Radio country
Morgan Bimm / ST. FRANCIS XAVIER UNIVERSITY
Dr. Morgan Bimm examines radio as a tool of nationalism and alienation.
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Radio country
Mediating Emergency in Moments of Campus Tragedy
Elizabeth Ellcessor / University of Virginia
Dr. Elizabeth Ellcessor examines the emergency alert message in terms of its production and dissemination as constructed and negotiated texts. She considers the infrastructures and institutions of campus safety, emergency management, and policing.
Read moreDisrupting Screenplay Format’s Attachment to White Space
Jess King / DePaul University
Dr. Jess King explores how standardized rules for screenplay formatting constrain the representation of intersectional identities that are historically underrepresented. They note how disrupting the standardized white space of screenplays can make room for new characters, such as Vida’s Emma.
Read moreShudu and Her “Muses”: Stand-in Labor in Virtual Influencer Production
zizi li / University of California, Los Angeles
Zizi Li discusses Shudu and the practice of creating virtual 3-D Black models and influencers, exploring the post-racial politics and commodification of Black labor and femininity in fashion and social media.
Read moreThe One Where the Media Scholar Watches the Most Popular Show on TV
Emily West / University of Massachusetts Amherst
Dr. Emily West discusses the lacuna in scholarship about NCIS and argues for critical interrogation of popular and mainstream texts alongside “quality” and fan favorite content.
Read morePUSSY RAP AND ALL OF THAT: DISTILLING THE MODERN WOMEN’S MOVEMENT IN HIP-HOP
Jabari Evans / University of South Carolina
Dr. Jabari Evans discusses misogynoir and Black women’s erotic and cultural capital in Hip-Hop culture through Issa Rae’s Rap Sh!t
Read moreLiving at the Edge of digital Imaginaries
Germaine Halegoua / University of Michigan
Dr. Germaine Halegoua explores how life has been changed by digital imaginaries and infrastructures.
Read moreBad Attachments: Making Trouble with Sex and Email
Cait McKinney / Simon Fraser University
Dr. Cait McKinney explores e-mail as a window into the web’s early potential as a queer space for sexual expression.
Read moreTouching Feeling Hands: Gender, Race, and Digital Devices
Michele White / Tulane University
Dr. Michele White examines the metaphors and iconography of hands on digital devices along the axes of race, gender and accessibility.
Read moreA Porn Studies Scholar’s Plea to Journalists
Becky Holt / Concordia University
Becky Holt examines mainstream rhetoric surrounding online pornography and calls for a more nuanced understanding of the industry.
Read moreThey thought advertising would make the internet free
KEVIN DRISCOLL / UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA
Kevin Driscoll explores the internet that might-have-been through the history of Juno’s ad-supported email service.
Read moreBREAKING THE HABIT: CONTEMPORARY HORROR & TOXIC MASCULINITY
ANDREW J. OWENS, PHD / UNIVERSITY OF IOWA
Horror scholar Andy Owens explores the genre’s complex relationship to gender, and delves into two recent films that are tackling toxic masculinity head-on.
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