Welcome to the University of Illinois Press virtual exhibit for the 2023 International Communication Association conference! Explore our extensive collection of books, journals, blog posts, and more. Use the promo […]
ICA 2023 Virtual Exhibit
Category: media studies
SCMS 2023 Virtual Exhibit
Welcome to the University of Illinois Press virtual exhibit for the 2023 Society for Cinema and Media Studies conference! Explore our extensive collection of books, journals, blog posts, and more. […]
Free E-book Giveaway: LAUGHING TO KEEP FROM DYING
September’s free ebook is here! Check out Laughing to Keep from Dying: African American Satire in the Twenty-First Century by Danielle Fuentes Morgan before the month is over! By subverting […]
Refresh for the Women and Film History International series
We are happy to announce that you will see new books coming from assistant acquisitions editor Mariah Schaefer in the near future. Mariah has been working on charting the future […]
Refresh for the History of Communication Series
Jane Rhodes and Lisa Parks are delighted to build on and invigorate the University of Illinois Press’ History of Communication series, renamed The History of Media and Communication. The books in the […]
SCMS 2022 Virtual Exhibit
Welcome to the University of Illinois Press’s virtual exhibit for the 2022 Society for Cinema and Media Studies annual conference! We hope you’ll step inside our virtual booth and browse […]
Pioneering Women in Cinema and Theater Reading List
From the beginnings of silent films to the talkies we have now, women have played a pivotal role in the development of film whether it be behind the scenes or […]
SCMS Virtual Exhibit
Welcome to the University of Illinois Press’s virtual exhibit for the 2021 Society for Cinema and Media Studies conference! We hope you’ll step inside our virtual booth and browse new […]
Blackness in the Media: New and Essential Titles for Your Reading List
While by no means exhaustive, this list covers new and essential titles on historic and contemporary representations of Blackness in the media. From depictions of horror and violence against African […]
Q&A with Jasmine Mitchell, Author of Imagining the Mulatta: Blackness in U.S. and Brazilian Media
Jasmine Mitchell answers some questions about her new book, Imagining the Mulatta: Blackness in U.S. and Brazilian Media. Q: Why did you decide to write this book? “You look exotic, […]
Karen E. Whedbee on “Reverend Billy Goes to Main Street: Free Speech, Trespassing, and Activist Documentary Film”
Karen E. Whedbee is an associate professor in the media studies program in the Department of Communication at Northern Illinois University. She has published widely on topics related to free […]
Call for Book Proposals: Studies in Sports Media, Edited by Victoria E. Johnson and Travis Vogan
If sport provides a powerful lens through which social norms are produced, reproduced, and challenged, sports media compose key mechanisms through which these meanings are built and communicated. As studies […]