Month: May 2014
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Registration rates for the 2014 conference (includes access to all Roundtables, Core Conversations, and Conference Events): $75 for graduate students and independent scholars $150 for all other attendees (faculty, industry professionals, etc.) Free to UT Faculty, Students, and Staff Access to only the Core Conversations: $15 to attend all three sessions Notes about the Core Conversations Completing online registration […]
Read moreThe Social Imaginaries of Buffered Media
Kevin Hamilton / University of Illinois
A discussion of latency in imagining the structures and limits of streaming media.
Read moreOprah Winfrey Framed as Angry Black Woman
Ralina L. Joseph / University of Washington
Considering how the media morphed Oprah into Angry Black Woman during the 2013 Swiss handbag “incident”.
Read moreMedia Infrastructures and Affect
Lisa Parks/ University of California at Santa Barbara
An Exploration of Infrastructure and Affect.
Read moreThe Market of the Future…and Now: Media Industries in the US and the Race to Capitalize on “Multicultural” Consumers
Madhavi Mallapragada / University of Texas at Austin
A look at the way multiculturalism is parsed and politicized in the United States.
Read morePantelion Films and the New Wave of Global Latino Cinema
Kerry Hegarty / Miami University, Ohio
A discussion of Pantelion Films and the possibility of a new “Golden Age” for Mexican popular cinema.
Read moreWho’s To Say? Why Television Criticism Is Complicated
Denise Bielby / University of California, Santa Barbara
A look at why and how television criticism matters today.
Read moreStreaming as Shelving: The Media Past in the Media Future
Derek Kompare / Southern Methodist University
A discussion over the emerging online distributions of media, and their effects on previous distribution channels.
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