Jason Mittell
Assoc. Professor of American Studies and Film & Media Culture
Axinn Center at Starr Library 208
Phone: 802.443.3435
Fax: (802) 443-5123
Email: jmittell@middlebury.edu
Web Site
Topics he can discuss include: - television history and criticism
- media industries and society
- race and gender in the media
- new media studies and integrated technology
Media Links:
American Idol, Interview on NPR's Morning Edition, http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=89652902
Television Spoilers, Interview on NPR's Morning Edition, http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=10931808
Jason Mittell is an assistant professor of film and media culture at Middlebury College.
Mittell's expertise is popular culture and media in American history and contemporary society. His research interests include television history and criticism, media industries and society, animation and children's media, race and gender representation in the media, popular music and film criticism, and new media studies and integrated technology.
He is the author of "Genre and Television: From Cop Shows to Cartoons in American Culture" (Routledge, 2004). He has been interviewed on topics such as children and the media, the recent wave of quiz shows and reality television, "Dragnet," and the end of "Seinfeld."