About: Charles R. Acland

Charles Reid Acland (born October 4, 1963) is a professor and was the Department Chairperson in the Communications Studies Department at Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada from 2018 until June 1, 2020. His research interests include: popular culture, media studies, cultural history and cultural theory. He is the Editor of the Canadian Journal of Film Studies and co-editor of Useful Cinema (Duke University Press, 2011), Residual Media (University of Minnesota Press, 2007), and Harold Innis in the New Century (McGill-Queen's University Press, 1999). He is also the author of three books: Swift Viewing: The Popular Life of Subliminal Influence (Duke University Press, 2012), Screen Traffic: Movies, Multiplexes, and Global Culture (Duke University Press, 2003) and Youth, Murder, Spec