Alfred Martin
Detroit native. Associate Professor and Chair of Cinematic Arts at U of Miami. Author of The Generic Closet, Fandom for Us, by Us, and editor of Rolling.
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Black media and cultural studies
This is a list of media and cultural studies folks who focus on Blackness.
@matt-hills.bsky.social
Independent scholar, former Professor of Fandom Studies, life-long Doctor Who fan, lover of genre fiction (especially SF and crime), frequently astonished reader of contemporary political commentary
@aishaharris.bsky.social
🎙️/ ✍🏾 : NPR’s POP CULTURE HAPPY HOUR 📖: WANNABE: RECKONINGS WITH THE POP CULTURE THAT SHAPES ME: https://www.harpercollins.com/products/wannabe-aisha-harris https://linktr.ee/aishaharris
@vejohnson.bsky.social
TV Doctor and Author, Sports Nerd, Springsteen Disciple, Left Coaster, Dog Guardian, Cyclist, Philly Fan
@trashwire.bsky.social
Editor of Trashwire.com, co-chair of Denver Film Critics Society, AAFCA member, Whatcha Watchin podcaster, movie watcher. She/her https://linktr.ee/trashwire
@theseanmdonovan.bsky.social
Postdoc in Communication & Media at U-Michigan; a little fancy boy chasing mirth 🐻
@cinemariasf.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Media Studies~Emerson College Scholar of feminist/queer screen media Wellesley, NYU, UCLA, Fulbright alum IUPress, WSUP & MQUP author / Lambda Literary Award winner Boston-based itinerant cinephile mariasanfilippo.net
@professorkk.bsky.social
@hudsonncorey.bsky.social
Like to milk boys with my 🍑 and get really flooded. Respect my anonymity and load me up. Justfor.fans/HudsonnCorey
@david-rooney.bsky.social
Chief Film Critic at The Hollywood Reporter, plus theater when time permits. Member of @NYFCC.bsky.social and @NSFC.bsky.social https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/author/david-rooney/
@bebeneuwirth.bsky.social
Honorary Ziegfeld Girl Honorary IATSE Local 1 Jersey girl banner 📸Christopher Calkins
@newbooksnetwork.bsky.social
The Academic Audio Library. 26,000+ interviews with experts and authors on new scholarly, non-fiction, and literary books. 10 new episodes every day! Find us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen to podcasts https://linktr.ee/newbooksnetwork
@profblmkelley.bsky.social
writer/historian/distinguished professor/bestselling author of Black Folk/director @UNCSouth / #StudyingSegregation/ Breast cancer survivor/ The Oracle
@lucimarz.bsky.social
Hollywood historian. Technology, media industries, labor, craft. Program Coordinator of Cinema and Media Studies@ USC. Hollywood Unions (Rutgers, 2025), Engineering Hollywood (Oxford, 2021)
@professordavidoh.bsky.social
Associate professor at Syracuse University | Studies race, U.S. and Korean media cultures, and audience reception
@msignorile.bsky.social
journalist, host of "The Michelangelo Signorile Show" on SiriusXM, channel 127, 3-6 ET weekdays @SiriusXMProg.bsky.social #breadsky Newsletter, subscribe: www.Signorile.com 🏳️🌈 email: mike at [my last name] .com New York City!
@danhf.bsky.social
All-purpose movie guy and media studies scholar @ Utrecht University. Intransigent curmudgeon. Forthcoming: books on the political economy of the Fast & Furious franchise and a minute-by-minute analysis of The Texas Chain Saw Massacre.
@annafroula.bsky.social
Childless Cat/Dog Lady, 💙 mountains, shaker of hands with Stephen Colbert
@avivadv.bsky.social
feminist scholar & screenwriter | 🏳️🌈 she/her | opinions are my own | assistant professor at Arizona State | writer at Ms. Magazine | rotten tomatoes approved critic
@tanyah.bsky.social
@krystenstein.bsky.social
#firstgen phd asst prof UC blue ash social media + reality TV representation + identity production + political economy mental health + wellness https://krystenstein.com/
@girishshambu.bsky.social
I live in Buffalo and write about film culture. Book: “The New Cinephilia”.
@jdconnor.bsky.social
https://www.johnconnorlikeintheterminator.com For alerts when something new drops: https://forms.gle/neT79ZHa9BPjGh2m9
@damorton.bsky.social
Professor, videographic critic and co-editor of [in]Transition, author of Panel to the Screen and After Midnight, gamer, runner, bass player, wiener dog keeper. Los Angeles/Texas https://damorton.wordpress.com/
@othershoe.bsky.social
Media (broadly construed) scholar and historian with far too many open projects. Wrote Television in The Age of Radio. Working on a cultural history of the monopoly that long controlled Texas film exhibition. Don't ever take your car all the way apart
@phillewis.bsky.social
detroit native. deputy editor at huffpost. WABJ president. check out my free newsletter! --> https://www.whatimreading.net/
@notcapnamerica.bsky.social
Receipts provider. Movie live tweeter. Sign up for my FREE monthly newsletter ➡️ notcapnamerica.com
@lacadri1.bsky.social
Proud, lifelong, voting southern Democrat, Civil rights for all, America is too ignorant, racist & misogynistic to vote for a female president, No DMs
@sbakerman.bsky.social
media historian // stars / archives / memory / nostalgia asst dir college progs @ U of C / SCMS program coord
@daynacphd.bsky.social
Black feminist | Educator | Acafan | Fountain Pen Enthusiast Teaching in Media Studies at the University of Oregon’s School of Journalism & Communication. K-pop fandoms: Cloud, Shawol, and Ahgase
@mayascade.bsky.social
creator & curator blackfilmarchive.com 💌: maya@blackfilmarchive.com + once the scholar in residence at the library of congress. always a film curator + writer + curious about the world. based in los angeles.
@devonjp.bsky.social
Professor at University of Michigan. Metafuturist. Music nerd. Karaoke enthusiast. Fun at meetings, boring at parties.
@elmcitytree.bsky.social
Professor at CUNY, scholar of Blackness, comics, music, & popular culture writ large, leftist & left handed. 🇰🇳 🇺🇸 🇵🇸 🏳️⚧️ I maintain the Blackademics feed, the scholarly side of #Blacksky https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:w4xbfzo7kqfes5zb7 Personal account
@jeffbennett.bsky.social
Professor and Chair of Communication Studies at Vandy. T1D. Michigander. First Gen. Views mine. he/him Signal = jefabenn.54
@laurah.bsky.social
Film Studies prof curious about all things cinematic, trans, queer, feminist. Director of @transmediaportl.bsky.social. Author: Girls Will Be Boys (2016). she/her (white cis queer)
@jmkang.bsky.social
studying global media industries, Korean television and K-pop/Phd UT Austin/Lecturer @QUT/🇰🇷🇺🇲🇦🇺
@dearstefania.bsky.social
media studies scholar. motha. friend. wrote a book on Teen TV (2021, Routledge). still working on that book on women showrunners.
@brookeerinduffy.bsky.social
social media researcher and author associate professor at Cornell University platforms, power, and the creator economy www.brookeduffy.com
@khatch.bsky.social
Associate Professor, Film & Media Studies, University of California, Irvine. Research on stardom, film history, childhood and media.
@levarburton.bsky.social
Kunta, Geordi, Reading Rainbow guy. Flies twice as high… #bydhttmwfi
@caradickason.bsky.social
Lecturer in Communication at Johns Hopkins. Research on surveillance, technology, and women’s TV. #FirstGen she/her/hers.
@participations.bsky.social
Interdisciplinary, independent and open access journal focused on all forms of audience research and reception studies. NEW ISSUE: November 2024: https://www.participations.org
@producing2power.bsky.social
comm, media industries, platform, social media, and creator studies scholar (aka "creator anthropologist"). In my past life, I spent decades making TV movies and "producing to power".
@joncong.bsky.social
Professor of Global Digital Media and Director, GloTechLab.net at UMass Amherst. #CarnegieFellows #OracleOng 🔮