Michael Fennessey

Bio

Michael Fennessey (he/him) is a PhD student in the Communication, Rhetoric, and Digital Media department at NC State. He earned his MA in Literature at UC Santa Cruz. He is primarily interested in applying Marxist political economy, materialist media theory, decolonial media theory, and sound studies to understand how media technologies, infrastructures, and institutions shape knowledge production, subject formation, and power relationships. He seeks to elucidate how different modes of perception correspond with different media technologies which form the material basis for understanding and experience. Outside of academia, he is a musician (drummer) who loves animals and the outdoors.

 

Area(s) of Expertise

Materialist Media Theory
Marxist Theory
Decolonial Media Theory
Sound Studies
Cultural Studies
The Frankfurt School