Film and Media

Markets Armin Beverungen, Philip Mirowski, Edward Nik-Khah and Jens Schröter 2019 Spring

A media theory of markets

Communication Paula Bialski, Finn Brunton and Mercedes Bunz 2019 Spring

On contemporary communication in its various human and nonhuman forms

Bodies of Information Intersectional Feminism and Digital Humanities Elizabeth Losh and Jacqueline Wernimont, Editors 2018 Fall

A wide-ranging, interconnected anthology presents a diversity of feminist contributions to digital humanities

Internet Daemons Digital Communications Possessed Fenwick McKelvey 2018 Fall

A complete history and theory of internet daemons brings these little-known—but very consequential—programs into the spotlight

Enduring Images A Future History of New Left Cinema Morgan Adamson 2018 Fall

An integrated look at the political films of the 1960s and ’70s and how the New Left transformed cinema

The Sound of Things to Come An Audible History of the Science Fiction Film Trace Reddell 2018 Fall

A groundbreaking approach to sound in sci-fi films offers new ways of construing both sonic innovation and science fiction cinema

Disconnect Facebook’s Affective Bonds Tero Karppi 2018 Fall

An urgent examination of the threat posed to social media by user disconnection, and the measures websites will take to prevent it

Pattern Discrimination Clemens Apprich, Wendy Hui Kyong Chun, Florian Cramer and Hito Steyerl 2019 Spring

How do “human” prejudices reemerge in algorithmic cultures allegedly devised to be blind to them?

Critical Mass Social Documentary in France from the Silent Era to the New Wave Steven Ungar 2018 Fall

Thirty-five years of nonfiction films offer a unique lens on twentieth-century French social issues

The Neocolonialism of the Global Village Ginger Nolan 2018 Fall

Uncovering a vast maze of realities in the media theories of Marshall McLuhan

There But for Fortune The Life of Phil Ochs Michael Schumacher 2018 Spring

The life and influence of singer Phil Ochs

The Anime Ecology A Genealogy of Television, Animation, and Game Media Thomas Lamarre 2018 Spring

A major work destined to change how scholars and students look at television and animation

Archaeologies of Touch Interfacing with Haptics from Electricity to Computing David Parisi 2018 Spring

A material history of haptics technology that raises new questions about the relationship between touch and media

Playing with Feelings Video Games and Affect 2018 Spring

How gaming intersects with systems like history, bodies, and code

The Toxic Meritocracy of Video Games Why Gaming Culture Is the Worst Christopher Paul 2018 Spring

An avid gamer and sharp media critic explains meritocracy’s negative contribution to video game culture—and what can be done about it

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