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Ariel Rogers is an Associate Professor at Northwestern University’s School of Communication, where she specializes in Cinema and Media Studies. Her research focuses on the history and theory of cinema and related media, with a particular emphasis on emerging technologies and new media. Rogers’s scholarship critically examines the historical context and embeddedness of emerging technologies and the impact they have on our understanding of cinema, television, and digital media. She is interested in the intersections of history, theory, culture, and cinema studies as well as the evolving functions of technology in media experience. Her notable publications include the books 'Cinematic Appeals: Experience New Movie Technologies' (Columbia University Press, 2013) and 'Screen: Displaying Moving Image, 1926-1942' (Columbia University Press, 2019), both of which explore the impact of technological changes on the experience of cinema. Currently, she is working on a new book that revisits the concept of the cinematic frame in light of contemporary uses of virtual reality.
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