Public Lecture
You are warmly invited to attend a public lecture by internationally renowned television scholar, Professor Amanda Lotz, titled “Evolution or Revolution? Television in Transformation”
Abstract: Is television in the midst of typical change—evolution— or is something more profound occurring? This talk explores the change and continuity characteristic of contemporary television based on the disruptions introduced by digital distribution.
Amanda D. Lotz is Professor at the University of Michigan and Fellow at the Media Center at Peabody. She is the author of five books including Portals: A Treatise on Internet-Distributed Television and The Television Will Be Revolutionized, and co-author of Understanding Media Industries and Television Studies. Her new book, We Now Disrupt This Broadcast: How Cable Transformed Television and the Internet Revolutionized It All, will be released in March 2018.
Lecture to be chaired by Associate Professor Belinda Smaill from Monash University
Date: Thursday, 24th August 2017
Time: 5:45pm (for 6pm start)
Place: Treasury Theatre, Lower Plaza, 1 McArthur St, East Melbourne
Sponsored by the Film and Screen Studies Program, the School of Media, Film and Journalism, and the Film, Media and Communications Graduate Research Program at Monash University