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Polls of the 2020 presidential election were at their collective worst in 40 years. No misfire that year was more striking than CNN’s. Its final poll before the election estimated that Joe Biden held a landslide-size lead of 12 percentage points over then-President Donald Trump

Tragedy seldom unifies Americans today. Every year, horrific crises induce tremendous suffering. Most are privately tragic, affecting only those directly harmed and their immediate relations. A small number, though, become politically notorious and, therefore, publicly tragic.

By Brooke Belisle, author of Depth Effects: Dimensionality from Camera to ComputationRecent headlines are announcing the end of photography, as AI changes what counts as a photograph or makes it impossible to judge. The New York Times has published multiple, interactive articles prompting reader

University of California Press (UC Press) is seeking applications for the editorship of the journal Film Quarterly. The applicant appointed to this position will succeed Interim Editor Rebecca Prime when her term ends June, 30 2024.Film Quarterly (FQ) has been publishing peer-reviewed articles,

By Annie Berke, author of Their Own Best Creations: Women Writers in Postwar TelevisionAt a recent book event– co-hosted with Liz Clarke, author of The American Girl Goes to War– one participant asked: “How did you decide what to put in the book and what to leave out?”Having relied on archiv

This guest post is part of our #SCMS2021 conference series. Visit our virtual exhibit to learn more.In this video, scholar Samantha Sheppard offers a sneak peek at her book, Sporting Blackness: Race, Embodiment, and Critical Muscle Memory on Screen."In her fusion of theories of race and

We’re proud to announce that Brian Jacobson, editor of In the Studio: Visual Creation and Its Material Environments has won the 2021 Society for Cinema and Media Studies Best Edited Collection Award!We reached out to Jacobson as part of our #SCMS2021 virtual conference series to discuss his awar

By Caetlin Benson-Allott, author of The Stuff of Spectatorship: Material Cultures of Film and TelevisionThis guest post is part of our #SCMS2021 conference series. Visit our virtual exhibit to learn more.In January 2018, Vice reporter Emerson Rosenthal observed that “watching The X-Files

By Haidee Wasson, author of Everyday Movies: Portable Film Projectors and the Transformation of American CultureThis guest post is part of our #SCMS2021 conference series. Visit our virtual exhibit to learn more.Have you ever panicked because you forgot your cell phone at home? As familiar a

by Nolan Higdon, author of The Anatomy of Fake News: A Critical News Literacy EducationEach year, Media Literacy Week emphasizes the power and impact of media literacy education in the United States. The host of Media Literacy Week in the U.S., the National Association for Media Literacy Educati