Dr Steve Jones

Assistant Professor

Department: Arts

I joined Northumbria in April 2010. Between 2006 and 2010 I taught Media, Film and Cultural theory at the University of Sussex where I completed my PhD thesis. In addition to my role at Northumbria, I am also currently an Adjunct Research Professor in Law and Legal Studies, Carleton University (Ottawa). Between 2018-2021, I was Head of Subject for Media and Film at Northumbria.

I have teaching interests based in cultural politics, moral philosophy, the philosophy of self, and identity. My work mainly centres on horror, pornography, and representations of violence. I am interested in supervising PhD students in any of these areas.

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Research Themes and Scholarly Interests

In my research work, I acknowledge that culturally maligned objects (such as horror and pornography) express serious, complicated philosophical ideas. I have written various articles and chapters on contemporary issues in moral philosophy, selfhood studies and feminism, each of which proposes that (a) popular horror films and pornographic texts articulate the same concepts that concern philosophers (albeit in intuitive ways), and (b) these popular objects complicate and contribute to the on-going conceptual debates that define contemporary philosophical and political thought.

Key Publications

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Appealing, Appalling: Morality and Revenge in I Spit on Your Grave (2010), Jones, S. 11 Mar 2022, In: Quarterly Review of Film and Video
Od postmodernega k metamodernemu slasherju: From the postmodern to the metamodern slasher, Jones, S. 31 Mar 2022, In: Kino!
Hardcore Horror: Challenging the Discourses of ‘Extremity’, Jones, S. 18 Jan 2021, New Blood, University of Wales Press
If Nancy Doesn’t Wake Up Screaming: The Elm Street Series as Recurring Nightmare, Jones, S. 30 Sep 2021, Horror Franchise Cinema, London, Taylor & Francis
Playground – Plac Zabaw (2016), Jones, S. 17 Aug 2021, Evil Seeds, Sint-Pieters-Woluwe, Belgium
Them – Ils (2006), Jones, S. 17 Aug 2021, Evil Seeds, Sint-Pieters-Woluwe, Belgium
Zmrcvarjen do smrti: cikel slasherjev, Jones, S. Apr 2020, In: Kino!
Issues with the BBFC’S 2018 consultation exercise, Jones, S. 11 Jan 2019
Spierig Brothers' Jigsaw (2017) - Torture Porn Rebooted?, Jones, S. 13 Jun 2019, Horror, Oxford, Peter Lang
Cartesianism and Intersubjectivity in Paranormal Activity and the Philosophy of Mind, Jones, S. 2018, In: Kino!

Professional Activity

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Other: Radio Interview 2023
Other: Television interview 2023
Other: Press interview 2023
Invited talk: Compression and Subtraction in Contemporary Indie Horror 2023
Publication Peer-review: University of Wales Press (Publisher) 2023
Publication Peer-review: Porn Studies (Journal) 2023
Invited talk: BAFTSS Horror SIG Event: Seasonal Horror on Screen 2022
Publication Peer-review: Popular Communication (Journal) 2022
Examination: PhD External Examination - Ulster 2022
Examination: PhD External Examination - Sussex 2022

PGR Supervision

Ami Nisa Start Date: 01/10/2018 End Date: 27/11/2019
Ami Nisa The Camera as Character: Theorising the Camera’s Agency in Found-Footage Horror Film The Camera as Character: Theorising the Camera’s Agency in Found-Footage Horror Film The Camera as Character: Theorising the Camera’s Agency in Found-Footage Horror Film The Camera as Character: Theorising the Camera’s Agency in Found-Footage Horror Film The Camera as Character: Theorising the Camera's Agency in Found-Footage Horror Film Start Date: 01/10/2018
Gabrielle Smith Presenters, Performance, and Puppets: An analysis of the roles of the presenter in contemporary British children’s television Start Date: 18/01/2019
Rebecca Stanton Representations of animal harm and objectification in Walt Disney Animation Studios’ films (1937-2016) utilizing theories of romanticism, speciesism, and compassion Start Date: 01/10/2016 End Date: 23/04/2020
Jessica O'donnell The Digital Backlash Against Feminism: The Feminist Response to Gamergate and MRAs Start Date: 08/10/2013 End Date: 14/11/2017
Rebecca Stanton Representations of animal harm and objectification in Walt Disney Animation Studios’ films (1937-2016) utilizing theories of romanticism, speciesism, and compassion Start Date: 01/10/2016 End Date: 27/11/2019
Krista Calvo Growing Pains: violence and child autonomy in Reagan era horror cinema Start Date: 18/01/2021
Thomas Watson Audiovisual Violence and Editorial Manipulation: The Relationship Between Violent Image-Content and Violent Image-Form Start Date: 04/10/2011 End Date: 08/10/2015
Jessica O'donnell The Digital Backlash Against Feminism: The Feminist Response to Gamergate and MRAs Start Date: 08/10/2013 End Date: 14/11/2017

Qualifications

PhD October 31 2008

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