Top right corner is a game controller. Text reads: Roundtable JCMS Teaching Dossier “Teaching Game Studies” Speakers Ryan Banfi MassArt Edmond Y. Chang Ohio University Phillip Guerty University of North Georgia Soraya Murray University of California, Santa Cruz Stephanie Boluk University of California, Davis Daniel J. Finnegan Cardiff University Patrick LeMieux University of California, Davis Esther Wright Cardiff University Friday, April 24 th at 1:00 PM Eastern

Join us this Friday, April 24th at 1pm ET for a Virtual Roundtable on Teaching Game Studies! Register here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Now available on @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social: Miranda Banks and @kfortmueller.bsky.social discussing Boom to Bust: How Streaming Broke Hollywood Workers.

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😍 thank you for sharing! Hope your panel went well!

Cover of the excellent BOOM TO BUST, on sale at the Skylight Books tent of the LA Times Festival of Books

Spotted you here at the Skylight tent and looking great!

Thank you for highlighting the book!

Resonance | University of California Press

Resonance (UC Press) is looking for humanities research across the following topics: Sound in Political Crisis, Sound and Social Justice, Experiments in Sound, Sound Archives and Preservation, and we're convening a permanent series that'll examine "Film and Cinema Sound" this Fall. Please circulate!

The Future of Work in Hollywood Authors Miranda Banks and Kate Fortmueller present excerpts from their new book about preparing for work in evolving landscape of Hollywood.

What lies ahead for the silver screen and those who work to bring it to life?

For #SCMS26, Kate Fortmueller and Miranda Banks excerpt their latest book, BOOM TO BUST, to shed light on what's currently happening in Hollywood’s union negotiations.

🎥 #SCMS2026 @kfortmueller.bsky.social

The Future of Work in Hollywood Authors Miranda Banks and Kate Fortmueller present excerpts from their new book about preparing for work in evolving landscape of Hollywood.

Boom to Bust is out on April 14…and the Hollywood unions are back at the negotiating table.

@mirandabanks.bsky.social and I wrote about what is going on and why it matters on the @ucpress.bsky.social Blog.

www.ucpress.edu/blog-posts/t...

SCMS Fan and Audience Studies -- 2025 Member Publications It's time to promote your 2025 publications! Enter as many as you want, but please only fan and audience studies-focused publications and only things that came out in 2025. (Save in-press and forthcom...

SIG members: We're compiling a list of fan- and audience studies publications by our members that came out in 2025. Enter yours here by Dec. 31, and we'll compile a list to share: forms.gle/V7zsgTowJahU...

Identifying the Relationship between personal concerns and enjoyment of horror films (Denmark) Online surveys is a powerful, easy to use tool for creating online surveys. Run by Jisc, online surveys is used by over 300 different organisations in the UK...

HORROR FANS WANTED!

My friend and colleague Mathias Clasen desperately needs horror fans to help with his new study. The survey below doesn't take long to complete, and your participation is appreciated by him and his collaborators.

Details 👇
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Proofs arrive in our inboxes tomorrow and @mirandabanks.bsky.social and I will send this out to press before the end of the year!

Preorder w/ UCPSAVE30 for 30% off

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Brief pause from my social media hiatus for shameless self-promotion (and because I love our cover). My book w/ @mirandabanks.bsky.social is available for purchase at the UC Press website www.ucpress.edu/books/boom-t...

Just in time for syllabus prep! Looking forward to everything in this new issue of Media Industries 12.1.

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Co-chair of Precarious Labor Organization @scmstudies.bsky.social again. If you applied for waiver *prior* to 2:35pm on Friday, July 11, please reapply again at same link. There was an error in the survey and we did not properly capture names of applicants. 🤦‍♀️ Link here:
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Did you receive our email last week? If not, feel free to reach out -- the email included lots of important conference information (and we want to be mindful of not overwhelming your inboxes).

Console-ing Passions Atlanta is almost here!! We can't wait to welcome everyone tomorrow.

As you've probably noticed, it's hot...stay hydrated today and all weekend!

Off to pick up some friends who are in town for @cp25atlanta.bsky.social!

Heading to Atlanta? Pack layers (the air conditioning is serious) and drink lots of water!

Looking forward to seeing everyone tomorrow!

👋🏻👋🏻 See you tomorrow!

Summer Sale - Rutgers University Press Take advantage of our summer sale! All books on our website are 50% off (plus free shipping in the U.S.). Discount code: RSUMMER50 Take a look at just a

@rutgersupress.bsky.social is having a summer sale!

Order Hollywood Unions and use RSUMMER50 to get it for 50% off!

www.rutgersuniversitypress.org/summer-sale/

Moving in Unison: The Surprising 90-year History of Film & Television Choreographers and their Unionization Efforts Moving in Unison: The Surprising 90-year History of Film & Television Choreographers and their Unionization Efforts The entertainment industry is one of the most unionized industries in the Unite...

Hollywood is a heavily unionized industry, but did you know that the choreographers are not unionized?

I'll be talking about Hollywood's union history and the unionization history of the choreographers on 5/28/25.

RSVP: actionnetwork.org/events/chore...

Interested in Hollywood union history?

Join me in this conversation about choreographers today (May 28)!

If you’re interested in learning more about the history of the unions, order Hollywood Unions (use RUP30 for a discount)!

www.rutgersuniversitypress.org/hollywood-un...

Don’t forget to register! We can’t wait to host you in Atlanta!

Moving in Unison: The Surprising 90-year History of Film & Television Choreographers and their Unionization Efforts Moving in Unison: The Surprising 90-year History of Film & Television Choreographers and their Unionization Efforts The entertainment industry is one of the most unionized industries in the Unite...

Hollywood is a heavily unionized industry, but did you know that the choreographers are not unionized?

I'll be talking about Hollywood's union history and the unionization history of the choreographers on 5/28/25.

RSVP: actionnetwork.org/events/chore...

The end of the semester is approaching, which means that we're getting ready for Console-ing Passions Atlanta!

Don't forget: The deadline to register for the conference is June 1st!

Don't forget to register for @cp25atlanta.bsky.social!!

Boo. Those of us who made it are just taxiing around waiting for a gate…

Good luck—I’m seated and feeling cautiously optimistic that we’re taking off in 10 minutes.

asset managerial aesthetics How do the financial instruments deployed in Hollywood shape its aesthetic output? A new book tracking the financialization of culture industries offers a comprehensive theory of the derivative for…

Chicago!

what does the asset-manager takeover of hollywood look like on screen? DERIVATIVE MEDIA

join InterCcECT monday, with special guest Andrew deWaard!

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