Michael Newman
@mznewman.bsky.social
Milwaukee, WI
Media Studies
Media Studies
Retargeting advertising today is selling me both editions of my own book.
February 16, 2026 at 7:38 PM
Retargeting advertising today is selling me both editions of my own book.
Here's a discount code for The Media Studies Toolkit 2e www.routledge.com/The-Media-St... or ask your university library to acquire it
February 13, 2026 at 5:22 PM
Here's a discount code for The Media Studies Toolkit 2e www.routledge.com/The-Media-St... or ask your university library to acquire it
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New work: a review of After Mass Media by @drtvlotz.bsky.social in Continuum. Important book for TV studies, lots to learn from it. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
After mass media: storytelling for microaudiences in the twenty-first century
Published in Continuum: Journal of Media & Cultural Studies (Ahead of Print, 2026)
www.tandfonline.com
February 6, 2026 at 4:53 PM
New work: a review of After Mass Media by @drtvlotz.bsky.social in Continuum. Important book for TV studies, lots to learn from it. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
New work: a review of After Mass Media by @drtvlotz.bsky.social in Continuum. Important book for TV studies, lots to learn from it. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
After mass media: storytelling for microaudiences in the twenty-first century
Published in Continuum: Journal of Media & Cultural Studies (Ahead of Print, 2026)
www.tandfonline.com
February 6, 2026 at 4:53 PM
New work: a review of After Mass Media by @drtvlotz.bsky.social in Continuum. Important book for TV studies, lots to learn from it. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
I liked the new Muppet Show and am glad they made it but I'm gonna be really nitpicky and complain that there should not be extra human beings in this show including Seth, Maya, and the lucky folks sitting in the audience. A guest star is the only human in the Muppet Theatre. Sabrina C was perfect.
February 5, 2026 at 10:21 PM
I liked the new Muppet Show and am glad they made it but I'm gonna be really nitpicky and complain that there should not be extra human beings in this show including Seth, Maya, and the lucky folks sitting in the audience. A guest star is the only human in the Muppet Theatre. Sabrina C was perfect.
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This is a great text for teaching
The Media Studies Toolkit, 2nd edition, dropped this week. I'm excited for this refreshed, updated, and expanded version to reach students and instructors of introductory courses in media studies. www.routledge.com/The-Media-St... A short thread about what's inside.
January 31, 2026 at 1:49 PM
This is a great text for teaching
Reposted by Michael Newman
I started using the 1st edition of this book in my intro class a few years back, can't recommend it enough
The Media Studies Toolkit, 2nd edition, dropped this week. I'm excited for this refreshed, updated, and expanded version to reach students and instructors of introductory courses in media studies. www.routledge.com/The-Media-St... A short thread about what's inside.
January 31, 2026 at 2:56 PM
I started using the 1st edition of this book in my intro class a few years back, can't recommend it enough
The Media Studies Toolkit, 2nd edition, dropped this week. I'm excited for this refreshed, updated, and expanded version to reach students and instructors of introductory courses in media studies. www.routledge.com/The-Media-St... A short thread about what's inside.
January 30, 2026 at 10:12 PM
The Media Studies Toolkit, 2nd edition, dropped this week. I'm excited for this refreshed, updated, and expanded version to reach students and instructors of introductory courses in media studies. www.routledge.com/The-Media-St... A short thread about what's inside.
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I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
youtu.be
January 28, 2026 at 5:02 PM
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
I just sent in the proofs and index to the 2nd ed. of The Media Studies Toolkit, coming soon.
Added index entries for 2e include: Beyoncé, Carpenter, S., The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Spielberg, S., Swift, T., Wednesday, X (social media).
Added index entries for 2e include: Beyoncé, Carpenter, S., The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Spielberg, S., Swift, T., Wednesday, X (social media).
New Toolkit edition coming in February 2026
www.routledge.com/The-Media-St...
www.routledge.com/The-Media-St...
November 10, 2025 at 8:43 PM
I just sent in the proofs and index to the 2nd ed. of The Media Studies Toolkit, coming soon.
Added index entries for 2e include: Beyoncé, Carpenter, S., The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Spielberg, S., Swift, T., Wednesday, X (social media).
Added index entries for 2e include: Beyoncé, Carpenter, S., The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Spielberg, S., Swift, T., Wednesday, X (social media).
Walter Bernstein, Inside Out: A Memoir of the Blacklist (172). Where do we find ourselves now?
(This is from next week's course readings in my Media and Society class.)
(This is from next week's course readings in my Media and Society class.)
September 18, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Walter Bernstein, Inside Out: A Memoir of the Blacklist (172). Where do we find ourselves now?
(This is from next week's course readings in my Media and Society class.)
(This is from next week's course readings in my Media and Society class.)
Reposted by Michael Newman
New Toolkit edition coming in February 2026
www.routledge.com/The-Media-St...
www.routledge.com/The-Media-St...
September 9, 2025 at 3:20 PM
New Toolkit edition coming in February 2026
www.routledge.com/The-Media-St...
www.routledge.com/The-Media-St...
New Toolkit edition coming in February 2026
www.routledge.com/The-Media-St...
www.routledge.com/The-Media-St...
September 9, 2025 at 3:20 PM
New Toolkit edition coming in February 2026
www.routledge.com/The-Media-St...
www.routledge.com/The-Media-St...
Book recs: all four of Alison Bechdel's memoir/essay/novels (Fun Home, Are You My Mother?, The Secret to Superhuman Strength, and Spent) which I read over the past few weeks. I would take your recs of more books like these but I guess there will be none until Alison writes another.
August 8, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Book recs: all four of Alison Bechdel's memoir/essay/novels (Fun Home, Are You My Mother?, The Secret to Superhuman Strength, and Spent) which I read over the past few weeks. I would take your recs of more books like these but I guess there will be none until Alison writes another.
RIP Cleo Laine, very special guest star of The Muppet Show ep 219 with an Irving Berlin/salad prep Swedish Chef duet www.youtube.com/watch?v=DIuo...
Muppet Show. Swedish Chef, Cleo Laine - You're Just In Love
YouTube video by aarnis
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July 25, 2025 at 9:13 PM
RIP Cleo Laine, very special guest star of The Muppet Show ep 219 with an Irving Berlin/salad prep Swedish Chef duet www.youtube.com/watch?v=DIuo...
The banality of wrongness when using Google seeking basic information -- of course there isn't a BFI classics book on this film even though the AI says there is. You know you're talking to a bullshit engine.
June 5, 2025 at 2:59 PM
The banality of wrongness when using Google seeking basic information -- of course there isn't a BFI classics book on this film even though the AI says there is. You know you're talking to a bullshit engine.
RIP Loretta Swit, very special guest star of Muppet Show episode 502 (Muppets+Sondheim!) www.youtube.com/watch?v=gVkl...
Muppet Songs: Loretta Swit - Side by Side
YouTube video by Muppet Songs
www.youtube.com
May 30, 2025 at 9:00 PM
RIP Loretta Swit, very special guest star of Muppet Show episode 502 (Muppets+Sondheim!) www.youtube.com/watch?v=gVkl...
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New cluster!! post45.org/contemporari... ❣️ 📺 ⌨️ 🥰 Edited by @dfmorgan.bsky.social ! "My So-Called Life at 30" features essays on intimacy, literacy, fan studies, mobility, migration, dance, beauty culture, teen dramas, Winnie Holzman, diaspora and fandom, narratology, over-analysis, & more!
Contemporaries - Post45
Post45 seeks to reinvigorate the erstwhile convention of academic critics not only describing past traditions but also actively intervening in current tastes. It provides a forum for writers to conver...
post45.org
May 29, 2025 at 12:47 PM
New cluster!! post45.org/contemporari... ❣️ 📺 ⌨️ 🥰 Edited by @dfmorgan.bsky.social ! "My So-Called Life at 30" features essays on intimacy, literacy, fan studies, mobility, migration, dance, beauty culture, teen dramas, Winnie Holzman, diaspora and fandom, narratology, over-analysis, & more!
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Such a thrill to write about My So-Called Life and Winnie Holzman for @atpost45.bsky.social!
For @ehl.bsky.social, the voice of MSCL's creator, Winnie Holzman (who would go on to write the musical and film adaptation of Wicked), stands out. Holzman’s style has had an enormous & largely unrecognized effect on popular culture, especially on depictions of girlhood. post45.org/2025/05/the-...
The Voice of Winnie Holzman - Post45
My So-Called Life is full of Angela Chase’s voice. As the protagonist, the young teen’s thoughts — unfiltered, emotional, hilarious, self-involved — are threaded in voice-over throughout the series. T...
post45.org
May 29, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Such a thrill to write about My So-Called Life and Winnie Holzman for @atpost45.bsky.social!
[Bracket City]
May 11, 2025
www.theatlantic.com/games/bracke...
Rank: 🔮 (Puppet Master)
🎹 Total Keystrokes: 70
🎯 Minimum Required: 70
Total Score: 100.0
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May 11, 2025
www.theatlantic.com/games/bracke...
Rank: 🔮 (Puppet Master)
🎹 Total Keystrokes: 70
🎯 Minimum Required: 70
Total Score: 100.0
🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪
Bracket City
The Atlantic covers news, politics, culture, technology, health, and more, through its articles, podcasts, videos, and flagship magazine.
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May 11, 2025 at 11:08 AM
[Bracket City]
May 11, 2025
www.theatlantic.com/games/bracke...
Rank: 🔮 (Puppet Master)
🎹 Total Keystrokes: 70
🎯 Minimum Required: 70
Total Score: 100.0
🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪
May 11, 2025
www.theatlantic.com/games/bracke...
Rank: 🔮 (Puppet Master)
🎹 Total Keystrokes: 70
🎯 Minimum Required: 70
Total Score: 100.0
🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪
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Strong final episode (before a bonus ep!) of Making: Stories Without End. So happy I got to explain my beef with the "OJ killed the soaps" narrative, one of my pet peeves
www.wbez.org/making/2025/...
www.wbez.org/making/2025/...
TV wouldn’t be TV without soap operas
Soaps once brought in 75% of a TV network’s revenue, says author Elana Levine. “Soaps were a legitimate kind of pop culture sensation.”
www.wbez.org
May 7, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Strong final episode (before a bonus ep!) of Making: Stories Without End. So happy I got to explain my beef with the "OJ killed the soaps" narrative, one of my pet peeves
www.wbez.org/making/2025/...
www.wbez.org/making/2025/...
What a 🧵
Who Wore It Better, Met Gala 2025 celebrities or Duke University Press book covers?
Ava DuVernay or Work! by Elspeth H. Brown? #MetGala
Ava DuVernay or Work! by Elspeth H. Brown? #MetGala
May 7, 2025 at 1:09 AM
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Longtime Fresh Air listeners, if you have tears prepare to shed them.
Today on Fresh Air, a special remembrance of Terry's husband, Francis Davis. They were together for 47 years. He died April 14.
Listen to Terry's piece: tinyurl.com/29udnvz3
Listen to Terry's piece: tinyurl.com/29udnvz3
May 2, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Longtime Fresh Air listeners, if you have tears prepare to shed them.