The Antenna editors have asked some writers to contribute daily reports on the Society for Cinema and Media Studies (SCMS) conference in New Orleans this week. First up: a Thursday report from Christine Becker, focusing primarily on the SCMS website workshop.
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Report From SCMS: Thursday
Live-Tweeting and the Academic Conference
Live-tweeting academic conferences is a relatively new phenomenon; as a result, conference participants and coordinators are still working out the kinks.
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Report from SCMS: Saturday
In addition to granting Midwesterners like me the chance to reintroduce the concept of sunshine to our bare arms, another one of the advantageous by-products of the Los Angeles setting for the SCMS conference this year has been the opportunity for film and TV industry professionals to join our discussions. Saturday’s sessions offered the...
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Report from SCMS: Friday, aka Humpday in LA
The third day of SCMS 2010 has passed and Friday is our humpday. And, yes, I am over the hump with some midway thoughts… 1) SCMS is big and small at the same time – This is my fifteenth year since my first SCMS and I see a lot of the same faces I...
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Report from SCMS: Thursday
Many of the Thursday panels at this year's SCMS conference challenged us to take what is normally considered peripheral--DVD extras, brand logos, and TV re-broadcasts of feature films--and consider that as a central area of scholarly study. This focus is crucial to our ongoing engagement with the practices of media industries today.
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Report from SCMS: Wednesday
The Antenna editors have asked some writers to contribute daily reports on the Society for Cinema and Media Studies (SCMS) conference in Los Angeles this week. First up--a Wednesday report from Derek Kompare.
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