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Jennifer Hessler @jenmhessler.bsky.social · 1d

Bsky is so fun lol 🙄

Jennifer Hessler @jenmhessler.bsky.social · 2d

Wow it looks beautiful!

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Jennifer Hessler @jenmhessler.bsky.social · 2d

Are you in California?

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Jennifer Hessler @jenmhessler.bsky.social · 5d

To be fair though, literally everyone on the metro chooses to ask ME, in particular, for directions every day for some reason and it's a lot of frickin responsibility 😭

Jennifer Hessler @jenmhessler.bsky.social · 5d

I realized too late that I gave someone incorrect directions on the metro this morning, and I haven't been able to stop feeling bad about it all day 😭 Sorry bruh, I hope you made the right connection 😬

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Jennifer Hessler @jenmhessler.bsky.social · 8d

We're hiring at USC Cinematic Arts!

Non-tt, teaching faculty. Focused on teaching our famed Intro to Cinema class. Phd Req

This is a cool role w/a lot of influence for the whole cinema program at USC. I'd be applying if I weren't in a gig

Be my colleague!

usccareers.usc.edu/job/los-ange...

Open-rank Assistant, Associate Professor of the Practice of Cinema and Media Studies at USC

usccareers.usc.edu

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Jennifer Hessler @jenmhessler.bsky.social · 5d

I realized too late that I gave someone incorrect directions on the metro this morning, and I haven't been able to stop feeling bad about it all day 😭 Sorry bruh, I hope you made the right connection 😬

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Jennifer Hessler @jenmhessler.bsky.social · 8d

We're hiring at USC Cinematic Arts!

Non-tt, teaching faculty. Focused on teaching our famed Intro to Cinema class. Phd Req

This is a cool role w/a lot of influence for the whole cinema program at USC. I'd be applying if I weren't in a gig

Be my colleague!

usccareers.usc.edu/job/los-ange...

Open-rank Assistant, Associate Professor of the Practice of Cinema and Media Studies at USC

usccareers.usc.edu

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Jennifer Hessler @jenmhessler.bsky.social · 8d

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Jennifer Hessler @jenmhessler.bsky.social · 8d

My article "The ratings panel from participation to personification: Nielsen and the big data reconfiguration of the audience" is out in Convergence

I draw on years of research in the trade convention circuit to make sense of the way this legacy company is using AI across their product suite

Link👇

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Pete Kunze @petecant.bsky.social · 23d

The Critical Approaches to Black Media Culture conference has a website!

Join us in New Orleans this February!

blackmedia.tulane.edu

Critical Approaches to Black Media Culture Conference | Tulane University

blackmedia.tulane.edu

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Jennifer Hessler @jenmhessler.bsky.social · 20d

Pasadena, where you at?

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Jennifer Hessler @jenmhessler.bsky.social · Sep 4

But ooh yes, the other side of the coin to "free/accessible" is usually "very streamlined," which yes is not good for neurodiversity

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Jennifer Hessler @jenmhessler.bsky.social · Sep 4

From my time in Germany I get the that it’s great for studying, but just as precarious for academics as the US and UK

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Jennifer Hessler @jenmhessler.bsky.social · Sep 3

Congratulations! Must feel amazing

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Jennifer Hessler @jenmhessler.bsky.social · Aug 29

Looks amazing! I'm going next weekend. I'm so excited!!

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Labor Tech Research Network @labortechresearchnetwork.org · Aug 14

CFP: Media Industries and AI: Critical Research on Emerging Trends

docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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Jennifer Hessler @jenmhessler.bsky.social · Aug 14

This is a cool event!

Details:
📍 Location: Alex Theatre, Glendale, CA
📅 Date & Time: September 7, 1:30 PM
Click for tickets

evnsong.ticketspice.com/sev-ohanian-...

Sev Ohanian in Proximity with Ryan Coogler

Get tickets online for Sev Ohanian in Proximity with Ryan Coogler here.

evnsong.ticketspice.com

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Alisa Perren @aperren.bsky.social · Aug 4

My department @utexasrtf.bsky.social is hiring a TT faculty member in media studies. We are looking for faculty who conduct broad-based research in the following areas: media history and industries associated with film, television, and/or digital media.

More here: apply.interfolio.com/171261

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Fan Studies Network @fanstudies.bsky.social · Jul 27

CFP: Beyond the Audience: Rethinking Participation and Power in the Age of
Data Capitalism

January 15-16, Rome, 2026 IULM, University

www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/wa-j...

www.jiscmail.ac.uk

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Jennifer Hessler @jenmhessler.bsky.social · Jul 26

As an extrovert, it's definitely not an extrovert thing. It's a lack of personality thing. Like my Dad used to say when I complained about being bored, "Only boring people are bored."

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Jennifer Hessler @jenmhessler.bsky.social · Jul 26

I ain't flying on no emotional plane O_O

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Jennifer Hessler @jenmhessler.bsky.social · Jul 25

Yeah, just echoing what Sabrina said. When I lived in England, shutting the email down during leave was not bc of law or institutional policy, it was just a cultural norm. I’ve been preaching that we could adopt this cultural norm in the US too for eons.

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mesk @meesk.bsky.social · Jul 21

The Hollywood Conference affirmed my love of small, thematic conferences. I saw so many inspiring talks, and there was enough downtime to have actual conversations with people I have known for a long time and with people I just met here. I hope there will be a second iteration. #HWC2025

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Jennifer Hessler @jenmhessler.bsky.social · Jul 20

Take a break if you need it. But we definitely need more TV representation!

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Tanya Goldman @tanyagoldman.bsky.social · Jul 19

Starting day 3 with @jenmhessler.bsky.social, Charlotte Howell, Denise Mann, and Eleanor Patterson

#HWC2025

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