Michael Z. Newman
Assistant Professor
127 Johnston Hall
(414) 229-1133
mznewman@uwm.edu
Vita (pdf-152kb)
Degrees:
Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison
M.A., University of Wisconsin-Madison
B.A., McGill University
Courses Taught:
JAMS 101: Introduction to Mass Media - Syllabus (130kb)
JAMS 262: Principles of Media Studies - Syllabus (139kb)
JAMS 562: Media Studies and Culture - Syllabus (102kb)
JAMS 860: Indie Culture - Syllabus
JAMS 860: New Media - Syllabus
JAMS 860: Video Games - Syllabus
Research Interests:
American cinema, television, and video games; media history, theory, and criticism.Teaching Areas:
Media studies
Selected Publications:
Books:
Legitimating Television: Media Convergence and Cultural Status (Routledge, 2012), co-authored with Elana Levine.
Indie: An American Film Culture (Columbia UP, 2011)
Articles:
“Free TV: File-Sharing and the Value of Television,” Television & New Media, published online before print October 20, 2011, DOI 10.1177/1527476411421350
“New Media, Young Audiences, and Discourses of Attention: From Sesame Street to ‘Snack Culture,’” Media, Culture & Society 32.4 (July 2010), 581-596.
“Indie Culture: In Pursuit of the Authentic Autonomous Alternative,” Cinema Journal 48.3 (Spring 2009), 16-34.
“Ze Frank and the Poetics of Web Video,” First Monday 13.5 (May 2008).
“From Beats to Arcs: Toward a Poetics of Television Narrative,” The Velvet Light Trap 58 (Fall 2006), 16-28.