Surplus Blackness
Alfred L. Martin Jr. / University Of Iowa
Alfred L. Martin, Jr. theorizes “surplus Blackness” in relation to the treatment of Black audiences in the culture industries.
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Surplus Blackness
Over*Flow: “The Sun is Shining on AMC”: Meme Stocks & (Temporary?) Media Industry Reorganization
Peter Arne Johnson / Boston University
Peter Arne Johnson examines the broader industrial and sociopolitical reverberations of the recent market shortening of Game Stock stock by a community of retail investors from the subreddit r/wallstreetbets.
Read moreA Public Records Request Rabbit Hole in the Study of Nontheatrical Distribution
Finley Freibert / Independent Scholar
Finley Freibert reveals the challenges of accessing public records and telling the history of gay, nontheatrical film distributor, John Samuel Bridges, in 1960s San Francisco.
Read moreWhat is a Soundtrack Album? Or, Spot the Soundtrack Album
Paul N. Reinsch / Texas Tech University
Paul Reinsch explores the complicated definition of soundtracks, and its meaning for the media industries more widely.
Read moreIt’s the Political Economy Stupid: The Case for Media Industries Studies in an Era of Fake News
Christopher M. Cox / Georgia State University
Christopher M. Cox argues for a media industries framework to better understand the production, dissemination, and consumption of fake news.
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