About this Journal
- JCMS: Journal of Cinema and Media Studies
- Journal
Formerly Cinema Journal, through volume 57, no.4, Summer 2018 (E-ISSN: 1527-2087, Print ISSN: 0009-7101).
JCMS: Journal of Cinema and Media Studies is the peer-reviewed, scholarly publication of the Society for Cinema and Media Studies (SCMS). JCMS's basic mission is to foster engaged debate and rigorous thinking among humanities scholars of film, television, digital media, and other audiovisual technologies. We are committed to the aesthetic, political, and cultural interpretation of these media and their production, circulation, and reception.
To that end, JCMS is dedicated to intellectual diversity of all kinds. We publish critical inquiry into the global, national, and local circulation of a wide variety of media. We seek to promote a range of approaches to film and media studies and attendant fields, including (but not limited to) digital media, sound studies, visual culture, video game studies, fan studies, and avant-garde and experimental film and media practices. We do not adhere to any methodological approach to media studies, nor do we focus on particular emphases in the field. The journal is open to all areas of humanities-oriented scholarship in media studies, including digital humanities.
In addition to feature articles, each issue of JCMS includes an “In Focus” dossier examining a topic of timely concern to SCMS members and book reviews of recently published texts in the field.
published by
Michigan PublishingAvailable Issues
Vol. 39 (1999/2000) through current issueIndexing/Abstracting
- Academic Search Premier
- Arts and Humanities Index
- Extended Academic Abstracts
- Film Literature Index
- International Index to Film Periodicals
- MLA Bibliography
Additional Information
Additional Materials
Additional Issue Materials
- -- Volume 63, Issue 2, Winter 2024
- Editorial Board -- Volume 63, Issue 1, Fall 2023
- Editorial Board -- Volume 62, Issue 3, Spring 2023
- Editorial Board -- Volume 62, Issue 2, Winter 2023
- Editorial Board -- Volume 62, Issue 1, Fall 2022
- Editorial Board -- Volume 61, Issue 4, Summer 2022
- Editorial Board -- Volume 61, Issue 3, Spring 2022
- Editorial Board -- Volume 61, Issue 2, Winter 2022
- Editorial Board -- Volume 61, Issue 1, Fall 2021
- Editorial Board -- Volume 60, Issue 4, Summer 2021
- Editorial Board -- Volume 60, Issue 3, Spring 2021
- Editorial Board -- Volume 60, Issue 2, Winter 2021
- Editorial Board -- Volume 60, Issue 1, Fall 2020
- Editorial Board -- Volume 59, Number 4, Summer 2020
- Editorial Board -- Volume 59, Number 3, Spring 2020
- Editorial Board -- Volume 59, Number 2, Winter 2020
- Editorial Board -- Volume 59, Number 1, Fall 2019
- Editorial Board -- Volume 58, Number 4, Summer 2019
- Editorial Board -- Volume 58, Number 3, Spring 2019
- Editorial Board -- Volume 58, Number 2, Winter 2019
- Editorial Board -- Volume 58, Number 1, Fall 2018
- Editorial Board -- Cinema Journal Retrospective
- Editorial Board -- Volume 57, Number 4, Summer 2018
- Editorial Board -- Volume 57, Number 3, Spring 2018
- Editorial Board -- Volume 57, Number 2, Winter 2018
- Editorial Board -- Volume 57, Number 1, Fall 2017
- Editorial Board -- Volume 56, Number 4, Summer 2017
- Editorial Board -- Volume 56, Number 3, Spring 2017
- Editorial Board -- Volume 56, Number 2, Winter 2017
- Editorial Board -- Volume 56, Number 1, Fall 2016
- Editorial Board -- Volume 55, Number 4, Summer 2016
- Editorial Board -- Volume 55, Number 3, Spring 2016
- Editorial Board -- Volume 55, Number 2, Winter 2016
- Editorial Board -- Volume 55, Number 1, Fall 2015