2015PreliminaryConfProgDraft

Gry Cecilie Rustad (Hedmark Univeristy College), "GIFs, Memes, and 'Telephilia': The Aesthetics of a DigitalTelevision Spectatorship"Neta Alexander (New York University), "The World Picture(s): ‘Viewsing,’ Buffering, and 'FragmentizedSpectatorship'"Respondent: Nico Baumbach (Columbia University)G17: Facing the InterfaceRoom: 17Chair: Jinying Li (University of Pittsburgh)Eric Zobel (Indiana University - Bloomington), "Improved Interfaces: Documenting the Wooster Group"Andrew Lison (Brown University), "Interface Between Cinema and Software: Kieślowski’s Bleu and Farocki’sSchnittstelle"Olivia Banner (University of Texas, Dallas), "Digital Breast Cancer Narratives in Communicative Biocapitalism"Jinying Li (University of Pittsburgh), "Stochastic Leakage, Public Sphere, and the Curious Case of Chinese FilmPiracy"G18: WORKSHOP Teaching Film and Broadcast History in the Digital AgeRoom: 18Chair: Beth Corzo-Duchardt (DePaul University)Workshop Participants:Charles Acland (Concordia University)Catherine Clepper (Northwestern University)Eric Hoyt (University of Wisconsin, Madison)Martin Johnson (The Catholic University of America)Allison Whitney (Texas Tech University)G19: Playing Fans: Games and Fandom in Media StudiesRoom: 19Chair: Kyle Moody (Fitchburg State University)Ian Peters (Georgia State University), "'Use the Force, Bob' – LARPing and Pedagogy in Themed SpaceExhibitions"Kyle Moody (Fitchburg State University), "Modding for the Fans?: The Skyrim Steam Community Workshop andFan Mod Creator Reactions"Lincoln Geraghty (University of Portsmouth), "Being the Very Best: Narrative, Fan Created Content and thePokémon Gaming Universe"Paul Booth (DePaul University), "Playing The Hunger Games and Fan Paratextual Participation"G20: Funny Looks: Women Comedians on TelevisionRoom: 20Chair: Linda Mizejewski (Ohio State University)Suzanne Leonard (Simmons College), "Lily Tomlin, Television Comedy, and Queer Feminist Praxis"