Media Theory
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Independent and open access journal of peer-reviewed, theoretical interventions into all aspects of media and communications.
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Media theory 9.2 — Out Now!
Media Theory 9.2 (2025) is a standard issue featuring articles by Siobhan Watters, Ma Sirui, Sonya Petersson, Katarina Mäkinen, Nanna Bonde Thylstrup and Jannie Møller Hartley, and Anthony Kelly. T…
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Media Theory 9.2 featuring work by 15 authors, including commentaries by David Beer and N. Katherine Hayles, and a special section on Charles W. Mills edited by Simon Dawes and Anamik Saha.
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Read our special section on "Charles W. Mills and Media Theory!" journalcontent.mediatheoryjournal.org/index.php/mt...
January 5, 2026 at 9:42 PM
Read our special section on "Charles W. Mills and Media Theory!" journalcontent.mediatheoryjournal.org/index.php/mt...
Media Theory 9.2 featuring work by 15 authors, including commentaries by David Beer and N. Katherine Hayles, and a special section on Charles W. Mills edited by Simon Dawes and Anamik Saha.
mediatheoryjournal.org/2025/12/18/m...
mediatheoryjournal.org/2025/12/18/m...
Media theory 9.2 — Out Now!
Media Theory 9.2 (2025) is a standard issue featuring articles by Siobhan Watters, Ma Sirui, Sonya Petersson, Katarina Mäkinen, Nanna Bonde Thylstrup and Jannie Møller Hartley, and Anthony Kelly. T…
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December 21, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Media Theory 9.2 featuring work by 15 authors, including commentaries by David Beer and N. Katherine Hayles, and a special section on Charles W. Mills edited by Simon Dawes and Anamik Saha.
mediatheoryjournal.org/2025/12/18/m...
mediatheoryjournal.org/2025/12/18/m...
#ICYMI What does Black Twitter have to tell us about Western technoculture? André Brock answers: buff.ly/49CEw4U
December 19, 2025 at 8:04 PM
#ICYMI What does Black Twitter have to tell us about Western technoculture? André Brock answers: buff.ly/49CEw4U
#ICYMI John Corner reflects on how narrative remains a powerful, dynamic element in public communication. mediatheoryjournal.org/2025/04/01/j...
December 12, 2025 at 7:24 PM
#ICYMI John Corner reflects on how narrative remains a powerful, dynamic element in public communication. mediatheoryjournal.org/2025/04/01/j...
#ICYMI Photography has gone through many transformations. What do those transformations tell us about media in the present? mediatheoryjournal.org/2024/08/15/s...
December 5, 2025 at 6:45 PM
#ICYMI Photography has gone through many transformations. What do those transformations tell us about media in the present? mediatheoryjournal.org/2024/08/15/s...
#ICYMI How have techno-hegemonies encouraged contagious behaviors that uphold affective capitalism? Raymond Lee explains: mediatheoryjournal.org/2025/03/27/r...
November 24, 2025 at 8:52 PM
#ICYMI How have techno-hegemonies encouraged contagious behaviors that uphold affective capitalism? Raymond Lee explains: mediatheoryjournal.org/2025/03/27/r...
#ICYMI In this speculative essay, Max Haiven proposes the term "playgrom" to better understand contemporary fascism and fascistic politics. journalcontent.mediatheoryjournal.org/index.php/mt...
November 17, 2025 at 8:16 AM
#ICYMI In this speculative essay, Max Haiven proposes the term "playgrom" to better understand contemporary fascism and fascistic politics. journalcontent.mediatheoryjournal.org/index.php/mt...
Some visual highlights from the Media Theory Conference at the Coach House, Toronto, 2025
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Media Theory Conference 2025 Highlights
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November 12, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Some visual highlights from the Media Theory Conference at the Coach House, Toronto, 2025
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#ICYMI Computational state violence has only expanded with capitalism's data economy. How does abstraction and rhetoric legitimize such lethal labor? journalcontent.mediatheoryjournal.org/index.php/mt...
October 31, 2025 at 6:53 PM
#ICYMI Computational state violence has only expanded with capitalism's data economy. How does abstraction and rhetoric legitimize such lethal labor? journalcontent.mediatheoryjournal.org/index.php/mt...
#ICYMI Read our special issue on violent labour and media here: journalcontent.mediatheoryjournal.org/index.php/mt...
October 24, 2025 at 7:32 PM
#ICYMI Read our special issue on violent labour and media here: journalcontent.mediatheoryjournal.org/index.php/mt...
#ICYMI: N. Katherine Hayles talks about how The Cosmic Web influenced her career. mediatheoryjournal.org/2025/06/14/n...
October 17, 2025 at 7:33 PM
#ICYMI: N. Katherine Hayles talks about how The Cosmic Web influenced her career. mediatheoryjournal.org/2025/06/14/n...
As capitalism continues to depend on data, those of us who use data-driven systems also become responsible for computational state violence: Andrew Fitzgerald journalcontent.mediatheoryjournal.org/index.php/mt...
October 10, 2025 at 6:54 PM
As capitalism continues to depend on data, those of us who use data-driven systems also become responsible for computational state violence: Andrew Fitzgerald journalcontent.mediatheoryjournal.org/index.php/mt...
MT Conference, Coach House, Toronto 2025 - Preliminary Schedule now available
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October 3, 2025 at 9:29 AM
MT Conference, Coach House, Toronto 2025 - Preliminary Schedule now available
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#ICYMI N. Katherine Hayles discusses her writing and thinking process with David Beer. Watch the full interview here: mediatheoryjournal.org/2025/06/14/n...
October 2, 2025 at 7:17 PM
#ICYMI N. Katherine Hayles discusses her writing and thinking process with David Beer. Watch the full interview here: mediatheoryjournal.org/2025/06/14/n...
In this speculative essay, Max Haiven proposes the term "playgrom" to better understand contemporary fascism and fascistic politics. journalcontent.mediatheoryjournal.org/index.php/mt...
September 25, 2025 at 7:36 PM
In this speculative essay, Max Haiven proposes the term "playgrom" to better understand contemporary fascism and fascistic politics. journalcontent.mediatheoryjournal.org/index.php/mt...
#ICYMI Watch the full video abstract for Iain Chambers' "The Ghosts of Gaza" mediatheoryjournal.org/2025/03/28/i...
September 17, 2025 at 6:21 PM
#ICYMI Watch the full video abstract for Iain Chambers' "The Ghosts of Gaza" mediatheoryjournal.org/2025/03/28/i...
How have military and cinematic camera technologies shaped our sense of realism through the stabilization of motion? journalcontent.mediatheoryjournal.org/index.php/mt...
September 10, 2025 at 10:48 PM
How have military and cinematic camera technologies shaped our sense of realism through the stabilization of motion? journalcontent.mediatheoryjournal.org/index.php/mt...
#ICYMI Watch the full video abstract for Korinna Patelis' "Have I Got News For You: The Road to Neo-Feudalism": mediatheoryjournal.org/2025/03/31/k...
September 3, 2025 at 9:31 PM
#ICYMI Watch the full video abstract for Korinna Patelis' "Have I Got News For You: The Road to Neo-Feudalism": mediatheoryjournal.org/2025/03/31/k...
How are publications, like RISE, resisting the colonial violence of family policing? journalcontent.mediatheoryjournal.org/index.php/mt...
August 27, 2025 at 7:48 PM
How are publications, like RISE, resisting the colonial violence of family policing? journalcontent.mediatheoryjournal.org/index.php/mt...
Media systems do not operate on the whims of military power. They actively shape the conception, execution and perpetuation of war. How, then, are demands specific to media creating "new regimes of logistics, extraction, and violence?" journalcontent.mediatheoryjournal.org/index.php/mt...
August 20, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Media systems do not operate on the whims of military power. They actively shape the conception, execution and perpetuation of war. How, then, are demands specific to media creating "new regimes of logistics, extraction, and violence?" journalcontent.mediatheoryjournal.org/index.php/mt...
#ICYMI: N. Katherine Hayles talks about her first book The Cosmic Web and its influence on her career. mediatheoryjournal.org/2025/06/14/n...
August 13, 2025 at 6:30 PM
#ICYMI: N. Katherine Hayles talks about her first book The Cosmic Web and its influence on her career. mediatheoryjournal.org/2025/06/14/n...
Just jingoism or "neo-protectionist, post-imperial swansong?" Maria Bose assess post-9/11 Hollywood. journalcontent.mediatheoryjournal.org/index.php/mt...
August 6, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Just jingoism or "neo-protectionist, post-imperial swansong?" Maria Bose assess post-9/11 Hollywood. journalcontent.mediatheoryjournal.org/index.php/mt...
Computational state violence has only expanded with capitalism's data economy. How does abstraction and rhetoric legitimize such lethal labor? journalcontent.mediatheoryjournal.org/index.php/mt...
July 28, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Computational state violence has only expanded with capitalism's data economy. How does abstraction and rhetoric legitimize such lethal labor? journalcontent.mediatheoryjournal.org/index.php/mt...
#ICYMI N. Katherine Hayles talks about how The Cosmic Web influenced her career. mediatheoryjournal.org/2025/06/14/n...
July 21, 2025 at 3:30 PM
#ICYMI N. Katherine Hayles talks about how The Cosmic Web influenced her career. mediatheoryjournal.org/2025/06/14/n...
Read our special issue on violent labour and media here: journalcontent.mediatheoryjournal.org/index.php/mt...
July 14, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Read our special issue on violent labour and media here: journalcontent.mediatheoryjournal.org/index.php/mt...