In the past two decades, mergers, acquisitions, and new technologies have created an increasingly powerful and concentrated global media economy. The consequences of this transformation have drawn attention to the market and market forces in the construction of the mass media. The 1999 Society for Cinema Studies Conference will have a special focus on media industries, encompassing a range of media, time periods, and industry practices. Proposals could also examine the impact of the internet, world wide web, and digital technologies on media industries and business practices, as well as pedagogical and methodological issues impacting media industry analysis and history. Conference participants will be able to stop and chat with individual Poster Session presenters about their work and to pick up copies of the material presenters provide.
Poster presentations can focus on research or teaching.
Poster Session proposals, like all other conference proposals, will be juried.