NEW ARTICLE: “Going to the movies in VR: Virtual reality cinemas as alternatives to in-person co-viewing”
Just published in the International Journal of Human-Computer Studies, the results of our study into watching films in VR – with Kata Szita, Eugene Ch’ng and Xiaolin Sun. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhcs.2023.103150
NEW CHAPTER: “On Reflecting on Reflections: The Moral Afterlife and Screen Studies”
I have a chapter in Carl Plantinga’s edited collection on Screen Stories and Moral Understanding titled “On Reflecting on Reflections: The Moral Afterlife and Screen Studies.” The chapter makes a case for extended periods of reflection as the quality that sets screen studies scholarship apart from other communities engaged with film and screen media, like… Read more
NEW BOOK: Cognitive Film and Media Ethics
My newest monograph, Cognitive Film and Media Ethics, is out now with Oxford University Press. More information here: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/cognitive-film-and-media-ethics-9780197552896 Cognitive Film and Media Ethics provides a grounding in the use of cognitive science to address key questions in film, television and screen media ethics. This book extends past works in cognitive media studies to answer normative… Read more
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NEW ARTICLE: “Going to the movies in VR: Virtual reality cinemas as alternatives to in-person co-viewing”
Just published in the International Journal of Human-Computer Studies, the results of our study into watching films in VR – with Kata Szita, Eugene Ch’ng and Xiaolin Sun. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhcs.2023.103150
NEW CHAPTER: “On Reflecting on Reflections: The Moral Afterlife and Screen Studies”
I have a chapter in Carl Plantinga’s edited collection on Screen Stories and Moral Understanding titled “On Reflecting on Reflections: The Moral Afterlife and Screen Studies.” The chapter makes a case for extended periods of reflection as the quality that sets screen studies scholarship apart from other communities engaged with film and screen media, like… Read more
NEW ARTICLE: “Screening the Port City: Poetics and Promotions”
This article in Genre addresses representations of port cities on film. It was co-authored with colleagues in architecture and cinema studies at the University of Nottingham Ningbo China. https://read.dukeupress.edu/genre/article-abstract/55/2/85/319975/Screening-the-Port-City-Poetics-and-Promotions
SPECIAL ISSUE: Media and Fakery
Celia Lam, Filippo Gilardi and myself have published a Special Issue of Continuum: Journal of Media & Cultural Studies on the topic of “Media and Fakery,” including fake news, deepfakes, and all manner of digital fabulation: https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/ccon20/36/3
NEW BOOK: Cognitive Film and Media Ethics
My newest monograph, Cognitive Film and Media Ethics, is out now with Oxford University Press. More information here: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/cognitive-film-and-media-ethics-9780197552896 Cognitive Film and Media Ethics provides a grounding in the use of cognitive science to address key questions in film, television and screen media ethics. This book extends past works in cognitive media studies to answer normative… Read more