This is an author interview by Keith McDonald and Wayne Johnson, authors of The Spectral West: Super-Nature and the Gothic and the Western Film Q1. What was the importance of writing this book now? The Western has always been cyclical…
Tag: Media and Communication Studies
Visualising Climate Change Effects on Urban and Rural Habitat in African Cinema and Urbanism
This is a guest post by Marie-Paule Macdonald, author of African Cinema and Urbanism. The African continent, estimated to contribute less than 3% to global emissions while experiencing fast-increasing population growth and corresponding urbanisation, faces the effects of climate change…
Why do we choose VR for art when AI has ‘won’ the Nobel Prize?
This is a guest post by Xinyang Zhao, author of Digital Immersive Art in China The year 2024 has not been the dawn of artificial intelligence (AI), but it is already a year of great acclaim for it. This year,…
The U.S. Military in Discourse: Media and Messaging in the American Empire
This is an interview by Dr. Luke Peterson, author of The U.S. Military in the Print News Media: Service and Sacrifice in Contemporary Discourse Q1. Describe the scope and content of The U.S. Military in the Print News Media: Service…
Entering an Immersive World of News
This is an interview by John V. Pavlik, author of Journalism and the Metaverse Q1. What exactly is the Metaverse? Answer: There is no single, agreed-upon definition of the Metaverse. Nor is there agreement about how it will be designed…