The Society for Cinema and Media Studies (formerly the Society for Cinema Studies) is an organization of professors and scholars. Its home office is at the

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, but it has members throughout the world. SCMS holds an annual conference and publishes ''

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'', a periodical featuring articles on media from a critical (i.e., not

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) perspective. This includes, but is not limited to,

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, television studies,

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, film and media history, and

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. Its stated goals are: Along with the

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, it is one of the principal academic organizations for studying media.

History

SCMS was founded in 1959 as the Society of Cinematologists. It became the Society for Cinema Studies in 1969. It added "media" to its name in 2002 to account for the work of its members outside of the

discipline.

Conference locations

*2021 planned as an online-only conference *2020 Denver (canceled due to the

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) *2019 Seattle *2018 Toronto *2017 Chicago *2016 Atlanta *2015 Montreal *2014 Seattle *2013 Chicago *2012 Boston *2011 New Orleans *2010 Los Angeles *2009 Tokyo (canceled due to concerns about containing the H1N1 Swine Flu"virus) *2008 Philadelphia *2007 Chicago *2006 Vancouver *2005 London *2004 Atlanta *2003 Minneapolis *2002 Denver *2001 Washington, DC *2000 Chicago *1999 West Palm Beach *1998 San Diego (La Jolla) *1997 Ottawa

References

External links

* American film critics associations University of Oklahoma Communications and media organizations based in the United States Non-profit organizations based in the United States {{org-stub