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Our special series “Talking Television in a Time of Crisis” comes to an end (for now) with reflections by the organizers.

The collaboration between Aca-Media and the American Archive of Public Broadcasting continues with "Presenting the Past," ep. 3: Indian Country Today. Christine Becker talks with Shirley Sneve of the Indigenous news site Indian Country Today about Indigenous materials in the AAPB’s collection, from the rock band Exit to the legacy of boarding schools where Native American children were forcibly stripped of their Indigenous identity and culture.

Our special series “Talking Television in a Time of Crisis” continues with episode 15: Academics.

Our special series "Talking Television in a Time of Crisis" continues with Episode 14: Ethics.

Aca-Media is back with a fascinating conversation about the great Faye Emerson, actress, talk-show host, proto-feminist, and bon vivant once known as “The First Lady of Television.”

Ep. 2 of our special series, “Presenting the Past,” a collaboration with the American Archive of Public Broadcasting features Allison Perlman discussing the AAPB special exhibit "On the Right: NET and Modern Conservatism."

Our special series “Talking Television in a Time of Crisis” continues with episode 13: Publics. What new viewing publics have been created over the past year? How have such TV publics both connected and disconnected us, particularly in these times of media bubbles, and with what effects? Hear the conversation with: Hannah Hamad [Cardiff University] Charlotte Howell [Boston University] Rahul Muhkerjee [University of Pennsylvania] Swapnil Rai [University of Michigan] Mel Stanfill [University of Central Florida]

“Presenting the Past” features a series of informed conversations with scholars, educators, industry professionals, researchers, archivists, and others about significant events, issues, and topics documented in the more than 70 years of programming available in the American Archive of Public Broadcasting collection. Brought to you by the AAPB and Aca-Media.

Our special series “Talking Television in a Time of Crisis” continues with Ep. 12: Aesthetics. Questions include: How is television transforming aesthetically, and what new developments in TV form and style have emerged in this time of crisis? How have new forms of television changed our relationship to the TV image? Featuring: Josie Torres Barth [North Carolina State University] Elana Levine [University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee] Yael Levy [Northwestern University] Jason Mittell [Middlebury College] Isabel Pinedo [Hunter College/CUNY] Nick Salvato [Cornell University]

An Academic Perspective on Media

Season 2 of a special series on how we encounter, engage with, and teach Television Studies in the wake of the multiple crises.

Season 2 of a special series on how we encounter, engage with, and teach Television Studies in the wake of the multiple crises.

Season 2 of a special series on how we encounter, engage with, and teach Television Studies in the wake of the multiple crises.

Aca-Media is back with a series of fascinating conversations. First, we talk with Cara Dickason about her work on surveillance and teen girl media, the Graduate Student Organization and the Precarious Labor Organization, SCMS+, and more. Then we talk with two 2020 SCMS Award winners: Jinsook Kim, who won the Student Writing Award, and Allison Whitney, who won the Distinguished Pedagogy Award.

Season 2 of a special series on how we encounter, engage with, and teach Television Studies in the wake of the multiple crises.