Established in Fall 2017, the Department of Film, Television, and Media’s speaker series creates a space for film and media scholars and artists/practitioners to engage in dialogues about past and contemporary topics that influence media industries, audiences, and society at large. This particular conversation will focus on jobs in new media industries as well as the use of digital platforms for reaching different political constituencies. The participants are Phil Ranta, Head of Gaming Creators, North America at Facebook, and Tara McPherson, Professor and Chair of USC’s School of Cinematic Arts, and author of two award-winning books, FEMINIST IN A SOFTWARE LAB (Harvard University Press 2018) and RECONSTRUCTING DIXIE (Duke 2003).