2015PreliminaryConfProgDraft

E19: Architecture and SpaceRoom: 19Chair: William Paul (Washington University in Saint Louis)Lauren Cramer (Georgia State University), "Mapping Black Space in Hip-Hop’s Visual Culture"Catherine Seguin Griffith (University of Montreal), "Invention of the New York Rooftop Landscapes in AmericanCinema (1980-2010s)"Nick Jones (Queen Mary, University of London), "The Production of Cinematic Space: Watching Films with HenriLefebvre"William Paul (Washington University in Saint Louis), "Architect of the Image: Theater Architecture as FilmTheory"E20: Step Aside Big Data, Here Comes Big Content: Digital Utopia or Creative Dystopia?Room: 20Chair: Denise Mann (University of California, Los Angeles)Amelia Arsenault (Georgia State University), "Big Data, the Media Industries, and 'the Geeks Who ShootTurkeys'"Andrew deWaard (University of California, Los Angeles), "New Gatekeeper Same as the Old Gatekeeper: BigData, Big Content, and the Continued Concentration of Ownership in the Music Industry"Denise Mann (University of California, Los Angeles), "YouTube’s Celebrity Maker: Turning Teens into MarketingMachines"Respondent: Miranda Banks (Emerson College)E21: WORKSHOP Locating “the Cultural” in Media Distribution StudiesRoom: 21Chair: Courtney Brannon Donoghue (Oakland University)Workshop Participants:Jade Miller (Wilfrid Laurier University)Tim Havens (University of Iowa)Evan Elkins (University of Wisconsin, Madison)Jennifer Holt (University of California, Santa Barbara)E22: WORKSHOP Film Matters: Creating the Next Generation of Film Scholars at the Undergraduate LevelRoom: 22Chair: Christopher Sieving (University of Georgia)Workshop Participants:Tim Palmer (University of North Carolina, Wilmington)Aaron Magnan-Park (University of Hong Kong)Victoria Sturtevant (University of Oklahoma)Jacob Mertens (University of Wisconsin, Madison)