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By Thomas D. Beamish, author of After Tragedy Strikes: Why Claims of Trauma and Loss Promote Public Outrage and Encourage Political Polarization
Tragedy seldom unifies Americans today.
Every year, horrific crises induce trem...
By Brooke Belisle, author of Depth Effects: Dimensionality from Camera to Computation
Recent headlines are announcing the end of photography, as AI changes what counts as a photograph or makes it impossible to judge. The New York Times has published multiple, interactive articles promp...
University of California Press (UC Press) is seeking applications for the editorship of the journal Film Quarterly. The applicant appointed to this position will succeed Interim Editor Rebecca Prime when her term ends June, 30 2024.
Film Quarterly (FQ) has been publishing peer-revie...
By Annie Berke, author of Their Own Best Creations: Women Writers in Postwar Television
At a recent book event– co-hosted with Liz Clarke, author of The American Girl Goes to War– one participant asked: “How did you decide what to put in the book and what to leave out?”
Having relie...
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In this video, scholar Samantha Sheppard offers a sneak peek at her book, Sporting Blackness: Race, Embodiment, and Critical Muscle Memory on Screen.
“In her fusion of theories o...
We’re proud to announce that Brian Jacobson, editor of In the Studio: Visual Creation and Its Material Environments has won the 2021 Society for Cinema and Media Studies Best Edited Collection Award!
We reached out to Jacobson as part of our #SCMS2021 virtual conference series to d...
By Caetlin Benson-Allott, author of The Stuff of Spectatorship: Material Cultures of Film and Television
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In January 2018, Vice reporter Emerson Rosenthal observed that “watching ...
By Haidee Wasson, author of Everyday Movies: Portable Film Projectors and the Transformation of American Culture
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Have you ever panicked because you forgot your cell phone at home? As...
by Nolan Higdon, author of The Anatomy of Fake News: A Critical News Literacy Education
Each year, Media Literacy Week emphasizes the power and impact of media literacy education in the United States. The host of Media Literacy Week in the U.S., the National Association for Media Liter...