Centre for Cultural and Creative Research (CCCR)

In 2004, I retired from the University of Westminster as Emeritus Professor in Mass Communications and joined the University of Portsmouth as an Honorary Research Professor in 2005. As well as conducting my own research, I also participated in the university’s AHRC-funded Research Programme into British Cinema during the 1970s.

My main areas of research are the history of cinema-going in Britain, and British and European broadcasting policy. I am especially interested in the manner in which political and economic decisions in the fields of cinema and broadcasting shape – or fail to shape - the viewing habits of audiences.

Between 2005 and 2008, I was also elected to be the President of EURALVA, the European Alliance of Listeners’ and Viewers’ Associations. When I stepped down in 2008, EURALVA asked me to remain as their Adviser on European Media Policy. I am also a Member of the Advisory Committee of the European Audiovisual Observatory, which is based in Strasbourg. The Observatory was originally established by the Council of Europe, and is now also supported by the Commission of the European Union.

Publications

Books^{[Back to top]}

Porter, V. & Harper, S. British cinema in the 1950s: the decline of deference. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-815934-X.

Porter, V. (Ed.). (2006). Walter C. Mycroft: The time of my life. the memoirs of a British film producer. Lanham, MD/Oxford: Scarecrow Press. ISBN: 0-8108-5723-5.

Journal Articles^{[Back to top]}

Porter, V. & Harper, S. (2005). Beyond media history: the challenge of visual style. Journal of British Cinema and Television, 2(1), 1-17.

Book Chapters^{[Back to top]}

Porter, V. (Forthcoming). Film education during the 1970s. In S. Harper & J. Smith (Eds.), British cinema in the 1970s: the boundaries of pleasure (pp. 00-00).Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press.

Porter, V. (In press). The Council of the Film Society, (act. 1925-1939) In Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (www.oxforddnb.com )

Porter, V. (In press). The exhibition, distribution and reception of French films in Great Britain during the 1930s. In L. Mazdon & C. Wheatley (Eds.),  Je t’aime … moi on plus. Franco-British cinematic relations (pp. 00-00). Oxford / New York: Berghahn Books.

Porter, V. (2010). Alternative film exhibition in the English regions during the 1970s. In P. Newland (Ed.), Don’t look now. British cinema in the 1970s (pp. 57-70). Chicago/Bristol: Intellect Press.

Porter, V. (2008). Methodism versus the marketplace: the Rank Organisation and British cinema. In R. Murphy (Ed.), The British cinema book (3rd ed.) (pp. 267-275). London: British Film Institute / Palgrave Macmillan.

Porter, V. (2006). Knatchbull, John Ulick, seventh Baron Brabourne of Brabourne [known as John Brabourne] (1924–2005), film producer. In Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (www.oxforddnb.com )

Porter, V. (2006). Plaschkes, Otto (1929–2005), film producer. In Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (www.oxforddnb.com )

Conference Papers^{[Back to top]}

Porter, V. (2010b). Will hypothecation remain the name of the game? The future of the television licence fee in the UK. At: The future of the broadcasting licence fee in times of media convergence. Institut für Rundfunkökonomie an der Universität zu Köln, and the Broadcasting Fee Association, Cologne: 6-7 May 2010, available at  www.rundfunk-institut.uni-koeln.de/conference. Invited Speaker

Porter, V. (2010a). How civil organisations can build a connection with EU institutions? At: National Conference organised by KOZTE (Hungarian Association of Scientific Management). Budapest: 24 February 2010. Invited Speaker

Porter, V. (2006).Authorization without oversight: the need to establish a citizen-oriented  regulatory framework for Europe’s public service broadcasters in the digital age [link is www.euralva.org/.../ContributionbyVPonAuthorisationwithoutoversightNov06.doc] At: From secret service to public service. International Conference organised by the European Broadcasting Union and MTV (Magyar Television), Budapest, 3 November 2006. Invited Speaker (as President of EURALVA).

Working Papers^{[Back to top]}

Porter, V. (2010). Public service broadcasting and the contradictions of European economic policy. Working papers of the Institute for Broadcasting Economics at the University of Cologne, no. 267. Cologne: University of Cologne. ISBN 978-3-938933-73-2.

Other Esteem Indicators^{[Back to top]}

Evidence Given to Parliamentary Committees
Invited Witness: ‘Communication from the European Commission on the Application of State Aid Rules to Public Service Broadcasting (Text with EEA Relevance)’, Evidence Given on Behalf of the European Alliance of Listeners’ and Viewers’ Associations (EURALVA) to the EPP-ED Hearing on the Revision of the Broadcasting Communication: Challenge or Threat? held in the European Parliament, Brussels, 8 January 2009. (With Preben Sorensen), available at http://www.epp-ed.en.policies.cult.default_en.asp

Television Interview
The Future of Public Service Broadcasting in Europe, MTV (Magyar Television), Budapest, Zarora Programme, Transmitted in Hungarian, 20 October 2009, available at http://www.emasa.hu/print.php?id=5845 or http://www.propeller.hu/gazdasag/795266-vincent-porter-a-zaroraban-a-kozszolgalatrol