Dossier: Mediapolis at 10 and Beyond

Adam Ochonicky, Introduction: Mediapolis at 10 and Beyond

Adam Ochonicky introduces this issue’s dossier, “Mediapolis at 10 and Beyond,” and shares some updates about the journal.

Noelle Griffis, Mediapolis in the Classroom

Noelle Griffis discusses pedagogical uses of Mediapolis content and proposes several enhancements of the Student Voices section and On Teaching section.

Brendan Kredell, Ten Years on: Reflecting on the Future of Mediapolis in a Dynamic Media Environment

Brendan juxtaposes Mediapolis’s founding vision—to occupy a space between blog and peer-reviewed journal—with the current media environment in which social media, single-authored newsletters, and platforms like podcasts, Discord, and Substack have reshaped notions of “middle-state publishing.

Erica Stein, Publication as Conversation

Erica Stein traces out how multiple conceptions of scholarly “conversation” shaped the founding of Mediapolis and remain central to the journal’s identity.

Malini Guha, Revisiting Lists in a Time of Neutrality

Malini Guha contributes a reflective Deep Dive that revisits her previous essay about anti-racist list-making during the summer of 2020. Along with analyzing artist Cauleen Smith’s drawings of book covers in her Human_3.0 Reading List (2015-2016) project, Malini contrasts the 2020 list-making moment with the absence of topical lists about Palestine during a current “time of neutrality.”