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Dr Melanie Chan
Senior Lecturer
School of Cultural Studies & Humanities
0113 81 21974 M.Chan@leedsbeckett.ac.ukAbout Dr Melanie Chan
Melanie Chan completed a PhD on Representations of Virtual Reality in 2007. She is now Senior Lecturer on the BA (Hons) Media, Communication Cultures programme at Leeds Beckett University.
Her research interests include virtual reality, mobile media and digital culture. She has also published a monograph "Virtual Reality: Representations in Contemporary Media (Bloomsbury, 2014)" and ‘Environmentalism and The Animated Landscape in Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind and Princess Mononoke’ as part of the edited collection The Animated Landscape (Bloomsbury, 2015). Other published work includes the chapter ‘Place, Play and Privacy: Exploring Location-Based Applications and Spatial Experience’ In Digital Futures and the City of Today (Intellect, 2016).
Current Teaching
Current modules include:
- Interpreting New Media
- Introduction to Media and Cultural Studies
- Cinematic Identities
Research Interests
Melanie's work aims to contribute to critical perspectives on contemporary media especially in relation to embodiment and technologically mediated experience.
Selected Publications
Journal articles (2)
- Chan MA (2010), Beings in Japanese Cyberpunk Anime. Film and Film Culture, vol. 5
- Chan MA (2008), Virtually Real and Really Virtual: Baudrillard's Procession of Simulacrum and The Matrix. International Journal of Baudrillard Studies, vol. 5 (2)
Books (1)
- Chan MA (2015) Virtual Reality: Representations in Contemporary Media. . New York: Continuum.
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Chapters (2)
- Chan MA (2015) Environmentalism in Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind and Princess Mononoke. In: Chan MA The Animated Landscape. New York: Continuum, pp. 93-108.
View Repository Record - Chan MA (2009) Twenty-First Century Gothic Representations of Post-Human Existence in Ghost in the Shell, Appleseed Ex-Machina and Vexille'.. In: Chan MA Twenty First Century Gothic. Newcastle: Cambridge Scholars Press, pp. 85-98.
Conference contributions (3)
- Chan MA (2010) Filmic Representations of Synthetic Beings: Fantasy or a Forthcoming Reality? University of Surrey 20100702. : .
- Chan MA (2009) Gender Representations of Post-Human Existence in Japanese Anime University of York 20090701. : .
- Chan MA (2009) Augmented Humans and Synthetically Created Beings Bradford Media Museum 20090101. : .
Journal articles (4)
- Chan MA (2018), Analysing Movement, The Body and Immersion in Virtual Reality. Refactory
View Repository Record - Chan MA (2014), Mobile Music Technology and Consumption Practices: A Study of Media Students Perceptions of the Apple iPod. MERJ Media Education Research Journal, vol. 4 (2), p. 20-32.
View Repository Record - Chan MA (2010), Beings in Japanese Cyberpunk Anime. Film and Film Culture, vol. 5
- Chan MA (2008), Virtually Real and Really Virtual: Baudrillard's Procession of Simulacrum and The Matrix. International Journal of Baudrillard Studies, vol. 5 (2)
Books (1)
- Chan MA (2015) Virtual Reality: Representations in Contemporary Media. . New York: Continuum.
View Repository Record
Chapters (3)
- Chan MA (2016) Place, Play and Privacy: Exploring Location-Based Applications and Spatial Experience.. In: Chan MA Digital Futures and the City of Today New Technologies and Physical Spaces. : Intellect, pp. .
View Repository Record - Chan MA (2015) Environmentalism in Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind and Princess Mononoke. In: Chan MA The Animated Landscape. New York: Continuum, pp. 93-108.
View Repository Record - Chan MA (2009) Twenty-First Century Gothic Representations of Post-Human Existence in Ghost in the Shell, Appleseed Ex-Machina and Vexille'.. In: Chan MA Twenty First Century Gothic. Newcastle: Cambridge Scholars Press, pp. 85-98.
Conference contributions (7)
- Chan MA (2010) Filmic Representations of Synthetic Beings: Fantasy or a Forthcoming Reality? University of Surrey 20100702. : .
- Chan MA (2009) Gender Representations of Post-Human Existence in Japanese Anime University of York 20090701. : .
- Chan MA (2009) Representations of Post-Human Existence: An Exploration of the Relationships between The Gothic and Japanese Anime in the 21st Century St Mary's College 20090124. : .
- Chan MA (2009) Augmented Humans and Synthetically Created Beings Bradford Media Museum 20090101. : .
- Chan MA (2008) A Case for Embodiment in Neuromancer University of Leeds 20081112. : .
- Chan MA (2008) A Critical History of Virtual Reality McGill University Montreal 20080501. : .
- Chan MA (2008) Representations of Embodiment in Neuromancer, Ghost in the Shell and The Matrix Trilogy University of Nottingham 20080301. : .
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