Article
Berridge S (2022) The Gendered Impact of Caring Responsibilities on Parents' Experiences of Working in the Film and Television Industries. Feminist Media Studies, 22 (1), pp. 1-15. https://doi.org/10.1080/14680777.2020.1778763
Senior Lecturer
Communications, Media and Culture University of Stirling, Stirling, FK9 4LA
I joined the University of Stirling as Lecturer in Film and Media in 2015, having previously taught film and television studies at the Universities of Leeds, Glasgow and Royal Holloway and worked as a Research Assistant at the University of Stirling for the Consortium for Research into Arts and Technology Scotland (CReATeS). I completed a PhD in Television Studies at the University of Glasgow in 2010. My doctoral research focused on the relationship between representations of teenage sexuality and sexual violence in UK and US teen drama series, paying close attention to intersections of generic, medium and narrative specificities. My current research explores gender inequalities on and off screen in the media industries. I welcome PhD applications and enquiries on the following areas: television narrative; television and emotion; social issues on television; screen representations of gender, sexuality, sexual violence and/or age; feminist film and television theory; teen genres; gender in the screen industries. I am also the former co-editor of the Commentary and Criticism and book reviews sections of Feminist Media Studies.
I am currently collaborating on two funded research projects. The first explores the role of intimacy coordination and on- and off-screen cultures of consent in contemporary UK television with Dr Tanya Horeck (Anglia Ruskin University). This project is funded by British Academy. The second is focused on mapping the networks of care mobilised by Creative Stirling, a grassroots creative hub located in the city of Stirling in Scotland, in response to addressing local needs related to the pandemic. This project is funded by the Royal Society of Edinburgh and led by Dr Katherine Champion, with Dr Maria Velez Serna.
Previous research has explored gender inequalities on and off screen in the film and TV industries. I have researched the gendered impact of caring responsibilities on parents' and carers' experiences of working in the Scottish film and television industries. Earlier research has focused on screen representations of gender, sexuality, sexual violence and age in popular culture. I have published on these themes in relation to US and UK television drama series, the teen genre, Hollywood comedies and constructions of stardom. I am also particularly interested in serial narrative forms and issues of identification, and gendered inequalities in the media industries more widely.
Article
Berridge S (2022) The Gendered Impact of Caring Responsibilities on Parents' Experiences of Working in the Film and Television Industries. Feminist Media Studies, 22 (1), pp. 1-15. https://doi.org/10.1080/14680777.2020.1778763
Book Chapter
Berridge S (2022) Managing Feelings: Raising Films' Testimonials and the Impact of Caring Responsibilities on the Emotional Well-being of Mothers Who Work in the UK Film and Television Sector. In: Mayer S & Columpar C (eds.) Mothers of Invention: Film, Media and Caregiving Labor. Detroit, MI, USA: Wayne State University Press. https://www.wsupress.wayne.edu/books/detail/mothers-invention
Article
Berridge S (2022) Scotland’s For Me?: The (gendered) salience of parental status and geographical location to experiences of working in film and television. Alphaville: Journal of Film and Screen Media.
Book Chapter
Berridge S (2021) Mothers' Subjective Experiences of negotiating caring responsibilities with work in the Scottish film and TV industries. In: Liddy S & O'Brien A (eds.) Media Work, Mothers and Motherhood: Negotiating the International Audio-Visual Industry. Routledge Studies in Media and Cultural Industries, 8. London: Routledge, pp. 145-159. https://www.routledge.com/Media-Work-Mothers-and-Motherhood-Negotiating-the-International-Audio-Visual/Liddy-OBrien/p/book/9780367536015
Book Chapter
Berridge S (2020) Teens, Tweens and Inbetweens. In: Ross K, Bachmann I, Cardo V, Moorti S & Scarcelli CM (eds.) The International Encyclopedia of Gender, Media, and Communication. London: John Wiley & Sons. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119429128.iegmc184
Article
Berridge S (2019) Mum's the Word: Public testimonials and gendered experiences of negotiating caring responsibilities with work in the film and television industries. European Journal of Cultural Studies, 22 (5-6), p. 646–664. https://doi.org/10.1177/1367549419839876
Commentary
Introduction: Feminism, Media and the 1990s
Berridge S & Portwood-Stacer L (2018) Introduction: Feminism, Media and the 1990s. Feminist Media Studies, 18 (2), p. 309. https://doi.org/10.1080/14680777.2018.1436896
Commentary
Introduction: Current Events in Feminism and Media
Berridge S & Portwood-Stacer L (2017) Introduction: Current Events in Feminism and Media. Feminist Media Studies, 17 (6), p. 1104. https://doi.org/10.1080/14680777.2017.1380425
Commentary
Introduction: Feminism, Media and Care
Berridge S & Portwood-Stacer L (2017) Introduction: Feminism, Media and Care. Feminist Media Studies, 17 (2), p. 297. https://doi.org/10.1080/14680777.2017.1283744
Commentary
Introduction: Gender, Media and the 2016 US Presidential Election
Portwood-Stacer L & Berridge S (2017) Introduction: Gender, Media and the 2016 US Presidential Election. Feminist Media Studies, 17 (3), p. 505. https://doi.org/10.1080/14680777.2017.1304708
Commentary
Introduction: Gendered voices and audio media
Berridge S, Portwood-Stacer L & Lovatt P (2017) Introduction: Gendered voices and audio media. Feminist Media Studies, 17 (1), p. 108. https://doi.org/10.1080/14680777.2017.1261460
Commentary
Introduction: Sound and Vision
Lovatt P, Portwood-Stacer L & Berridge S (2016) Introduction: Sound and Vision. Feminist Media Studies, 16 (6), p. 1109. https://doi.org/10.1080/14680777.2016.1234227
Commentary
Introduction: Mediating gendered state violence
Portwood-Stacer L & Berridge S (2016) Introduction: Mediating gendered state violence. Feminist Media Studies, 16 (5), p. 918. https://doi.org/10.1080/14680777.2016.1213570
Commentary
Introduction: Futures of Intergenerational Feminist Media Studies
Berridge S & Portwood-Stacer L (2016) Introduction: Futures of Intergenerational Feminist Media Studies. Feminist Media Studies, 16 (4), p. 737. https://doi.org/10.1080/14680777.2016.1190044
Commentary
Berridge S & Portwood-Stacer L (2016) Introduction: Masculinities. Commentary on: Introduction to Commentary and Criticism section on Masculinities. Feminist Media Studies, 16 (1), pp. 164-164. https://doi.org/10.1080/14680777.2016.1120485
Commentary
Introduction: Gender and Technologies of Work
Berridge S & Portwood-Stacer L (2016) Introduction: Gender and Technologies of Work. Commentary on: Karen E. C. Levy (2016) Digital surveillance in the hypermasculine workplace, Feminist Media Studies, 16:2, 361-365. Jacquelyn Arcy (2016) Emotion work: considering gender in digital labor, Feminist Media Studies, 16:2, 365-368.. Feminist Media Studies, 16 (2), pp. 361-361. https://doi.org/10.1080/14680777.2016.1138606
Book Chapter
Berridge S (2016) From the woman who 'had it all' to the tragic, ageing spinster: The Shifting Star Persona of Jennifer Aniston. In: Jermyn D & Holmes S (eds.) Women, Celebrity and Cultures of Ageing: Freeze Frame. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 112-126. http://www.palgrave.com/gb/book/9781137495112
Book Chapter
Berridge S (2016) Cher and Dionne BFFs: Female Friendship, Genre, and Medium Specificity in the Film and Television Versions of Amy Heckerling’s Clueless. In: Shary T & Smith F (eds.) Refocus: The Films of Amy Heckerling. ReFocus: The American Directors Series. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, pp. 17-35.
Book Chapter
Berridge S (2015) Empowered Vulnerability?: A feminist response to the ubiquity of sexual violence in the pilots of female-fronted TV drama series. In: Silva K & Mendes K (eds.) Feminist Erasures: Challenging Backlash Culture. Houndmills, Basingstoke, UK RG21 6XS: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 91-105. https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1057/9781137454928_6; https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137454928_6
Article
I Love You, Man: Gendered narratives of friendship in contemporary Hollywood comedies
Boyle K & Berridge S (2014) I Love You, Man: Gendered narratives of friendship in contemporary Hollywood comedies. Feminist Media Studies, 14 (3), pp. 353-368. https://doi.org/10.1080/14680777.2012.740494
Article
Berridge S (2013) Doing it for the kids?: The discursive construction of the teenager and teenage sexuality in E4’s Skins. Journal of British Cinema and Television, 10 (4), pp. 785-801. https://doi.org/10.3366/jbctv.2013.0175
Article
Teen Heroine TV: Narrative Complexity and Sexual Violence in Female-fronted teen drama series
Berridge S (2013) Teen Heroine TV: Narrative Complexity and Sexual Violence in Female-fronted teen drama series. New Review of Film and Television Studies, 11 (4), pp. 477-496. https://doi.org/10.1080/17400309.2013.809565
Book Chapter
Glances, Dances, Romances: An Overview of Gendered Sexual Narratives in Teen Drama Series
Berridge S (2013) Glances, Dances, Romances: An Overview of Gendered Sexual Narratives in Teen Drama Series. In: Carter C, Steiner L & McLaughlin L (eds.) Routledge Companion to Media and Gender. London: Routledge, pp. 332-341. http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9780415527699/
Website Content
CReATeS - Consortium for Research into Arts and Technology in Scotland
Squires C, Eikhof DR, Fenwick T, Ray Murray P, Grindle M, Millar F, Mackenzie N, Michael MK, Berridge S, Beech N, Greig G & Carter S (2012) CReATeS - Consortium for Research into Arts and Technology in Scotland. 2012. http://www.creates.stir.ac.uk/
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Personal Problems and Women’s Issues: Episodic Sexual Violence Narratives in US Teen Drama Series
Berridge S (2011) Personal Problems and Women’s Issues: Episodic Sexual Violence Narratives in US Teen Drama Series. Feminist Media Studies, 11 (4), pp. 467 - 481. https://doi.org/10.1080/14680777.2011.555967
Book Chapter
Raised Voices: Homophobic Abuse as a Catalyst for Coming Out in US Teen Television Drama Series
Berridge S (2011) Raised Voices: Homophobic Abuse as a Catalyst for Coming Out in US Teen Television Drama Series. In: Ross K (ed.) The Handbook of Gender, Sex, and Media. Handbooks in Communication and Media. Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell, pp. 313-325. http://eu.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-1444338544.html
I teach on a number of modules within CMC including:
Media Issues and Industries
Understanding Audiences
Gender and Representation
Feminism and Television
Researching Gender