Research Output per year
Personal profile
Overview
Dr John Quinn is a lecturer in Screen and Performance at the University of the West of Scotland. Working within the division of Arts & Media, John’s research explores the narratives and cultural politics of popular culture. With a particular focus on popular film and television, John’s recent publications have explored professional wrestling as an intersection between transmedia storytelling and high concept cinema, and offered multimodal discourse analysis as a means of understanding the abstracted relations that pervade and sculpt sports entertainment.
In addition to his primary research, John also has a keen interest in teaching, learning and assessment, and has a secondary research area exploring innovative pedagogies in higher education. John’s recent research in this area, externally funded by the Innovation and Development Fund of the Scottish Library and Information Council, focused on challenging traditional educational hierarchies. Recent reports and papers from this project have proposed methodologies for improving information literacy engagement via student-led non-hierarchical collaborative learning activities.
Current research activities
John's current research focuses on the notion of masculinity in superhero cinema, and the paratextual ecosystem surrounding ‘drillable’ cinematic franchises.
John’s forthcoming publications explore:
- Fan curation of the Alien cinematic mythos via morphogenetic YouTube paratexts.
- The Deadpool cinematic franchise as an expression of the complex crisis of masculinity.
- The populist aesthetics of masculinity in Philip’s Joker (2019)
- Supergendered modes of representation in Avengers: Endgame (2019)
Area of academic expertise - outline
- Popular Film & Television
- Assessment in Higher Education
Keywords
- PN1993 Motion Pictures
- Screenwriting
- Semiotics
- Narratology
- PN1990 Broadcasting
- Paratext
- Convergence
- LB2300 Higher Education
- Rubrics
- Assessment
- sustainablity,
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Research Output
Sports entertainment: toward a high concept of professional wrestling
Quinn, J., 5 Mar 2019, Convergent wrestling: participatory culture, transmedia storytelling, and intertextuality in the squared circle. Reinhard, C. D. & Olson, C. J. (eds.). Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, (The Cultural Politics of Media and Popular Culture).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
Open Access
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4
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Analysing discourse in sports entertainment through multiple modalities
Quinn, J. & Silveira, C., 2 Apr 2018, In : The Popular Culture Studies Journal. 6, 1, p. 189-203 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Open Access
The Info Lit journey: improving information literacy engagement through student-led immersive and collaborative non-hierarchical learning activities
Riach, R. & Quinn, J., 4 Apr 2018.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
Radge politics: satire and Scottish identity
Silveira, C., Leith, M., Quinn, J. & Flynn, R., 10 Apr 2017.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
Open Access
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11
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Prizes
Activities
Professional Wrestling Studies Association (External organisation)
John Quinn (Member)
18 Feb 2019
Activity: Membership › Membership of network
Routledge Taylor & Francis Group (Publisher)
John Quinn (Peer reviewer)
11 Mar 2019
Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Publication peer-review
Research in practice 2
John Quinn (Chair)
18 May 2018
Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in conference
File
Building Connected Commentaries in Feedback Studio'
John Quinn (Speaker)
7 Feb 2018
Activity: Talk or presentation › Oral presentation
The Case for Quantitative Marking Rubrics in the Arts, Humanities & Beyond
John Quinn (Invited speaker)
30 May 2017
Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk