Category: Media Studies

September 13, 2018

Book Excerpt! Media U: How the Need to Win Audiences Has Shaped Higher Education

“This book shows that many of the strangest yet most important features of universities come from their status as media operations that try endlessly to increase and manage their audiences. By putting the pieces of our Humpty-Dumpty campuses back together...

September 12, 2018

Q&A: Mark Garrett Cooper and John Marx on Media U

“This book powerfully demonstrates that universities have been media institutions all along, well before the mobile phone and the MOOC. Cooper and Marx challenge us to consider what is at stake when universities approach the educated class as an “audience”...

June 28, 2018

The Rosita Conundrum

 Earlier this month we released How Did Lubitsch Do It? by Joseph McBride. Today we are presenting you with a short by Dave Kehr of MoMA about Rosita, with beautiful footage from the restoration and discussion of what happened to the film. Below is...

June 8, 2018

Snippets from the Annotated Filmography of Specters of Slapstick and Silent Film Comediennes

This week, our featured book is Specters of Slapstick and Silent Film Comediennes. Today, author Maggie Hennefeld’s encourages us to use our imagination with these snippets. Remember to enter our book giveaway by 1 PM today for a chance to win a free...

June 7, 2018

Specters of Slapstick and Silent Film Comediennes on YouTube!

This week, our featured book is Specters of Slapstick and Silent Film Comediennes. Today, we are happy to present you with a compilation of author Maggie Hennefeld’s top ten films discussed in the book. Remember to enter our book giveaway by Friday at...

June 6, 2018

Introducing Specters of Slapstick and Silent Film Comediennes

This week, our featured book is Specters of Slapstick and Silent Film Comediennes, by Maggie Hennefeld! Today we are happy to present you with an excerpt form the book’s introduction. Enter our book giveaway by Friday at 1 PM for a chance to win a...

June 5, 2018

Q&A with Maggie Hennefeld on Specters of Slapstick and Silent Film Comediennes

This week, our featured book is Specters of Slapstick and Silent Film Comediennes. Today, we are happy to present you with an exclusive interview with author Maggie Hennefeld! Enter our book giveaway by Friday at 1 PM for a chance to win a free...

May 31, 2018

Is Lubitsch’s a “Lost Art”?

This week, our featured book is How Did Lubitsch Do It?, by Joseph McBride. Today, we are happy to present an excerpt from the book’s introduction. Enter our book giveaway by 1 PM today for a chance to win a free copy! •  • ...

May 30, 2018

The Importance of Being Ernst: Rediscovering the World of Ernst Lubitsch

 This week, our featured book is How Did Lubitsch Do It?. Today, we are happy to present an guest post from author Joseph McBride. Enter our book giveaway by 1 PM today for a chance to win a free copy! •  •  • ...

May 24, 2018

Cityscapes, Flânerie and Fantastical Heritage: On the Recent Films by Richard Linklater

This week, our featured book is The Cinema of Richard Linklater: Walk, Don’t Run. Today, we are happy to present an guest post from author Rob Stone. Enter our book giveaway by 1 PM today for a chance to win a free copy! •  •  • ...

May 24, 2018

Q&A with Rob Stone on The Cinema of Richard Linklater: Walk, Don’t Run (second edition)

This week, our featured book is The Cinema of Richard Linklater: Walk, Don’t Run. Today, we are happy to present an exclusive interview with author Rob Stone! Enter our book giveaway by Friday at 1 PM for a chance to win a free copy! • ...

May 18, 2018

I Spit On Your Grave: From Celluloid Pariah to Cult Film

This week, our featured book is I Spit on Your Grave. Today, we are happy to present an guest post from author David Maguire! Enter our book giveaway by 1 PM today for a chance to win a free copy! •  •  •  • ...