Delores Phillips and Cultural Studies Association’s New Media and Digital Cultures Working Group Co-Host Reed Van Schenck discuss AI literacy, digital politics, and the 2024 US presidential election with authors Elizabeth Losh (William and Mary) and Rita Raley (UC Santa Barbara). This podcast is accompanied by a scholarly commentary by Stefania Milan.
Articles by Reed Van Schenck
Reed Van Schenck is Assistant Professor of Communication and Media at IE University, Spain. Their research applies cultural studies frames to understand reactionary publics and infrastructures on and of the Internet. Their research appears in venues such as Media, Culture & Society and Communication and Critical/Cultural Studies. They are co-editor of a special section of Lateral, "Digital Platforms and Agency," with Elaine Venter, forthcoming in 2025. Their forthcoming book, The Reactionary Web (Bristol University Press), unearths how capitalist platform governance accommodates white nationalist digital networks.