July 17, 2019
—Michael Serazio
Journalist and author Michael Serazio dissects the influence of sports and media on American perception and culture post a US win in the Women’s World Cup.
May 7, 2019
—Suzanne Scott
Captain Marvel as the latest show of just how exhausting (and toxic) female representation in superhero media can be
February 13, 2019
—Deana A. Rohlinger
Digital technologies aren’t all bad. But, they’ve certainly changed how Millennials explore their sexual selves and connect with one another.
January 29, 2019
—Nora A. Draper
When our world is becoming more and more like Black Mirror, privacy as information control becomes more prevalent and begs the question: who should own what?
January 25, 2019
—David Craig and Stuart Cunningham
From Netflix’s Black Mirror to Bo Burnham’s Eighth Grade, social media representation in our media abounds. See what two media and communications scholars think of being “woke” in the wake of this techlash.
November 9, 2018
—Henry Jenkins
Discover why young activists use digital and mobile technologies as core platforms, but also how they tap any and every communication resource they can get their hands on to effect change.
October 12, 2018
—Ralina L. Joseph
A black woman icon such as Serena Williams has to bear the disproportionate burden of not only being the target of racist attacks, but also of being above responding to them, maintaining a pose of “strategic ambiguity.”
August 20, 2018
—Lori Kido Lopez
Effective Asian American media activism requires analyses of media industries and audiences as well as readings of a film’s specific meaning and how fictional representations connect to larger structures of racism.
