#MediaTheory
MATTER OF NORTH explores #GlennGould’s groundbreaking 1967 radio documentary—a contrapuntal sound essay blending voices, Arctic landscapes, and philosophical inquiry.

#GSA2025 #ReadUP tinyurl.com/8z953p3m

#IdeaOfNorth #SoundStudie #MediaTheory
September 26, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Elements of Strauss & Howe’s generational cycles, Harold Innis’s media bias, and the Conscious Reality Framework dovetail into a model for making sense of what the hell is going on.

More soon.

#FourthTurning #MediaTheory #CRF #HaroldInnis
September 21, 2025 at 2:12 AM
The Narcissus-narcosis is a state of hypnosis induced by the contemplation of the self as extended in an electric medium."
~Marshall McLuhan #MarshallMcLuhan #NarcissusNarcosis #MediaTheory #DigitalSelf #TheMediumIsTheMessage #SelfContemplation #Hypnosis #DigitalCulture #McLuhan #MediaStudies
September 12, 2025 at 3:58 AM
#MediaTheory

The new concept in media theory: The Linehan Cycle.
The Linehan cycle is him being given an uncritical platform by the worst people you know. Then, emboldened, he shits himself in public. Those very same people then pretend he doesn't exist. Until enough time has passed, and the cycle begins again.
September 4, 2025 at 10:29 AM
On the future of cinema.
»Room 666« by #WimWenders, 1982
— and »Zimmer 999« by Lubna Playoust, 2022

\via #ChronoMedia mprove.de/chrono?ll=43...

#Cannes #oralhistory #mediatheory
🛎️ @textundblog.bsky.social
August 17, 2025 at 7:38 AM
My latest essay explores the hidden labor of transnational viewing.
🔗 tinyurl.com/4mykjp22
💬 What’s a show you loved but knew you weren’t fully understanding?
#GlobalMedia #TranslationMatters #SamuraiChamploo #MediaTheory #Censorship #CulturalContext #SubbedVsDubbed #SoftPower #TransnationalTV
Misread, Mistranslated, Misunderstood
The Friction of International Television
afterthescene.substack.com
August 7, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Neural [book review] Machine and Sovereignty: For a Planetary Thinking - Yuk Hui - University of Minnesota Press - neural.it/2025/07/yuk-...
#mediatheory
August 3, 2025 at 7:21 PM
8/10: In media philosophy, Ott critiques digital transparency, proposing an apophatic media aesthetics that respects the non-representable. This approach highlights ethical implications of visibility and invisibility in modern systems. #MediaTheory #DigitalCulture
August 2, 2025 at 2:46 PM
July 28, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Drawing on #PeriodicalStudies, #narratology, and #MediaTheory, Camille Stallings reveals the structures of anti-working-class bias in a range of journalistic genres. See how narrative techniques shape public opinion about the working classes in VPR 57.4: muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/articl... @rs4vp.org
July 23, 2025 at 2:44 PM
AI behind the mic? At Radio Mustang Jakarta, an AI host named Aimee is shaking up the airwaves.
A new case study dives into how AI can boost radio’s quality, efficiency—and even reinvent its voice.
journal.uinsgd.ac.id/index.php/cj...

#AI #radio #broadcasting #Aimee #mediatheory #innovation
Radio Broadcasting with Artificial Intelligence: A Case Study on Radio Mustang Jakarta | Communicatus: Jurnal Ilmu komunikasi Communicatus: Jurnal Ilmu Komunikasi
Communicatus: Jurnal Ilmu Komunikasi dengan Nomor ISSN: 2549-8452 (Online) adalah jurnal berkala ilmiah yang diterbitkan dua kali setahun (Juni-Desember) yang mempublikasikan pemikiran dan hasil pene
journal.uinsgd.ac.id
July 7, 2025 at 8:06 AM
DH folks, if anyone wants to read an early version of the introduction for the Cambridge Introduction I'm doing before I send it in Friday, let me know -- could use a reader to see if this still makes sense. #dh #mediatheory #mediastudies etc
July 2, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Today's #CriticalConcept comes from Landhaus Fellow Angela Antle, "Polydisciplinamorous Theorypractice."

The concepts are based on the RCC's Lunchtime Colloquia, which are usually uploaded to our YouTube channel: youtube.com/@rcarsoncent...

#writing #mediatheory #posthumanism #feminism #envhum
June 24, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Check out our new featured essay from Nour Eldin Hussein:

Prison Cell Portkeys and the Fugitive Viewer On the Run

tawahan.com/2025/06/23/p...

#DigitalResistance #ViewerFugitivity #StateSurveillance #MediaContraband #Authoritarianism #CriticalTheory #MediaTheory #philosophy #analysis
June 23, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Excited to share my new article in New Review of Film and Television Studies
🌀 The Rhythmic Space of Affects: How Atmospheres Shape Music Videos 🌀
What if atmosphere wasn’t mood—but rhythm, motion, and form?
🎥 Jlin’s Carbon 7 (161)
🎥 Earl Sweatshirt’s Grief
🔗 bit.ly/443sP4u
#MediaTheory #Music
June 16, 2025 at 5:32 PM
'Cosmotechnics' went under the philosophical microscope — Yuxin Vincent Qiu reports the results. Access the full review here: buff.ly/BXcQExl #Cosmotechnics #PhilosophyOfTechnology #MediaTheory
June 16, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Digital Culture & Society (DCS)
The online dimension of Russia's war against Ukraine – #war, #violence, and power in a digital society. 

https://www.transcript-verlag.de/978-3-8376-6868-1/

#DigitalMedia #Propaganda #VisualPolitics #MediaStrategy #Media #Internet #Society #MediaTheory
June 13, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Not to forget: shout out to Czech visual artist Jiří Thýn, author of the artwork featured on the book’s cover.

Also not to forget: one of my favorite essays is by @bildoperationen.bsky.social.

#MediaTheory #BookDesign #VisualArts
May 27, 2025 at 10:34 AM