Ever since the 2011 Society for Cinema and Media Studies conference wrapped up on Sunday, attendees have been sharing their impressions of the conference via Twitter, personal blogs, and SCMS’s recently-relaunched website. Undoubtedly the most provocative of these reports have been the ones written by first-time SCMS attendees, including graduate students Mabel Rosenheck, Noel Kirkpatrick, Myles McNutt, and Justin Horton. Though Mabel, Noel, Myles, and Justin all have their own unique perspectives on the conference (and on conferencing more generally), I think it’s fair to say that their fresh eyes have picked up on aspects of SCMS that are perhaps a little less noticeable to me and other returning attendees.
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