SCMS Privacy Policy

SCMS' Privacy Policy was updated in June 2018. You can read it in full here  (opens as a PDF). 

Please note that if you choose to be a member of SCMS, we will add you to our mailing list for the Journal of Cinema and Media Studies (which arrives in hard copy four times a year) and to our email mailing lists for monthly news briefs and general correspondence. You may opt-out of any of these mailings on your profile page (Manage Profile --> Edit Bio, scroll to the bottom of the "Personal Information" section).

SCMS Bylaws & Policies

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SCMS Policy and Politics

As a professional society that includes and welcomes diverse members representing a wide range of cultural and ideological perspectives, SCMS makes it a policy to refrain from making official statements of either support or condemnation on political issues that do not immediately concern film and media, and which might not indicate a position held by a majority of our membership. Any such statement would only be issued following a full discussion by the elected officers and representatives on the SCMS Board of Directors and, in appropriate circumstances, a vote of all SCMS members. The leadership of SCMS does not seek to restrict members from expressing their views, nor to restrict groups supported within SCMS from expressing collective views. However, we must clarify that these views cannot be identified as the views of SCMS and its membership as a whole.

SCMS Position Statement

Issued November 21, 2016. At this historical moment the Board of Directors of SCMS recognizes that the humanities and humanistic knowledge, on which cinema and media studies are still broadly based, are now more essential than ever.  We therefore pledge to maintain SCMS as an inclusive organization open to all individuals who share our field’s commitments to diverse and multiple national origins, races, ethnicities, religions, genders, sexual orientations, classes, abilities, migration statuses, and other expressions or categorizations of identity.  We understand that this commitment extends to our membership overall as well as to what we study.

SCMS Fair Use Policy

For more on SCMS' stance on Fair Use, click here >

SCMS DMCA Policy

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SCMS Statement on Digital Scholarship

In order to access SCMS' statement on digital scholarship click here >

SCMS Accessibility Statement

The Society for Cinema & Media Studies is committed to providing access and reasonable accommodation in its services, programs, activities, education, and employment for individuals with disabilities.  SCMS encourages persons with disabilities to participate in its programs and activities. If you need an accommodation or have questions about the physical access provided by the conference facility, please contact our conference manager/ADA coordinator in advance of your participation or visit. We will use our best efforts to honor reasonable disability accommodation requests.  Please provide your accommodation request at least two weeks in advance of the conference to give us ample opportunity to work with the facility to address your concerns.

SCMS Logo Use Policy and Permission

The Society for Cinema and Media Studies reserves the right to control the use of the SCMS logo.  Use of the SCMS logo for activities, events, webpages, websites, publications, and products must be approved in advance by the Society's Board of Directors.  Requests to use the SCMS brand must be submitted to the Board of Directors at least one month in advance of the proposed usage.  SCMS committees, caucuses, and scholarly interest groups can submit a request to use the logo here. Information on SIG and Caucus logo specifications are here.