Pete Kunze
@petecant.bsky.social
Assistant Professor · Communication · Tulane University
Look, I made a hat: https://www.rutgersuniversitypress.org/staging-a-comeback/9781978827813/
Look, I made a hat: https://www.rutgersuniversitypress.org/staging-a-comeback/9781978827813/
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Need a briefing on current genAI copyright landscape, with some historical perspective? Pam Samuelson and Silicon Flatirons are here to help: siliconflatirons.org/wp-content/u... (there is video too!)
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November 21, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Need a briefing on current genAI copyright landscape, with some historical perspective? Pam Samuelson and Silicon Flatirons are here to help: siliconflatirons.org/wp-content/u... (there is video too!)
Today is the deadline!
The Critical Approaches to Black Media Culture conference has a website!
Join us in New Orleans this February!
blackmedia.tulane.edu
Join us in New Orleans this February!
blackmedia.tulane.edu
Critical Approaches to Black Media Culture Conference | Tulane University
blackmedia.tulane.edu
November 1, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Today is the deadline!
Our keynotes for the Critical Approaches to Black Media Culture conference this February here in New Orleans:
Tiffany E. Barber (University of California, Los Angeles)
Racquel Gates (Columbia University)
Zaire Lanier (writer and narrative designer)
Kristen Warner (Cornell University)
Tiffany E. Barber (University of California, Los Angeles)
Racquel Gates (Columbia University)
Zaire Lanier (writer and narrative designer)
Kristen Warner (Cornell University)
October 29, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Our keynotes for the Critical Approaches to Black Media Culture conference this February here in New Orleans:
Tiffany E. Barber (University of California, Los Angeles)
Racquel Gates (Columbia University)
Zaire Lanier (writer and narrative designer)
Kristen Warner (Cornell University)
Tiffany E. Barber (University of California, Los Angeles)
Racquel Gates (Columbia University)
Zaire Lanier (writer and narrative designer)
Kristen Warner (Cornell University)
Reminder: One week left to apply to the 2026 Critical Approaches to Black Media Culture Conference!
Critical Approaches to Black Media Culture Conference | Tulane University
blackmedia.tulane.edu
October 25, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Reminder: One week left to apply to the 2026 Critical Approaches to Black Media Culture Conference!
We've added another keynote to Critical Approaches to Black Media Culture:
Dr. Tiffany E. Barber (University of California, Los Angeles), author of Undesirability and Her Sisters: Black Women's Visual Work and the Ethics of Representation.
CFP below!
Dr. Tiffany E. Barber (University of California, Los Angeles), author of Undesirability and Her Sisters: Black Women's Visual Work and the Ethics of Representation.
CFP below!
October 20, 2025 at 3:42 PM
We've added another keynote to Critical Approaches to Black Media Culture:
Dr. Tiffany E. Barber (University of California, Los Angeles), author of Undesirability and Her Sisters: Black Women's Visual Work and the Ethics of Representation.
CFP below!
Dr. Tiffany E. Barber (University of California, Los Angeles), author of Undesirability and Her Sisters: Black Women's Visual Work and the Ethics of Representation.
CFP below!
The Critical Approaches to Black Media Culture conference has a website!
Join us in New Orleans this February!
blackmedia.tulane.edu
Join us in New Orleans this February!
blackmedia.tulane.edu
Critical Approaches to Black Media Culture Conference | Tulane University
blackmedia.tulane.edu
September 22, 2025 at 8:23 PM
The Critical Approaches to Black Media Culture conference has a website!
Join us in New Orleans this February!
blackmedia.tulane.edu
Join us in New Orleans this February!
blackmedia.tulane.edu
The Golden Girls turned 40 this past Sunday, so I wrote about its creator, Susan Harris, and her feminist contribution to US television comedy for Time's Made by History website.
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time.com/7316328/susa...
The Woman Behind 'The Golden Girls'
The politics, sensibilities, and humor of the show's pathbreaking creator help explain its enduring appeal.
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September 17, 2025 at 1:31 PM
The Golden Girls turned 40 this past Sunday, so I wrote about its creator, Susan Harris, and her feminist contribution to US television comedy for Time's Made by History website.
time.com/7316328/susa...
time.com/7316328/susa...
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Check out this fabulous @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social interview with the editors of the new essay collection THE GOLDEN GIRLS:
September 16, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Check out this fabulous @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social interview with the editors of the new essay collection THE GOLDEN GIRLS:
Now available: @alfredmartin.bsky.social and Taylor Cole Miller discussing The Golden Girls: Tales from the Lanai on @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social podcast.
newbooksnetwork.com/the-golden-g...
newbooksnetwork.com/the-golden-g...
Alfred L. Martin Jr. and Taylor Cole Miller eds., "The Golden Girls: Tales from the Lanai" (Rutgers UP, 2025) - New Books Network
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September 10, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Now available: @alfredmartin.bsky.social and Taylor Cole Miller discussing The Golden Girls: Tales from the Lanai on @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social podcast.
newbooksnetwork.com/the-golden-g...
newbooksnetwork.com/the-golden-g...
I had a great conversation with Katherine Fusco (@fuscowrites.bsky.social) about her wonderful new book, Hollywood's Others: Love and Limitation in the Studio System.
You can check it out here:
newbooksnetwork.com/hollywoods-o...
You can check it out here:
newbooksnetwork.com/hollywoods-o...
Katherine Fusco, "Hollywood's Others: Love and Limitation in the Star System" (Columbia UP, 2025) - New Books Network
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September 8, 2025 at 9:25 PM
I had a great conversation with Katherine Fusco (@fuscowrites.bsky.social) about her wonderful new book, Hollywood's Others: Love and Limitation in the Studio System.
You can check it out here:
newbooksnetwork.com/hollywoods-o...
You can check it out here:
newbooksnetwork.com/hollywoods-o...
I interviewed Justin Wyatt about his new book, Creating the Viewer, on the @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social.
It's a great book, especially for those interested in media industry studies and audience studies.
newbooksnetwork.com/creating-the...
It's a great book, especially for those interested in media industry studies and audience studies.
newbooksnetwork.com/creating-the...
Justin Wyatt, "Creating the Viewer: Market Research and the Evolving Media Ecosystem" (U Texas Press, 2024) - New Books Network
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September 3, 2025 at 12:36 PM
I interviewed Justin Wyatt about his new book, Creating the Viewer, on the @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social.
It's a great book, especially for those interested in media industry studies and audience studies.
newbooksnetwork.com/creating-the...
It's a great book, especially for those interested in media industry studies and audience studies.
newbooksnetwork.com/creating-the...
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🎙️ Check out my conversation with @petecant.bsky.social about the #MediaTravels collection!
We discuss the need for all media studies to be global media studies, the barriers to achieving this, and the value of embracing partial and fragmentary knowledges.
newbooksnetwork.com/media-travels
We discuss the need for all media studies to be global media studies, the barriers to achieving this, and the value of embracing partial and fragmentary knowledges.
newbooksnetwork.com/media-travels
Media Travels: Toward an Atlas of Global Media
Media Travels: Toward An Atlas of Global Media fills a significant gap in global media scholarship by offering short, readable articles covering different types of media from around the world. Through...
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September 2, 2025 at 1:36 PM
🎙️ Check out my conversation with @petecant.bsky.social about the #MediaTravels collection!
We discuss the need for all media studies to be global media studies, the barriers to achieving this, and the value of embracing partial and fragmentary knowledges.
newbooksnetwork.com/media-travels
We discuss the need for all media studies to be global media studies, the barriers to achieving this, and the value of embracing partial and fragmentary knowledges.
newbooksnetwork.com/media-travels
Really enjoyed discussing Kartemquin Films: Documentaries on the Frontlines of Democracy with Patricia Aufderheide @paufder.bsky.social for the New Books Network @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social.
Please check it out:
newbooksnetwork.com/kartemquin-f...
Please check it out:
newbooksnetwork.com/kartemquin-f...
Patricia Aufderheide, "Kartemquin Films: Documentaries on the Frontlines of Democracy" (U California Press, 2024) - New Books Network
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August 30, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Really enjoyed discussing Kartemquin Films: Documentaries on the Frontlines of Democracy with Patricia Aufderheide @paufder.bsky.social for the New Books Network @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social.
Please check it out:
newbooksnetwork.com/kartemquin-f...
Please check it out:
newbooksnetwork.com/kartemquin-f...
Has your toddler demonstrated a growing interest in prosody or postcritique? Have we got the doll for you...
August 29, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Has your toddler demonstrated a growing interest in prosody or postcritique? Have we got the doll for you...
We're coming back! CFP below.
August 29, 2025 at 3:06 PM
We're coming back! CFP below.
New @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social interview with Juan Llamas-Rodriguez on his new collection, Media Travels: Toward an Atlas of Global Media.
Check it out. And check out the book -- it's open access! -- in the first comment below.
newbooksnetwork.com/media-travels
Check it out. And check out the book -- it's open access! -- in the first comment below.
newbooksnetwork.com/media-travels
Juan Llamas-Rodriguez ed., "Media Travels: Toward an Atlas of Global Media" (Amherst College Press, 2025) - New Books Network
newbooksnetwork.com
August 22, 2025 at 4:57 PM
New @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social interview with Juan Llamas-Rodriguez on his new collection, Media Travels: Toward an Atlas of Global Media.
Check it out. And check out the book -- it's open access! -- in the first comment below.
newbooksnetwork.com/media-travels
Check it out. And check out the book -- it's open access! -- in the first comment below.
newbooksnetwork.com/media-travels
No cheating. Your last saved celebrity photo is your therapist. Who is it?
(I'm guessing we're doing psychoanalysis rather than CBT. Neato.)
(I'm guessing we're doing psychoanalysis rather than CBT. Neato.)
August 3, 2025 at 1:43 AM
No cheating. Your last saved celebrity photo is your therapist. Who is it?
(I'm guessing we're doing psychoanalysis rather than CBT. Neato.)
(I'm guessing we're doing psychoanalysis rather than CBT. Neato.)
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The world is terrible in so many ways right now, and I am trying to stay focused on what I can control and what brings me joy. While I have promoted the #Newsies book on here, it occurs to me that I haven't really talked about why I love this film and show, and there are so many reasons! 🧵 1/16
July 22, 2025 at 4:18 PM
The world is terrible in so many ways right now, and I am trying to stay focused on what I can control and what brings me joy. While I have promoted the #Newsies book on here, it occurs to me that I haven't really talked about why I love this film and show, and there are so many reasons! 🧵 1/16
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Want to learn about how Texas media industry professionals are active in a range of distribution and exhibition activities across film, television, streaming, and podcasting?
Check out the latest installment in our podcast series! cc @utexasrtf.bsky.social @texasmoody.bsky.social
Check out the latest installment in our podcast series! cc @utexasrtf.bsky.social @texasmoody.bsky.social
Today, we're publishing the third episode of our special series on the Texas media industries! This week, we're focusing on Distribution and Exhibition with special guests AJ Feliciano, Holly Herrick, Francis Román, and Adam Zehner, moderated by Dr. Caroline Frick.
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soundcloud.com/rtfmic/texas...
June 25, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Want to learn about how Texas media industry professionals are active in a range of distribution and exhibition activities across film, television, streaming, and podcasting?
Check out the latest installment in our podcast series! cc @utexasrtf.bsky.social @texasmoody.bsky.social
Check out the latest installment in our podcast series! cc @utexasrtf.bsky.social @texasmoody.bsky.social
New article on "woke Disney" in Popular Communication.
Grateful to Ross Garner for his editorial guidance.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Grateful to Ross Garner for his editorial guidance.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
The precarious promotion of progress: diversity work, extraprofessional labor, and “woke Disney”
Diversity work calls upon media conglomerates to redress systemic inequities to create more diverse workforces, inclusive work environments, and, by extension, diverse and inclusive media narrative...
www.tandfonline.com
June 23, 2025 at 3:04 PM
New article on "woke Disney" in Popular Communication.
Grateful to Ross Garner for his editorial guidance.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Grateful to Ross Garner for his editorial guidance.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Monthly check-in at BlueSky to see if anyone is actually using it...
a man in a suit and tie is standing in a field with the words " is it time yet " on the bottom
ALT: a man in a suit and tie is standing in a field with the words " is it time yet " on the bottom
media.tenor.com
June 18, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Monthly check-in at BlueSky to see if anyone is actually using it...
Jennifer Holt and I discuss her new book, Cloud Policy, on @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social. A must-read for scholars of policy, platforms, data, infrastructures, and media industries.
newbooksnetwork.com/cloud-policy
newbooksnetwork.com/cloud-policy
Jennifer Holt, "Cloud Policy: A History of Regulating Pipelines, Platforms, and Data" (MIT Press, 2024) - New Books Network
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May 16, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Jennifer Holt and I discuss her new book, Cloud Policy, on @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social. A must-read for scholars of policy, platforms, data, infrastructures, and media industries.
newbooksnetwork.com/cloud-policy
newbooksnetwork.com/cloud-policy
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Listen to me talk about David Lynch’s American Dreamscape with @petecant.bsky.social on @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social.
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Mike Miley,
Podcast Episode · New Books Network · 05/11/2025 · 59m
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May 11, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Listen to me talk about David Lynch’s American Dreamscape with @petecant.bsky.social on @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social.
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Just posted: @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social podcast interview with Courtney M. Cox (University of Oregon) on Double Crossover: Gender, Media, and Politics in Global Basketball.
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newbooksnetwork.com/double-cross...
Courtney M. Cox, "Double Crossover: Gender, Media, and Politics in Global Basketball" (U Illinois Press, 2025) - New Books Network
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May 11, 2025 at 3:31 AM
Just posted: @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social podcast interview with Courtney M. Cox (University of Oregon) on Double Crossover: Gender, Media, and Politics in Global Basketball.
newbooksnetwork.com/double-cross...
newbooksnetwork.com/double-cross...
This was my comedy studies Super Bowl: Brittney Michelle Edmonds, @dfmorgan.bsky.social, Bambi Haggins, and J Finley discussing critical Black humor studies last week at Pomona College.
May 3, 2025 at 5:28 PM
This was my comedy studies Super Bowl: Brittney Michelle Edmonds, @dfmorgan.bsky.social, Bambi Haggins, and J Finley discussing critical Black humor studies last week at Pomona College.