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William McCarthy
Assistant Professor of Media and Tourism
Zayed University Dubai
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William McCarthy is an assistant professor of media and tourism at Zayed University in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. His book, Contested Kingdom: Fan Attachment and Corporate Control at Disneyland, was published in 2024 by University Press of Mississippi. His articles have been published in leading academic journals including Tourism Geographies, Journal of Leisure Research, Quarterly Review of Film and Video, and Social Semiotics. He holds a PhD in Media from the University of Adelaide.
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