''Journal of Popular Film and Television'' is a quarterly
peer-reviewed
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academic journal
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published by
Routledge
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, which purchased it from
Heldref Publications
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in 2009.
Michael Marsden, who was the dean of the College of Arts & Sciences at
Northern Michigan University
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in the late 1990s, co-founded the journal. The journal was established in 1971, with the first issue in 1972 and until 1978 was titled ''Journal of Popular Film''. The journal is devoted to publishing criticism that "examines commercial film and television from a sociocultural perspective."
''Journal of Popular Film and Television'', "Instructions for Authors"
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Abstracting and indexing
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History
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, and the Arts & Humanities Citation Index
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.
See also
* List of film periodicals
Film periodicals combine discussion of individual films, genres and directors with in-depth considerations of the medium and the conditions of its production and reception. Their articles contrast with film reviewing in newspapers and magazines whi ...
References
External links
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English-language journals
Media studies journals
Publications established in 1972
Quarterly journals
Taylor & Francis academic journals
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