Tom Abba

University of the West of England, Faculty of Creative Arts, Kennel Lodge Road, Bristol, BS3 2JT, United Kingdom

Keywords interactivity, narrative, film, ergodic, games

Dr Tom Abba is a specialist in narrative theory and practice. He completed his Ph.D. in interactive narrative at the University of the West of England in 2007, and teaches in the undergraduate media practice programme, the MA Media course and a wider range of courses at postgraduate level. He maintains an ongoing research interest in the grammar of new media and the language of psychogeography and place, and is active in several knowledge transfer projects, working to instigate interactive projects with media organizations across the United Kingdom.

As we might watch: What might arise from reconsidering the concept of interactive film?, Journal of Media Practice, 9.1, 19–27.

Abdel Rahman Abdalla Salih

Al-Zahra College for Women, Department of English Language and Literature, Madinat Al-Ilam, Muscat, P.O. Box 1197, P.C 114, Muttrah, Oman

Keywords media coverage, Iraq, Al-Jazeera, embedded journalists, Arab media

Abdel Rahman Abdalla Salih received a doctorate in Applied Linguistics from Putra University of Malaysia, and an MA in ESL from the International Islamic University of Malaysia, and a BA (Hons) in Arts and Education (English) from University of Khartoum-Sudan. He is currently teaching English at Al-Zahra College for Women, Sultanate of Oman. He is primarily interested in applied linguistics and issues related to discourse analysis, media discourse, translation and lexicography, besides a general interest in psycholinguistics and sociolinguistics.

The Media and American Invasion of Iraq: A Tale of Two Wars, Journal of Arab & Muslim Media Research, 2.1&2, 81–90.

Masoud A. Abdulrahim

College of Arts & Science, P.O. Box 7207, Hawally, 32093, Kuwait

Keywords political attitudes, Al-Jazeera, Kuwaiti television, independent and government media, satellite television

Masoud A. Abdulrahim (Ph.D., Southern Illinois University, Carbondale) is an assistant professor of mass communication and chair of the general education department at Gulf University for Science & Technology. His research interests include political communication, the Internet and journalism studies in the Arab world.

Winds of change in the Arab world: a comparative look at a political gratification and effects study of the Al-Jazeera satellite channel and Kuwaiti government television, Journal of Arab & Muslim Media Research, 1.2, 145–163.

Abdullahi Tasiu Abubakar

University of Westminster, Department of Journalism and Mass Communications, School of Media, Arts and Design, Communication and Media Research Institute (CAMRI), Northwick Park, Harrow, HA1 3TP, UK

Keywords Africa, media

Abdullahi Tasiu Abubakar is a research fellow at the Africa Media Centre in the University of Westminster, London, United Kingdom. He has been working for the BBC World Service, on and off, for well over a decade. He obtained his Ph.D. from the University of Westminster.

The media, politics and Boko blitz, Journal of African Media Studies, 4.1, 97–110.

John Adams

University of Bristol, Department of Drama (Theatre, Film, Television), Cantocks Close, Bristol, BS8 1UP, UK

Keywords screen media, practice research, creative industries, documentation

John Adams is emeritus professor of Film & Screen Media Practice in the School of Arts (Drama) at the University of Bristol, where he taught for many years. He has produced and/or directed over 30 broadcast films and theatre productions, and co-founded and has chaired the Watershed Media Centre (Bristol) and the production company Watershed Television Ltd. He was the founding editor of the Journal of Media Practice, a member of the Higher Education Funding Council media and communications panel for the RAE 2008. He writes and lectures on practice-based approaches to screen media teaching and research. His current interests include film and creative industries policy, space and place in film, and screen acting and performance.

Editorial, Journal of Media Practice, 5.1, 5–6.

Editorial, Journal of Media Practice, 6.3, 133–134.

Editorial, Journal of Media Practice, 7.2, 83–84.

Reviews, Journal of Media Practice, 7.2, 169–.

Conceptual smoke and digital mirrors? Issues in audio- visual (A/V) practice research, Journal of Media Practice, 8.2, 203–220.

UK Film: new directions in the glocal era, Journal of Media Practice, 12.2, 111–124.

Ernest W. Adams

Adams Consulting Services UK, 185 Guildford Road, Ash, Aldershot, GU12 6DT, United Kingdom

Keywords video games, art, video game industry, game design, video game art

Ernest Adams is an independent game designer, writer and teacher, working with the International Hobo design group. He has been in the video game industry since 1989, and is the author of four books, including Fundamentals of Game Design, a widely-used university textbook; and Break Into the Game Industry: How to Get a Job Making Video Games. He was most recently employed as a lead designer at Bullfrog Productions on the Dungeon Keeper series, and for several years before that he was the audio/video producer on the Madden NFL Football product line. He has developed online, computer, and console games for everything from the IBM 360 mainframe to the Nintendo Wii. He is the founder of the International Game Developers Association, and is a frequent lecturer at the Game Developers Conference and many other events.

Will computer games ever be a legitimate art form?, Journal of Media Practice, 7.1, 67–.

Fiona Adams

London College of Communication, University of the Arts, Elephant & Castle, Southwark, London, SE1 6SB, United Kingdom

Keywords Ruby Grierson, practice-based research, documentary film-making

Fiona Adams started her career in broadcasting as a 'pop promo' producer. Then, via Sheffield Hallam University, where she obtained an MA, she directed documentaries for the BBC, Channel 4 and ITV. She is now an associate lecturer in documentary film at the University of the Arts (London), Sussex University and University of Brighton.

The rediscovery of a life less ordinary – A practical application to research, Journal of Media Practice, 7.2, 143–150.

Catherine Adams

University of Alberta, Department of Secondary Education, 347 Education South, Edmonton, Alberta, T6G 2G5, Canada

Keywords business education, hermeneutic phenomenology, communication technologies

Catherine Adams is an Assistant Professor, Faculty of Education, University of Alberta, where she teaches computing science and business education curriculum and instruction, philosophical and ethical issues of technology integration in education, and phenomenological research and writing. Her research interests include using hermeneuticphenomenology to examine the mediating influences and pedagogical significances of information and communication technologies and new media in the...