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From Predatory Publishing to the Book Club Scam — G. Geltner In neo-liberal academia, when authors are also expected to be impresarios, marketers, distributors and agents, book club scams will proliferate, alongside predatory publishing.

Warning, folks: sounds like there’s a fresh wave of “book club” invites going out to academics today. Block, report, delete! guygeltner.net/blog/from-pr...

The Revolutionary Crappiness of Darren Aronofsky’s On This Day ... 1776 The generative AI series is tailored to a viewer with radically lowered expectations.

The ideal viewer of Darren Aronofsky's AI animated TV series both knows and expects less.

I wrote about this show, the future of AI filmmaking, and D.W. Griffith's wildest dream come true, for @newrepublic.com :

newrepublic.com/article/2067...

New episode! (Finally!) @meesk.bsky.social and @drtvlotz.bsky.social chat about Lotz’s 2025 book After Mass Media, which explores how industrial shifts and technological changes have reshaped the entertainment landscape, as well as academic approaches to the media industries. aca-media.org/episode82

here is how you get into Wiseman

Apologies for our recent radio silence — times have been tough, but we’ll have a new episode very soon — and in the meantime, it’s sadly worth reposting this episode today.

Open letter BBC Written Archives - August 2025 Join the campaign to protect the future of independent research at the BBC Written Archives Centre The following text is an open letter expressing the concern of historians and researchers about chan...

Calling historians and researchers. The BBC Written Archives Centre has changed its access rules without consultation. This means an end to proper independent research into the BBC's rich history. 178 have already signed the open letter. Please join the campaign here:

tinyurl.com/bbcwaccampaign

AGAINST AI

teachers!

excited to share a new website at this late date of Aug 15 to try to help us collectively prepare for back to school in the interpretative humanities classroom assaulted by the AI grift, so we don't have to go it alone.

take a look, share, + most importantly: CONTRIBUTE
against-a-i.com

New episode! David Lipson chats with @mikemiley.bsky.social about his new book DAVID LYNCH'S AMERICAN DREAMSCAPE, his insights into the intertextuality of Lynch’s work, and being a high school teacher publishing academic
books. aca-media.org/episode81

I made a piece of software! It’s called the film|minutes video|graphic workstation. It’s pretty niche but cool if you want to take notes or do very close readings of films/videos.

We’re the #2 film studies podcast! Behind only a movie discussion podcast hosted by a self-described bearded viking luchador w/a whopping 770 eps, so we’re very honored to share that podium along with #3 @petecant.bsky.social's newbooksnetwork.bsky.social

www.millionpodcasts.com/film-studies...

Special episode! Jordan Sjol talks with acclaimed writer José Rivera about his journey from theater to Hollywood, discussing adaptation of literay classics, writing across media, and balancing art with commerce. aca-media.org/episode80

Special episode! Jordan Sjol talks with acclaimed writer José Rivera about his journey from theater to Hollywood, discussing adaptation of literay classics, writing across media, and balancing art with commerce. aca-media.org/episode80

Eric Hoyt wrapped the panel by recording his own love tape, and expressing his feelings about the NEH.

In the spirit of Wendy Clarke’s work, he’d like for it to be shared widely and seen by as many people as possible.

#SCMS25 #scms2025 #neh

As #scms25 approaches (first of the post-twitter era!), feel free to follow this conference feed in Bluesky to track the discourse:

One of our sponsored panels, Session L6, "Rewinding Tape Across Media: Archives of Ambivalence (A RoundTaple)," Saturday 11am, will be dedicated as a tribute to Jonathan Sterne, a space for SCMS members to reflect on what he has meant to them and to our field.

Linda Williams, Who Introduced Pornography to Academia, Dies at 78 One of the first to write seriously about a fraught subject, she also played a major role in developing the field of film studies and feminist film theory.

Beautiful piece on Linda Williams (1946-2025 💔) in the NY Times. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/30/a...

Adding to the remembrances of Linda Williams' invaluable work, listen to her incredible keynote address from the 2013 SCMS conference here (mp3 download link) aca-media.org/s/LindaWilli...

She also did an @scmstudies.bsky.social Fieldnotes interview; see here: www.cmstudies.org/general/cust...

Bill Siemering, after reading from NPR’s original mission statement, which he authored: The idea that people need to be informed is fundamental for us to survive as a democracy. We have to have intelligent citizens. I might say that now, one of the dangers of our country’s democracy is so much public ignorance in our society. Now some people might argue that, well, a journalistic enterprise shouldn’t be that kind of thing, but I was believing that this is more than just a passive transmitter of the news of the day, that it has a larger mission than that.

Someone requested a transcript for the @aca-media.bsky.social episode featuring NPR's founding program director Bill Siemering, and putting that together offered a very profound listen/read right now. aca-media.org/aapbep6notes

New podcast episode featuring my podcast "The Global Media Podchat" and my book #networkedbollywood how #star #power globalized #hindi #cinema
@scmstudies.bsky.social #mediastudies #academic #podcasting

New ep! @swapnilrai.bsky.social talks about her book on Bollywood stars and how she uses podcasting activities in the classroom. And if you’ve got ideas for how students can study media by making media, you’re invited to submit a proposal for a symposium at Notre Dame. aca-media.org/episode78

We talked about this issue on @aca-media.bsky.social in the spring with @aruehlicke.bsky.social (who did her diss on the labor of reality TV contestants)!

aca-media.org/news/2023/12...

Media scholars - CFP for Console-ing Passions is out. Consider applying, especially if you haven't been before; it's a great conference!
fmt.gsu.edu/console-ing-...

All y'all who want to follow along #scms25 / #scms2025 - here's a feed I built for the conference skeeting!
bsky.app/profile/did:...

New Aca-Media episode!
Aca-Media producer David Lipson covered the 2024 Olympics/Paralympics in Paris, capturing city sounds, fan excitement, and journalists’ experiences. Using just a smartphone, he explored the shared challenges and joys of media professionals worldwide.
https://buff.ly/3AJSS6v

New ep! Aca-Media producer David Lipson captured sounds from the 2024 Olympics and turned modern journalism’s most essential tool – a smartphone – toward journalists themselves, uncovering challenges, and a few joys, that unite media professionals across the globe today aca-media.org/episode77

This was a departure for us, a fun one to put together, and also a thoughtful listen in light of just about everything

New ep! Aca-Media producer David Lipson captured sounds from the 2024 Olympics and turned modern journalism’s most essential tool – a smartphone – toward journalists themselves, uncovering challenges, and a few joys, that unite media professionals across the globe today aca-media.org/episode77

Learn more about Faye Emerson’s career in this Aca-Media episode: aca-media.org/episode58

Reposting because the film/media history starter pack is quite popular. Feel free to make suggestions! Happy that we've been building a community so quickly over here. go.bsky.app/12Wo3y5 #mediahistory #filmhistory #books #history #media