentiated Production Features in Toy Commercials’. Journal of Broadcasting and Electronic Media. Summer 2000, pp. 503-520

 

Gender-Differentiated Production Features in Children's Toy Commercials (with Daniel Chandler) (Online version of the above)

 

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