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The Journal of Cinema and Media Studies is the peer-reviewed, scholarly publication of the Society for Cinema and Media Studies (SCMS). The journal was renamed (from Cinema Journal) in October 2018. JCMS’s basic mission is to foster engaged debate and rigorous thinking among humanities scholars of film, television, digital media, and other audiovisual technologies. We are committed to the aesthetic, political, and cultural interpretation of these media and their production, circulation, and reception. To that end, JCMS is dedicated to intellectual diversity of all kinds. We publish critical inquiry into the global, national, and local circulation of a wide variety of media. We seek to promote a range of approaches to film and media studies and attendant fields, including (but not limited to) digital media, sound studies, visual culture, video game studies, fan studies, and avant-garde and experimental film and media practices. We do not adhere to any methodological approach to media studies, nor do we focus on particular emphases in the field. The journal is open to all areas of humanities-oriented scholarship in media studies, including digital humanities.

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Author:   Society for Cinema and Media Studies
Publisher:   Michigan Publishing Services
Imprint:   Society for Cinema and Media Studies
ISBN:  

9781607859376

ISBN 10:   1607859378
Pages:   196
Publication Date:   12 March 2026
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Spotlight: Media, Science, and Technology SIG by Gary Kafer and Patrick Brian Smith Spotlight: Reem Hilu Interview by Juan Llamas-Rodriguez Selling the Sympathetic Western: Taste, Independent Production, and the Treatment of Indigenous Peoples in The Indian Fighter (1955) by Pauline Lampert A Nation of Girls Stuck in the Valley: Mapping the Valley Girl in US Teen Media by Alice Leppert From Analog to Interactive Haunting: Fake Documentary “Q” and the Remediation of Japanese Horror by Lindsay Nelson “A Lubitsch Not of Films but of Finances”: Michael Ovitz and the Mainstreaming of Media-Industrial News by Deron Overpeck Contagious Cinema: Mosquitos, Infrastructure, and Urban Dwelling in Temporada by Carolina Sá Carvalho and Vanbasten de Araújo Sports Fandom, Media History, and the Shifting Cultural Understanding of “The Eyes of Texas” by Hannah Lewis and Suzanne Scott In Focus: Decolonizing Film Studies Curricula: Approaches Through Latin American Cinema Edited by Bridget V. Franco and Michelle Leigh Farrell Book Reviews Edited by Tupur Chatterjee

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The Society for Cinema and Media Studies is the leading scholarly organization in the United States dedicated to promoting a broad understanding of film, television, and related media through research and teaching grounded in the contemporary humanities tradition. SCMS encourages excellence in scholarship and pedagogy and fosters critical inquiry into the global, national, and local circulation of cinema, television, and other related media. SCMS scholars situate these media in various contexts, including historical, theoretical, cultural, industrial, social, artistic, and psychological.

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