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Independent and open access journal of peer-reviewed, theoretical interventions into all aspects of media and communications. mediatheoryjournal.org

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Media Theory @meejatheory.bsky.social · 5d

MT Conference, Coach House, Toronto 2025 - Preliminary Schedule now available

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Media Theory @meejatheory.bsky.social · 5d

MT Conference, Coach House, Toronto 2025 - Preliminary Schedule now available

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Media Theory @meejatheory.bsky.social · 6d

#ICYMI N. Katherine Hayles discusses her writing and thinking process with David Beer. Watch the full interview here: mediatheoryjournal.org/2025/06/14/n...

Media Theory @meejatheory.bsky.social · 13d

In this speculative essay, Max Haiven proposes the term "playgrom" to better understand contemporary fascism and fascistic politics. journalcontent.mediatheoryjournal.org/index.php/mt...

Media Theory @meejatheory.bsky.social · 21d

#ICYMI Watch the full video abstract for Iain Chambers' "The Ghosts of Gaza" mediatheoryjournal.org/2025/03/28/i...

Media Theory @meejatheory.bsky.social · 28d

How have military and cinematic camera technologies shaped our sense of realism through the stabilization of motion? journalcontent.mediatheoryjournal.org/index.php/mt...

Media Theory @meejatheory.bsky.social · Sep 3

#ICYMI Watch the full video abstract for Korinna Patelis' "Have I Got News For You: The Road to Neo-Feudalism": mediatheoryjournal.org/2025/03/31/k...

Media Theory @meejatheory.bsky.social · Aug 27

How are publications, like RISE, resisting the colonial violence of family policing? journalcontent.mediatheoryjournal.org/index.php/mt...

Media Theory @meejatheory.bsky.social · Aug 20

Media systems do not operate on the whims of military power. They actively shape the conception, execution and perpetuation of war. How, then, are demands specific to media creating "new regimes of logistics, extraction, and violence?" journalcontent.mediatheoryjournal.org/index.php/mt...

Media Theory @meejatheory.bsky.social · Aug 13

#ICYMI: N. Katherine Hayles talks about her first book The Cosmic Web and its influence on her career. mediatheoryjournal.org/2025/06/14/n...

Media Theory @meejatheory.bsky.social · Aug 6

Just jingoism or "neo-protectionist, post-imperial swansong?" Maria Bose assess post-9/11 Hollywood. journalcontent.mediatheoryjournal.org/index.php/mt...

Media Theory @meejatheory.bsky.social · Jul 28

Computational state violence has only expanded with capitalism's data economy. How does abstraction and rhetoric legitimize such lethal labor? journalcontent.mediatheoryjournal.org/index.php/mt...

Media Theory @meejatheory.bsky.social · Jul 21

#ICYMI N. Katherine Hayles talks about how The Cosmic Web influenced her career. mediatheoryjournal.org/2025/06/14/n...

Media Theory @meejatheory.bsky.social · Jul 14

Read our special issue on violent labour and media here: journalcontent.mediatheoryjournal.org/index.php/mt...

Media Theory @meejatheory.bsky.social · Jul 6

Out Now - Media Theory 9.1

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Media Theory @meejatheory.bsky.social · Jun 30

N. Katherine Hayles discusses her background science, literature and skepticism with David Beer. Watch the full interview here: mediatheoryjournal.org/2025/06/14/n...

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Media Theory @meejatheory.bsky.social · Jun 27

Last chance to register for the Media Theory at the Coach House Conference !

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Media Theory at the Coach House Inaugural Conference November 7-8, 2025 Centre for Culture and Technology, University of Toronto “Media theory seems eclipsed by the ubiquity of its objects” (…

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Media Theory @meejatheory.bsky.social · Jun 23

N. Katherine Hayles discusses her writing and thinking process with David Beer. Watch the full interview here: mediatheoryjournal.org/2025/06/14/n...

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Media Theory @meejatheory.bsky.social · Jun 16

N. Katherine Hayles talks about her first book The Cosmic Web and its influence on here career. Watch the full conversation here: mediatheoryjournal.org/2025/06/14/n...

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Media Theory @meejatheory.bsky.social · Jun 10

#ICYMI Media Theory is having its first conference in Toronto! For more information: mediatheoryjournal.org/cfp/

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Media Theory @meejatheory.bsky.social · May 19

Join us for our inaugural conference! Here's the call for papers: mediatheoryjournal.org/cfp/

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Media Theory @meejatheory.bsky.social · Jun 2

How have techno-hegemonies encouraged contagious behaviors that uphold affective capitalism? Raymond Lee explains: mediatheoryjournal.org/2025/03/27/r...

Media Theory @meejatheory.bsky.social · May 26

#ICYMI Watch the full video abstract for Korinna Patelis' "Have I Got News For You: The Road to Neo-Feudalism": mediatheoryjournal.org/2025/03/31/k...

Media Theory @meejatheory.bsky.social · May 19

Join us for our inaugural conference! Here's the call for papers: mediatheoryjournal.org/cfp/

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Media Theory @meejatheory.bsky.social · May 16

Photography has gone through many transformations. What do those transformations tell us about media in the present? mediatheoryjournal.org/2024/08/15/s...

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Media Theory @meejatheory.bsky.social · May 12

Storytelling has become a more dominant and intensive form of political expression in recent years. John Corner emphasizes that research on political communication should engage with story forms, their circulation and subsequent struggles. mediatheoryjournal.org/2025/04/01/j...