Bridget Kies
@bridgetkies.bsky.social
Author of Teaching AI in Film and Media Studies (Routledge, just now); countdown to sabbatical: 7 days
The ILL librarian is a treasure. But don’t folks try to access these articles on their own first? Then they’d realize they’re not real. Am I the only one who looks to see if my uni has access before submitting a request?
December 9, 2025 at 12:46 PM
The ILL librarian is a treasure. But don’t folks try to access these articles on their own first? Then they’d realize they’re not real. Am I the only one who looks to see if my uni has access before submitting a request?
Chap 7: The two of us couldn't write a book without talking about audiences and fans! We look at how fans are using AI to facilitate their fan practices and how AI is being used in the industry to scale audience research.
November 25, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Chap 7: The two of us couldn't write a book without talking about audiences and fans! We look at how fans are using AI to facilitate their fan practices and how AI is being used in the industry to scale audience research.
Chap 6: The 2023 WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes and 2024-25 SAG-AFTRA strike against the video game industry served as bellwethers for what we can expect of film and media industries' use of AI in the future.
November 25, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Chap 6: The 2023 WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes and 2024-25 SAG-AFTRA strike against the video game industry served as bellwethers for what we can expect of film and media industries' use of AI in the future.
Chap 5: We argue that AI hallucinations can be useful moments for teaching about gaps in archives, helping students understand historiography and cultural priorities.
November 25, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Chap 5: We argue that AI hallucinations can be useful moments for teaching about gaps in archives, helping students understand historiography and cultural priorities.
Chap 4: Is generative AI's influence on production and post-production really that novel? We find the same moments of industry panic and audience reaction in the 1990s rise of CGI and the 2000s move to digital.
November 25, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Chap 4: Is generative AI's influence on production and post-production really that novel? We find the same moments of industry panic and audience reaction in the 1990s rise of CGI and the 2000s move to digital.
Chap 3: We trace the many changing meanings of "author" over time, from the director-auteur to the TV writers' room, and we explain the difference, legally and culturally, between AI-assisted and AI-generated screenwriting.
November 25, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Chap 3: We trace the many changing meanings of "author" over time, from the director-auteur to the TV writers' room, and we explain the difference, legally and culturally, between AI-assisted and AI-generated screenwriting.
Chap 2: How does generative AI work with or against copyright law? What arguments can be made that training data is fair use or that AI outputs are transformative works? We trace the current state of lawsuits and copyright policy.
November 25, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Chap 2: How does generative AI work with or against copyright law? What arguments can be made that training data is fair use or that AI outputs are transformative works? We trace the current state of lawsuits and copyright policy.
Chap 1: We can all agree there's an AI literacy crisis in society right now. As media scholars, we're well-trained in media literacy, which we argue can be leveraged to help cultivate AI literacy.
November 25, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Chap 1: We can all agree there's an AI literacy crisis in society right now. As media scholars, we're well-trained in media literacy, which we argue can be leveraged to help cultivate AI literacy.
IDK if anyone is checking the SIG email (I'm not!), but if you want us to signal boost your post or want to write another one tagging us, we'd share around socials.
November 24, 2025 at 8:05 PM
IDK if anyone is checking the SIG email (I'm not!), but if you want us to signal boost your post or want to write another one tagging us, we'd share around socials.
I wanna say, "What year is it?" but then I remember it's about parasocial relationships with AI chatbots, not celebrities' social media.
November 21, 2025 at 11:27 AM
I wanna say, "What year is it?" but then I remember it's about parasocial relationships with AI chatbots, not celebrities' social media.
Coincidentally just watched last night, had never seen before!
November 3, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Coincidentally just watched last night, had never seen before!