Journal of Cinema and Media Studies

*Journal of Cinema and Media Studies*
Discipline	Film studies, television studies
Language	English
Edited by	Bo Ruberg and Elizabeth Ellcessor
Publication details
Former name(s)	Cinema Journal; The Journal of the Society of Cinematologists
History	1961–present
Publisher	University of Michigan Press (United States)
Frequency	5 issues annually
Standard abbreviations;
ISO 4	J. Cine. Media Stud.
Indexing;
ISSN	0009-7101 (print); 1527-2087 (web);
LCCN	75649099
JSTOR	00097101
OCLC no.	02244743
Links
	Journal homepage; Journal page at publisher's website; Online access at Project MUSE;

The Journal of Cinema and Media Studies (formerly Cinema Journal and The Journal of the Society of Cinematologists) is the official academic journal of the Society for Cinema and Media Studies (formerly the Society for Cinema Studies). It covers film studies, television studies, media studies, visual arts, cultural studies, film and media history, and moving image studies and is published by the University of Michigan Press.

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.^[1] In 1966, it evolved into Cinema Journal.^[2] 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.^[3]