In this episode of Aca-Media, we premiere a new feature: one-minute media reviews called "Aca-Media Bites." If you would like to contribute one, email us for more information. Also on this episode: an interview with Yvonne Tasker about television crime drama and homeland security, a report on a Media Industries Conference in Atlanta, and our listeners' advice for the upcoming SCMS conference.

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LINKS FOR THIS EPISODE

Aca-Media Bites

FX's The Americans
The Up series on Netflix
FOR CHRISTINE B. AND MICHAEL K.: http://www.dashhyphen.com/
To submit your own Aca-Media Bite, email us for more info

Interview with Yvonne Tasker

Tasker's article in Cinema Journal, "Television Crime Drama and Homeland Security: From Law & Order to 'Terror TV'"; you can also read the first few pages here
Yvonne Tasker's page at the University of East Anglia
Homeland on Showtime
Spooks/MI-5
Threat Matrix on IMDB

The Atlanta Media Industries Project

The Atlanta Media Industries Project
Georgia State University's Department of Communication
Jennifer Holt's page at UCSB
Ethan Tussey's page at GSU
Horace Newcomb on Wikipedia
Tom Schatz's page at UT
Carsey-Wolf Center Media Industries Project
Media Industries SIG website
For more info about the Media Industries SIG mentoring program, contact Darcey West Morris

SCMS Advice

Thanks to our contributors: Kelli Marshall, Tim Yenter, Drew Morton, Tony Bleach, Derek Kompare, Beth Corzo-Duchart, Amanda Ann Klein, Michael Dwyer, Karen Petruska (and Cora), Kristen Warner, and Lindsay Hogan

SCMS Annual Conference 2013
Grrrl's Night Out Event Page
SCMS Social Media Meetup
Amanda Ann Klein's blog post on the SCMS experience
Grad Students' Guide to SCMS Chicago