Michael Newman
Degrees
PhD, University of Wisconsin-Madison
MA, University of Wisconsin-Madison
BA, McGill University
Areas of Research and Teaching
American cinema and television
Early video games
Media history, theory, and criticism.
Media studies
Selected Publications
Newman, Michael Z. The Media Studies Toolkit. Routledge, 2022.
Newman, Michael Z. Atari Age: The Emergence of Video Games in America. MIT Press, 2017.
Newman, Michael Z. Video Revolutions: On the History of a Medium. Columbia University Press, 2014.
Newman, Michael Z. Indie: An American Film Culture. Columbia University Press, 2011: 304 pages.
Newman, Michael Z., and Levine, Elana. Legitimating Television: Media Convergence and Cultural Status. Routledge, 2011.
Newman, Michael Z. “From Beats to Arcs: Toward a Poetics of Television Narrative,” The Velvet Light Trap 58 (Fall 2006), 16-28.