Event Abstract: In this talk, Elisa Giardina Papa will outline the theoretical and archival research which informs two of her experimental video installations, Cleaning Emotional Data and “U Scantu”: A […]

Media today are our situation; they constitute the fabric of living. But a number of new crises–and subjects–have profoundly shaped the field of media studies, including an environmental turn in […]

Welcome to the Social Media & Society in India Symposium (SMSI 2025)  taking place on April 4-5, 2025, at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Even if you do not do work […]

  Abstract Through the critical case study of Ethiopia, this book project identifies three core mechanisms of China’s image-making in Africa: tangible enticement through material and experiential offerings, ideational promotion […]

Dr. Cara Wallis will launch her new book, Social Media and Ordinary Life: Affect, Ethics, and Aspiration in Contemporary China. Stay tuned for more detailed information!