Posts Tagged ‘ Society for Cinema and Media Studies ’

Volunteers Wanted: Transforming SCMS From Within

April 3, 2015
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Volunteers Wanted: Transforming SCMS From Within

Karen Petruska reflects on the importance of conference participation in the form of SIGs, committees, and public policy and promotion, all of which operate as the less visible yet vital backbone of SCMS.
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The Importance of Being SIG’d: Scholarly Interest Groups and Their Role at SCMS

April 2, 2015
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The Importance of Being SIG’d: Scholarly Interest Groups and Their Role at SCMS

Collenn Glenn reports on the significance of specialized scholarly interest groups for academic organizations like the Society for Cinema and Media Studies (SCMS), which held its annual conference in Montreal last week.
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#DHSCMS: Digital Humanities, Tools, and Approaches at SCMS 2015

April 1, 2015
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#DHSCMS: Digital Humanities, Tools, and Approaches at SCMS 2015

Derek Long continues our series of SCMS 2015 conference reports with a summary and assessment of some of the digitally-oriented panels and presentations.
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Radio Studies at SCMS: From Justification to Exploration

March 31, 2015
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Radio Studies at SCMS: From Justification to Exploration

Bill Kirkpatrick continues our week-long series of reports from the SCMS 2015 conference. He argues that radio studies within SCMS is coming into its own, and the Society is better for it.
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#SCMS15: The Conference as Media Event

March 30, 2015
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#SCMS15: The Conference as Media Event

The Society for Cinema and Media Studies annual conference, held this March 25-29, was in many ways a media event. But what kind of media event was it, and what are the implications of the conference's more public presence?
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Live-Tweeting and the Academic Conference

June 18, 2010
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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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