A pivot away from Trump...and toward the apocalypse!!! Just the latest example of how religions today are “brand cultures...” ⁦CMRC⁩ ⁦Ashley Campbell, PhD⁩ ⁦Nabil Echchaibi⁩ ⁦@sarahposner⁩ ⁦ProfB⁩ washingtonpost.com/religion/jerem…

Tomorrow we welcome ProfB as a guest to our #CMRCseminar.

Always a pleasure listening to ProfB. Thank you for the great analysis and the inspiration today. Read her book. CMRC

As I said yesterday...seemingly a toxic mix of religion, masculinity, guns, misogyny, and now I’ll add media cultures—social and otherwise... ⁦CMRC⁩ ⁦ProfB⁩ religionnews.com/2021/03/17/atl…

This is a good and surprisingly thorough deep-dive into religion and the Atlanta shooter. ⁦CMRC⁩ washingtonpost.com/religion/2021/…

10 fatalaties in the #Boulder shooting today. This hurts so much! You can send your prayers all you want, but if we don't get rid of these guns, this country will keep killing and traumatizing its own people for years to come. #BoulderStrong

Nabil Echchaibi Words fail.... and it’s close to home so there’s real anxiety I might know one or more victims... or

Nabil Echchaibi The only thing that temporarily slowed this epidemic of mass shootings was the epidemic that killed 500,000+ ... none of that is OK.

This is a great analysis from Sarah McFarland Taylor of Netflix's A Week Away on our site. hypermediations.net/netflixs-a-wee… CMRC

So exciting to host @SuppMontgomerie and hear about her superb work on how religion influenced the imaginary of communication technologies and network culture. You can read about it in her new and fascinating book, When the Medium Was the Mission. CMRC

What a fascinating conversation with the great sarah banet-weiser today about her new project on the economies and the labor of believability in times of post-truth and popular misogyny. Thank you so much, Sarah. So inspiring. CMRC

Can anyone really doubt anymore that we have to understand how religion is a major element of race/gender/class politics? Culturalist media scholars take note! ⁦CMRC⁩ ⁦Nabil Echchaibi⁩ ⁦sarah banet-weiser⁩ #capitolsiegereligion theguardian.com/world/2021/apr…

An excellent piece...new/old fascism as weaponized nostalgia... weaponized in large measure by media...and invigorated by religion ⁦CMRC⁩ ⁦sarah banet-weiser⁩ ⁦@sarahposner⁩ ⁦Ashley Campbell, PhD⁩ #capitolsiegereligion culanth.org/fieldsights/th…

A superb essay by my colleague @loriemerson with excellent reviews of must-read books by @SuppMontgomerie, Charlton McIlwain & Cait McKinney lareviewofbooks.org/article/altern… CMRC Hypermediations cubouldercmci

"I entered my Studies in Religion major with an awfully patronising view of religious people, thinking that I would be validated in that, and I came out with a far more nuanced perspective." SaveUsydArts bit.ly/2QqvvYo

It's an honor to receive this award from ICA Global Communication and Social Change (GCSC). Thank you to the division & reviewers. Please think of the millions of refugees & migrants who must risk it all just to live. You can read the paper for free brill.com/view/journals/… CU Boulder CMCI Media Studies cubouldercmci CMRC

Congrats to our very own Nabil Echchaibi for winning Best Faculty Paper for his work on the politics of movement!

Come join our wonderful team at the University of Denver! We are looking for a tenure-trace Assistant Professor in Media, Race, Equity and Justice: jobs.du.edu/cw/en-us/job/4…

Last year, our CU Boulder CMCI Media Studies welcomed two amazing colleagues: Colette Perold & Josh Shepperd. This year, we welcome two wonderful colleagues: Saeid Rajabi & Ted Striphas. So excited to be part of this department.

This story directly ties Russian Orthodox politics to US gunvangelism and right wing activism made possible by media “affective infrastructures” in US and Russia…⁦CMRC⁩ ⁦ProfB⁩ ⁦@sarahposner⁩ ⁦@GorskiPhilip⁩ nytimes.com/2022/07/03/us/…