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Aca-Media

The Society for Cinema and Media Studies

Aca-Media is a monthly podcast sponsored by the Society for Cinema and Media Studies that presents an academic perspective on media. Hosts Christine Becker and Michael Kackman explore current scholarship, issues in the media industries, questions in pedagogy, professional development, and events in the world of media studies. Questions and comments can be sent to info@aca-media.org.

tv & film higher education

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01:50:48

Episode 29: Creating a Space

Aca-Media ·

2016/03/25

Our pre-SCMS Atlanta episode includes a detailed report from the Radio Preservation Task Force Conference, featuring interviews with Josh Shepperd, Sonja Williams, Gerald Seligman, and Wendy Shay. In addition, we present a segment on the history and legacy of the SCMS Latino/a Caucus, from Luisela Alvaray, Laura Isabel Serna, and Rielle Navitski, featuring interviews with Margarita De La Vega-Hurtado and Charles Ramírez Berg. See you in Atlanta for SCMS 2016!

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01:02:37

Episode 28: Everything You Thought You Knew Is Going...

Aca-Media ·

2016/02/04

Following last episode’s segment on graduate student-run journals, we present a segment on the undergraduate journal Film Matters, featuring co-editor-in-chief Tim Palmer of University of North Carolina Wilmington, guest editor-in-chief Gregory Chan of Kwantlen Polytechnic University, and editorial board members Jen Pintao and Kailyn Warpole. In addition, we feature an excerpt of the SCMS Fieldnotes interview with Tom Gunning of University of Chicago, discussing a wide range of topics with Scott

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00:57:34

Episode 27: A Much Broader Context of the Medium Out...

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2015/12/18

Our Cinema Journal Presents segment features Jun Okada, Associate Professor of English and Film Studies at SUNY Geneseo discussing her new book Making Asian American Film and Video: History, Institutions, Movements, as well as ongoing research. In addition, we’ve put together a segment on graduate student-run journals, including interviews with editors of InVisible Culture: An Electronic Journal for Visual Culture (featuring Victoria Gao, of the University of Rochester), as well as The Velvet

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00:47:12

Episode 26: A Chill In the Air

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2015/11/05

Drama! Tension! Melodrama! Horror! This episode will put you through the emotional wringer, it will give you the feels, it will help you understand both cannibals and Cubs fans. No preview can do it justice: you'll just have to listen. With Vicky Johnson, Lisa Schmidt, and "Very Special Guest Star" Elana Levine.

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00:52:45

Episode 25: How Improvisational It All Is

Aca-Media ·

2015/09/13

Fall is here and the semester has begun. Michael and Chris share some teaching tips, and we'd like to hear your teaching tips too: email us at info@aca-media.org. Our Cinema Journal Presents segment features Debra Ramsay discussing war-based video games like Call of Duty. Then we bring you another Fieldnotes interview, this time with film scholar James Naremore, expert on Welles and Hitchcock. Finally, we reveal the winner of our book giveaway and issue a call for more folks to help out with the

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00:57:51

Episode 24: Maybe Someone's Head Turned

Aca-Media ·

2015/08/05

It's an exciting, exciting episode of Aca-Media to help you while away the dog days of summer. First up: Kristen Warner talks about "colorblind casting" and waxes eloquent about her love for Magic Mike XXL. Bonus: We're giving away a copy of Kristen's new book to a lucky graduate student; to enter, email your idea for a segment of Aca-Media to info@aca-media.org. Then we bring you another Fieldnotes interview excerpt, this time with distinguished German film critic and scholar Gertrud Koch. Finally,

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00:58:40

Episode 23: What Academics Think is Fun

Aca-Media ·

2015/07/04

Michael and Chris are back from Dublin, and we have lots of great content for your summer listening pleasure. First, Bill interviews Jill Simpson, Executive Director of the Society for Cinema and Media Studies, about her background and plans for the society. Chris talks with Jennifer Proctor about he [in]Transition video essay on textuality in film. Finally, we have a Vox Scholari segment of summer viewing recommendations.

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Episode 22: To Get to the Heart of It

Aca-Media ·

2015/05/30

It's been a while, but we're back with some good stuff! First, Austin Fisher discusses his video essay from [in]Transition, responding to Michelle Cho’s CJ article on spaghetti westerns. Then we air a tribute to distinguished media scholar Michele Hilmes, produced by Andrew Bottomley and his colleagues at the University of Wisconsin. Finally, Michael and Chris lament the latest political developments in higher education.

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00:57:30

Episode 21: It's Not About the Money

Aca-Media ·

2015/03/14

This episode features lots of great content to get you through your flight to Montreal. First we talk with Jon Lewis about his classic Cinema Journal article from 2000 about “How the Blacklist Saved Hollywood." Then media policy scholar Danny Kimball fills us in on the FCC's big network neutrality decision. Finally, after the most implausible segue in recorded human history, Casey McCormick and Eric Powell give you an invaluable guide to Montreal for the upcoming SCMS conference; check out their

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00:52:33

Episode 20: Three Times as Many Laughs

Aca-Media ·

2015/01/23

Don't fear the numbers! In a fascinating (and funny) interview, we talk to Jeremy Butler about how he uses quantitative analysis and digital tools to better understand film and television style. Then we continue bringing you interviews with great film and media scholars from the folks at Fieldnotes: this month Thomas Waugh talks with Linda Williams about Jump Cut, the pornography wars of the 1980s, and her more recent work on race and melodrama.

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Episode 19: I Love to Hear Those Stories

Aca-Media ·

2014/12/14

This month we bring you the great film scholar Thomas Elsaesser as part of our collaboration with the new Fieldnotes project. Fieldnotes is conducting oral histories with notable media scholars, so look for more great interviews in coming episodes, and listen to the full interviews at the SCMS website (http://www.cmstudies.org/?page=fieldnotes). We also have a fascinating conversation with Rielle Navitski about researching Latin American film history, based on her contribution to a recent “In

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00:52:48

Episode 18: You're Gonna Scare Him Again

Aca-Media ·

2014/10/31

It's a spooky, mystery-filled Halloween for the Aca-Media team. Chris has just moved into a new house, only to discover that it might be haunted. While she and Michael investigate (luckily our SCMS grant enabled us to afford a deflux modulator!), we bring you a "Cinema Journal Classics" interview with Jennifer Hyland Wang about her 2000 CJ piece on Forrest Gump. Then we give you a tour of last year's SCMS Undergraduate Conference and a preview of what you can expect from next year's … if the

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00:56:55

Episode 17: A Confidence In Our Form

Aca-Media ·

2014/09/11

Now that you've distributed those syllabi, but before the first papers come in, reward yourself with a new episode of Aca-Media! Our "Cinema Journal Presents" segment this month features Courtney Brannon Donaghue discussing Sony's film production in Brazil. Chris then introduces you to an exciting new outlet for video essays, [in]Transition, discussing the form's potential as well as questions of evaluation and review. Finally, Chris and Michael discuss baseball players who don't have a clue and a

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Episode 16: Almost an International Incident

Aca-Media ·

2014/07/30

This month's episode features Jennifer Petersen on the famous 1915 Mutual v. Ohio case: the Supreme Court's ruling in that case that films are not speech seems obviously wrong today, but Jen helps us understand the cultural context of that decision and it's legacy today. We also bring you a Vox Scholari segment: an (academic) star-studded lineup of reading recommendations to get you excited about everything from cultural geography to intertextuality. Finally, Chris and Michael discuss all the shows

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00:53:39

Episode 15: How You're Supposed to Act on TV

Aca-Media ·

2014/06/05

The "academic summer" has begun, which means we're … working as hard as ever! This month, Luke Stadel joins us for our "Cinema Journal Presents" segment on the intersections of cable television, pornography, and regulation. It's safe for work but h-o-t-t nonetheless. Then Chris discusses the value of the standalone M.A. in Media Studies with professors at three schools that have started terminal M.A. programs. Finally, Michael and Chris discuss what they are watching.

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Episode 14: Dirty Movies

Aca-Media ·

2014/05/08

After a month's hiatus (lots of conference-going around here), Aca-Media is back! This month features Julie Wilson discussing her recent Cinema Journal article about celebrity activism. Then we bring you a roundtable on teaching experimental film and video that will interest you even if you never teach that topic--just lots of great insights into teaching media generally. Finally, Chris shares some of the shows she's most excited about viewing this summer.

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Episode 13: A Bumbershoot is a Brolly

Aca-Media ·

2014/03/10

This episode brings you our 2014 SCMS Conference preview. Bill interviews programming chair Angelo Restivo about how papers and panels are selected for the conference, then scheduler Bruce Brasell tells us about putting together the program (be sure to take a look at the photos of Bruce's less-than-catproof scheduling system). Then Seattle locals offer suggestions on what to see and where to eat in Seattle, followed by Chris and Michael's own recommendations. See you in Seattle!

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Episode 12: Things That are Now Natural to Us

Aca-Media ·

2014/02/07

Michael and Chris are freezing, yet they pull themselves together to provide another great episode. In the "Cinema Journal Presents" segment, Michael Slowik discusses music in early Hollywood sound film. Then Caetlin Benson-Allott introduces us to a great SCMS tradition, Grrrls Night Out. Finally, Chris discusses what she's watching and Michael sends one out to the snow-shovelers we love.

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Episode 11: A Tricky Set of Layers

Aca-Media ·

2014/01/11

This month we bring you a very cool interview with Michael W. Harris about music in Akira Kurosawa's Drunken Angel, which gets into all kinds of themes: postwar censorship, the meanings of Jazz and American culture in Japanese cinema, and the relationship between filmmakers and scholars. Then Chris takes a closer look at Scholarly Interest Groups within SCMS: what are they, what are they good for, and why would you want to be in one? Finally, Chris and Michael talk about the film and television

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00:52:25

Episode 10: We Might Have to be More Vulgar...

Aca-Media ·

2013/12/03

After a long absence spent recovering from Episode 9, in which MOOC spores wiped the brains of film and media scholars everywhere, we're back up and running. This month we feature an interview with Mary Beltrán about Latinization and the Fast & Furious franchise, based on her two Cinema Journal articles on the topic (note: this segment was recorded before the death of Paul Walker). Then Jennifer Proctor reports on the 2013 University Film and Video Association conference. Finally, Chris and Michael

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