The ''Journal of Cinema and Media Studies'' (formerly ''Cinema Journal'' and ''The Journal of the Society of Cinematologists'') is the official

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of the

Society for Cinema and Media Studies The Society for Cinema and Media Studies (formerly the Society for Cinema Studies) is an organization of professors and scholars. Its home office is at the University of Oklahoma, but it has members throughout the world. SCMS holds an annual confer ...

(formerly the Society for Cinema Studies). It covers

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visual arts The visual arts are art forms such as painting, drawing, printmaking, sculpture, ceramics, photography, video, filmmaking, design, crafts and architecture. Many artistic disciplines such as performing arts, conceptual art, and textile arts al ...

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, film and media history, and

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and is published by the

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History

The journal began publishing in 1961 as ''The Journal of the Society of Cinematologists''—publishing research from the organization that would become SCS and then SCMS. In 1966, it evolved into ''Cinema Journal''. It remained so named until October 2018 when it became ''The Journal of Cinema and Media Studies'' to better align itself with the name of its host organization.

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