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TIE Preview of Upcoming Reads in Media and Technology Studies, 2025
Posted on September 30, 2025 in Upcoming Reads
Media and technology shape every facet of our lives—from how we communicate and learn to how we work and govern, including how people of color and others with marginalized identities are treated. Understanding both through a DEIA lens is therefore critical. The following list of forthcoming titles in media and technology studies reflects a growing commitment to interrogating the power structures, cultural narratives, and systemic biases embedded in our digital and media landscapes. These works not only explore the transformative potential of emerging technologies and media forms but also emphasize the urgent need to design and critique them with equity and justice at the forefront.
AI for the Rest of Us: An Illustrated Introduction, by Sairam Sundaresan. Bloomsbury, Oct. 2025. ISBN 9798881807955 $24.95
Amateurs!: How We Built Internet Culture and Why it Matters, by Joanna Walsh. Verso, Sep. 2025. ISBN 9781839765391 $24.95
Appropriating Technology: How We Make Digital Tools Our Own, by Pierre Tchounikine. The MIT Press, Oct. 2025. ISBN 9780262553872 $55.00
Archie Bunker for President: How One Television Show Remade American Politics, by Oscar Winberg. North Carolina, Nov. 2025. ISBN 9781469690902 $29.95
Architecture, Media and Tourist Practice, by Georgia Lindsay and Mark Sawyer. Taylor & Francis Group, Feb. 2026e. ISBN 9781032449425 $160.00
Archiving Machines: From Punch Cards to Platforms, by Amelia Acker. The MIT Press, Nov. 2025. ISBN 9780262553247 $40.00
Artificial Intelligence: Shaping the Future of Innovation, by Alfred Essa. De Gruyter, Oct. 2025e. ISBN 9783111582382 $24.99
Artificial Media Emerging Trends in Narratives, Education and Creative Practice, ed. by Nelson Zagalo and Damián Keller. Springer, Sep. 2025e. ISBN 9783031890369 $199.99
Atomic Bombshells: How Plastics Shaped Postwar Bodies, by Isabelle Held. Duke, Feb. 2026e. ISBN 9781478029656 $114.95
Barbie in the Media, ed. by Emily R. Aguiló-Pérez and Rebecca C. Hains. Palgrave Macmillan, Sep. 2025e. ISBN 9783031899003 $159.99
Biological and Environmental Nanotechnology, ed. by Zeljka Krpetic and Marco Monopoli. Taylor & Francis Group, Feb. 2026e. ISBN 9780367200626 $159.95
Black Light: Revealing the Hidden History of Photography and Cinema, by Christophe Wall-Romana. Minnesota, Feb. 2026. ISBN 9781517917760 $30.00
By Their Work: Indigenous Women’s Digital Media in North America, by Joanna Hearne and Karrmen Crey. Minnesota, Nov. 2025. ISBN 9781517919061 $30.00
The Cambridge Handbook of the Governance of Technology, ed. by Roger Brownsword and Larry A. DiMatteo. Cambridge, Dec. 2025. ISBN 9781009522533 $195.00
Chilling Effects: Repression, Conformity, and Power in the Digital Age, by Jonathon W. Penney. Cambridge, Nov. 2025. ISBN 9781108725309 $30.00
Cinemas of Bisexual Transgression: Engelberg, Jacob, by Jacob Engelberg. Duke, Jan. 2026e. ISBN 9781478029526 $119.95
Colonial Surveillance: Technologies of Identification and Control in Japan’s Empire, by Midori Ogasawara. Stanford, Jan. 2026. ISBN 9781506344717 $30.00
Color Protocols: Technologies of Racial Encoding in Chromatic Media, ed. by Carolyn L. Kane and Lida Zeitlin-Wu. The MIT Press, Sep. 2025. ISBN 9780262553506 $45.00
Content Confusion: News Media, Native Advertising, and Policy in an Era of Disinformation, by Michelle A. Amazeen. The MIT Press, Nov. 2025. ISBN 9780262553605 $50.00
Creativity in the Age of AI: Toolkits for the Modern Mind, by Jerry Wind with Mukul Pandya and Deborah Yao. De Gruyter, Oct. 2025e. ISBN 9783111698106 $24.99
Crip Screens: Countering Psychiatric Media Technologies, by Olivia Banner. Duke, Oct. 2025e. ISBN 9781478029205 $103.95
Crude Creatures: Confronting Representations of Black People in Yiddish Culture, by Gil Ribak. NYU Press, Oct. 2025. ISBN 9781479837977 $39.00
Curating Deviance: Programming the Queer Film Canon, by Marc Francis. Duke, Feb. 2026e. ISBN 9781478029632 $119.95
De Gruyter Handbook of Digital and Online Arts Marketing: Technological, Social, and Cultural Trends, ed. by Desmond Hui and Christine Choy. De Gruyter, Dec. 2025e. ISBN 9783110754612 $160.99
Digital Authoritarianism in the Making: Repression and Resistance on the Russian Internet, ed. by Françoise Daucé, Benjamin Loveluck, and Francesca Musiani. The MIT Press, Oct. 2025. ISBN 9780262553674 $60.00
Digital Co-Production of Public Services: Citizens, Challenges and Cases, ed. by Taco Brandsen et al. Edward Elgar Publishing, Jan. 2026. ISBN 9781035324286 $125.00
Digital Copyright Wars: US Copyright in the Global Political Economy, from Betamax to ChatGPT, by Madison Cartwright. Lynne Rienner Publishers, Jan. 2026. ISBN 9798896163404 $98.00
Digital Identity in the Age of Big Tech, by Cynthia Tysick. Taylor & Francis Group, Sep. 2025e. ISBN 9781032887319 $190.00
Digital Innovation and Sustainability in Education, ed. by Joanna Rosak-Szyrocka et al. Edward Elgar Publishing, Dec. 2025. ISBN 9781035359554 $145.00
Digital Literacy as a Catalyst for Critical Thinking from Media to Artificial Intelligence, ed. by Meltem Özel. Springer, Oct. 2025e. ISBN 9783031967191 $169.99
Digital Media Law: Rights, Rules, and Regulations in the Age of AI, by Michael E. Jones. Bloomsbury, Sep. 2025. ISBN 9781538196908 $110.00
Digital Transformation and Public Welfare Services: The Opportunity, the Challenge, and the Wildcard, by John Storm Pedersen. Edward Elgar Publishing, Sep. 2025. ISBN 9781035325443 $110.00
Disclosureland: How Corporate Words Constrain Racial Progress, by Atinuke O. Adediran. Cambridge, Jan. 2026. ISBN 9781009442985 $39.99
Doing Nothing, by James Currie. Duke, Jan. 2026e. ISBN 9781478029601 $89.95
The Double Bind of Disability: How Medical Technology Shapes Bodily Authority, by Rebecca Monteleone. Minnesota, Nov. 2025. ISBN 9781517917685 $25.00
Emerging Genres: New Formations of Games, ed. by Josh Call et al. Bloomsbury, Dec. 2025. ISBN 9798765125618 $130.00
Entertained or Else: Boredom and Networked Media, by Tina Kendall. Bloomsbury, Oct. 2025. ISBN 9798765107584 $29.95
Epistemic Genres: New Formations of Play, ed. by Gerald Voorhees et al. Bloomsbury, Dec. 2025. ISBN 9798765125540 $130.00
Fermentation Biotechnology for Functional Foods, ed. by Kalidas Shetty and Lena Gálvez Ranilla. Taylor & Francis Group, Sep. 2025e. ISBN 9781032996530 $260.00
Go Back and Fetch It: Recovering Early Black Music in the Americas for Fiddle and Banjo, by Kristina R. Gaddy and Rhiannon Giddens. North Carolina, Sep. 2025. ISBN 9781469690575 $19.95
Governing Babel: The Debate over Social Media Platforms and Free Speech—and What Comes Next, by John P. Wihbey. The MIT Press, Oct. 2025. ISBN 9780262049917 $29.95
Handbook on Gender and Digital Media, ed. by Dustin Harp, Ingrid Bachmann, and Jaime Loke. Edward Elgar Publishing, Sep. 2025. ISBN 9781035313563 $305.00
Handbook on the Sociology of Work, ed. by Chris Rees et al. Edward Elgar Publishing, Dec. 2025. ISBN 9781035302369 $345.00
How Women Conquer the Metaverse: The Next Social Revolution, by Phylis West Johnson and Tina Korani. Bloomsbury, Feb. 2026. ISBN 9781666939415 $110.00
Human-Computer Interaction and U.S. Law, by Jonathan Lazar et al. Cambridge, Dec. 2025. ISBN 9781009096270 $44.99
In the Mood for Texture: The Revival of Bangkok as a Chinese City, by Arnika Fuhrmann. Duke, Jan. 2026e. ISBN 9781478029540 $99.95
In the Spirit, In the Dark: Black Music and Political Activism, by Najja K. Baptist. NYU Press, Feb. 2026. ISBN 9781479820344 $28.00
Indigenomicon: American Indians, Video Games, and the Structures of Dispossession, by Jodi A. Byrd. Duke, Nov. 2025e. ISBN 9781478029274 $119.95
Influencer Creep: How Optimization, Authenticity, and Self-Branding Transform Creative Culture, by Sophie Bishop. California, Oct. 2025. ISBN 9780520402706 $29.95
Killing the Messenger: The War on Social Media, by Ashutosh Bhagwat. Cambridge, Oct. 2025. ISBN 9781009547659 $31.00
Media and Past Conflict in Europe, ed. by Eugenia Siapera, Anke Fiedler, and Ken Andresen. Taylor & Francis Group, Dec. 2025e. ISBN 9781032513959 $190.00
Media Literacy and Immigration, by Keith Perera. Taylor & Francis Group, Jan. 2026e. ISBN 9780367615000 $160.00
Mexican Watchdogs: The Rise of a Critical Press since the 1980s, by Andrew Paxman. North Carolina, Oct. 2025. ISBN 9781469684987 $34.95
Mourning on Mobile Media: Everyday Affective Witnessing, by Larissa Hjorth. The MIT Press, Nov. 2025. ISBN 9780262553551 $45.00
The Museum as Large-Room Pinball Machine: A 1967 New York City Seminar Featuring Marshall McLuhan, Harley Parker, and Museum Professionals, ed. by William J. Buxton. University of Alberta Press, Dec. 2025. ISBN 9781772128277 $29.99
The New Politics of Online Feminism, by Akane Kanai. Duke, Feb. 2026e. ISBN 9781478029755 $103.95
Noisy Memory: Recording Sound, Performing Archives, by Brian Harnetty. North Carolina, Sep. 2025. ISBN 9781469691343 $27.95
Notes Toward a Digital Workers’ Inquiry, by THE CAPACITOR COLLECTIVE. Common Notions Press, Dec. 2025e. ISBN 9781945335488 $20.00
On Loop: Black Sonic Politics in Oakland, by Alex Werth. California, Oct. 2025. ISBN 9780520416079 $24.95
On the Eve of the Cybercultural Revolution: Black Power and Capitalism in the 1960s, by Brian Bartell. Minnesota, Oct. 2025. ISBN 9781517913939 $27.00
Pandemic Communication and Participation: Learning from Civil Society Engagement in Italy, by Donatella della Porta et al. Edward Elgar Publishing, Nov. 2025. ISBN 9781035373550 $125.00
Publishing Beyond the Market: Open Access, Care, and the Commons, by Samuel A. Moore. Michigan, Sep. 2025. ISBN 9780472057634 $24.95
Relational Technologies: In Search of the Self across Datafied Lifeworlds, ed. by Amanda Lagerkvist and Jacek Smolicki. Bloomsbury, Jan. 2026. ISBN 9798765118764 $120.00
Reparative Media: Cultivating Stories and Platforms to Heal Our Culture, by Aymar Jèan Escoffery. The MIT Press, Dec. 2025. ISBN 9780262553261 $45.00
A Research Agenda for Migration and Innovation, ed. by Francesco Lissoni and Andrea Morrison. Edward Elgar Publishing, Sep. 2025. ISBN 9781035308460 $130.00
A Research Agenda for Tourism, Digitalisation and Sustainability, ed. by Lluís Alfons Garay-Tamajón. Edward Elgar Publishing, Nov. 2025. ISBN 9781035346004 $140.00
Research Handbook on Cyberpsychology, ed. by Michelle F. Wright. Edward Elgar Publishing, Nov. 2025. ISBN 9781803929477 $300.00
Research Handbook on Digital Transformation and Responsibility, ed. by Noel Carroll. Edward Elgar Publishing, Jan. 2026. ISBN 9781035339877 $265.00
Research Methods for Social Media Journalism, ed. by Jonathan Hendrickx and Michaël Opgenhaffen. Taylor & Francis Group, Dec. 2025e. ISBN 9781032940632 $190.00
Rethinking Digital Literacy, by Guy Merchant. Edward Elgar Publishing, Oct. 2025. ISBN 9781035342037 $115.00
Rethinking Media Economics, by Alan B. Albarran. Edward Elgar Publishing, Oct. 2025. ISBN 9781035341955 $105.00
Revolutions in Communication: Media History from Gutenberg to the Digital Age, by Bill Kovarik. Bloomsbury, Oct. 2025. ISBN 9798765107164 $37.95
Rewiring Democracy: How AI Will Transform Our Politics, Government, and Citizenship, by Bruce Schneier and Nathan E. Sanders. The MIT Press, Oct. 2025. ISBN 9780262049948 $29.95
Rules for Reactionaries: How to Maintain Inequality and Stop Social Justice, by Lee Bebout. NYU Press, Oct. 2025. ISBN 9781479829514 $27.00
The Routledge Companion to Mobile Media, ed. by Gerard Goggin, Larissa Hjorth. 2nd ed. Taylor & Francis Group, Sep. 2025e. ISBN 9780367759049 $300.00
Sexuality, Gender, and Online Cultures of Play: How Marginalized Players and Streamers Navigate and Create Gaming Culture, by Christine Tomlinson. Bloomsbury, Feb. 2026. ISBN 9781666960228 $110.00
Society and Knowledge in a Turbulent Era, by Nico Stehr. Edward Elgar Publishing, Nov. 2025. ISBN 9781035344802 $180.00
The Spectacle of Online Life, ed. by Danielle Antoinette Hidalgo, Christopher T. Conner, and Matthew N. Hannah. Bloomsbury, Oct. 2025. ISBN 9781666948387 $120.00
Streaming Wars: How Getting Everything We Wanted Changed Entertainment Forever, by Charlotte Henry. Kogan Page, Oct. 2025. ISBN 9781398622548 $19.99
Successful Technology Clusters in the 21st Century, ed. by Christian Hugo Hoffmann and Joachim Jan Thraen. De Gruyter, Feb. 2026e. ISBN 9783111630038 $37.99
Sustainable Digital Enterprise: Innovating Strategies for the Social Media Ecosystem, by Maria Giovanna Confetto and Claudia Covucci. Edward Elgar Publishing, Sep. 2025. ISBN 9781035365432 $115.00
Tech: When Silicon Valley Remakes the World, by Olivier Alexandre. California, Sep. 2025. ISBN 9780520413740 $27.95
Technologies of Kinship: Asian American Racialization and the Making of Family, by LiLi Johnson. NYU Press, Nov. 2025. ISBN 9781479833368 $30.00
Technology Development and Commercialization: Concepts, Tools and Best Practices, by Craig S. Galbraith and Alex F. DeNoble. De Gruyter, Dec. 2025e. ISBN 9783111683782 $64.99
Technology, Globalisation and Migration: Interconnected Challenges for Inequality and Skills, ed. by Steven Dhondt, Ulrich Zierahn-Weilage, and Leire Aldaz Odriozola. Edward Elgar Publishing, Dec. 2025. ISBN 9781035373642 $125.00
A Thousand Paper Cuts: US Empire and the Bureaucratic Life of War, by Anjali Nath. Duke, Nov. 2025e. ISBN 9781478029410 $103.95
Total Market American: Race, Data, and Advertising, by Marcel Rosa-Salas. Duke, Oct. 2025e. ISBN 9781478029151 $103.95
Twentieth Century New Media, by Paddy Scannell. Taylor & Francis Group, Dec. 2025e. ISBN 9781032656298 $190.00
Unlocking the Power of the Cloud: Governance, Artificial Intelligence, Risk Management, Value, by Meredith Stein and David Linthicum. De Gruyter, Nov. 2025e. ISBN 9783111617107 $21.99
Videotape, by Oana Godeanu-Kenworthy. Bloomsbury, Sep. 2025. ISBN 9798765100004 $14.95
The War on Tenure, by Deepa Das Acevedo. Cambridge, Sep. 2025. ISBN 9781009596831 $30.99
What Is Intelligence?: Lessons from AI About Evolution, Computing, and Minds, by Blaise Agüera y Arcas. The MIT Press, Sep. 2025. ISBN 9780262049955 $34.95
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