Posts Tagged ‘scms’
Earlier today, I debuted my newest video essay at the Society for Cinema & Media Studies conference – alas held online rather than in Chicago as planned. It was part of a great panel on “Genre in the Age of Transmedia,” where the presentations included both typical papers and videographic pieces. I screened this new […]
Filed under: Conferences, Genre, Television, TV Shows, Videographic Criticism | 1 Comment
Tags: breaking bad, scms, videographicBB
Recently, I looked over the preliminary program for the Society for Cinema & Media Studies conference in March, so I could book travel arrangements for Seattle. Normally this would create excitement—I’ve been to most SCMS conferences since 1996, and it’s usually a great event to see old friends, meet new people, and hopefully hear some […]
Filed under: Academia, Conferences, Media Studies, Not Quite TV | 8 Comments
Tags: scms
Why a book?
I’ve just finished the fifth and final day of the marathon Society for Cinema and Media Studies conference in LA, and it was by far one of the best large-scale conferences I’ve ever been to. I attended no bad panels, and only a couple of weak papers – which is pretty rare! Either I got […]
Filed under: Academia, Media Studies, Narrative, New Media, Technology, Television | 6 Comments
Tags: digital humanities, publishing, scms
As I’ve mentioned previously, I’m on the SCMS Public Policy Committee and one of our main initiatives is to draft formal policy statements on how cinema & media scholars deal with copyright and fair use. Two years ago we released a best practices document outlining guidelines for teaching and pedagogy. Now I’m happy to announce […]
Filed under: Academia, Copyright, Fair Use, Media Studies | 1 Comment
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For the past two years, I’ve served on the Society for Cinema & Media Studies Public Policy Committee. I encouraged SCMS to form the committee, following the impetus emerging out of the Television Studies Interest Group, as motivated primarily to tackle the issues of copyright and fair use as it impacts the field of film […]
Filed under: Academia, Copyright, Fair Use, Media Studies, Teaching | 4 Comments
Tags: film studies, Media Studies, scms
Just TV 