Rutgers’ Philip Napoli looks at ongoing research that seeks to define and assess the field of media impact assessment.
Podcast: The Creative Industries Prototyping Lab
Eduardo Marisca: “But the need was not for technologies themselves. It’s something that they can get their hands on. The biggest problem was process.”
Podcast: Philip Jones, “Gaming in Color”
A discussion of Gaming in Color, a full-length documentary of the story of the queer gaming community, gaymer culture and events, and the rise of LGBTQ themes in video games.
Podcast: Tarleton Gillespie: “Algorithms, and the Production of Calculated Publics”
Calculations and motivations behind the production of calculated publics helps highlight how algorithms are relevant to our collective efforts to know and be known.
Online Annotation and the Future of Reading
Video and podcast on using the tools of online textual annotation — collaborating on interpreting a work, making annotations public, and responding to interpretations by others.
Video, podcast, and summary: Science in Fiction
A Communications Forum featuring authors Hanya Yanagihara and Alan Lightman and moderator Seth Mnookin.
Podcast: Susan Murray, “‘Natural Vision vs. Tele-Vision’: Defining and Managing Electronic Color in the Post-War Era”
The discourses that framed and managed color use and reception not only in the standardization period, but also during RCA and NBC’s early attempts to sell color to consumers, sponsors, and critics.
