2009 Symposium Podcasts

Here are the audio podcasts of each talk from the 2009 Frontiers of New Media Symposium. Click on the title of the talk to play as an MP3, or right-click to download for listening elsewhere. (The 2007 podcasts are available here.)

2009 Symposium Synopsis

The second Frontiers of New Media Symposium, on September 18th and 19th, 2009, was (in our modest opinions) a great success. Fourteen leading scholars of communication, history, and media came together for two days of lively and provocative conversation about the intersection and future of their fields. The participating scholars, University of Utah faculty, students, [...]

Whew!

The symposium is over and it was, I think, a great success. Thanks again to David Simmons for sponsoring this meeting and to all the organizers, the tech help, and all of our participants and guests. It was terrific to meet you all, and all of us here enjoyed and profited from our conversations, formal [...]

Introduction and Invitations

Hello! Thank you for visiting the Frontiers of New Media Symposium. My name is Rob MacDougall. I study and teach the history of communication technology, and I am delighted to be the new Simmons Visiting Assistant Professor of History and Communication at the University of Utah. I’ve only recently arrived here, and like every other [...]