Revisiting the Political Dimensions of John Fiske’s Work
On (the) Wisconsin Discourses: Part One (Part Two, Here) Why has the term discourse served as such an influential moniker in Madison for the analysis of cultural phenomena? This series will look at an...
View ArticleJohn Fiske on the Politics of Aesthetics
On (the) Wisconsin Discourses, Part Two (Part One, Here) What political investments are written into discursive analysis? The previous post in this series looked at how “discourse” became a...
View ArticleThe Aesthetic Turn: In Search of the Pictorial Intelligence
For all its benefits, the now widespread fashion of interpreting makers of moving images like Jean-Luc Godard as philosophers—as thinkers of and through the image—has yet to adequately confront a...
View ArticleJulie D’Acci on Mapping the Reflexivity of Cultural Temporality
On (The) Wisconsin Discourses: Julie D’Acci (Part One) Part Two: Here Why map the relationship between media industries, audiences, and texts? Why has media and cultural studies not adopted a mass...
View ArticleNet Neutrality is Over— Unless You Want It
On Tuesday, the DC Circuit Court of Appeals tore out the heart of net neutrality. In the landmark Verizon v. FCC decision, the court struck down the FCC’s Open Internet rules— the hard-fought...
View ArticleJulie D’Acci on the Emergent Qualities of Sublimating Circuits
On (the) Wisconsin Discourses: Julie D’Acci (Part Two) Part One: Here Does circulating information influence, inflect, or inhibit material relations in empirically verifiable ways? And do strategic...
View ArticleMichele Hilmes and the Historiography of Discursive Analysis (Part 1)
Post by Josh Shepperd, The Catholic University of America This post continues Josh Shepperd’s “On (the) Wisconsin Discourses” series from last year. This is Part 1 of 2 in a pair of posts commemorating...
View ArticleHonoring Hilmes: “New Media” Historian
Post by Danny Kimball, Goucher College This is the tenth post in our “Honoring Hilmes” series, celebrating the career and legacy of Michele Hilmes on the occasion of her retirement. So much has already...
View ArticleGhost Stories and Dirty Optics: Notes on the Hilmesian Closeup
Brox Sisters Listening In. Courtesy: Library of Congress Online Prints & Photographs. Post by Shawn VanCour, New York University This is the twelfth post in our “Honoring Hilmes” series,...
View ArticleThe Discursive Asianization of Hungary
Post by Chris Moreh, Northumbria University This post is part of a partnership with the International Journal of Cultural Studies, where authors of newly published articles extend their arguments here...
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