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Phylis Johnson

Phylis Johnson, Ph.D., Southern Illinois University Carbondale, is Professor and Director of the School of Journalism and Mass Communications at San José State University, and Emeritus Professor of Sound and New Media in the College of Mass Communication and Media Arts at Southern Illinois University, Carbondale. She is the founding co-editor of Resonance: Journal of Sound and Culture (University of California Press), former editor of Soundscape: The Journal of Acoustic Ecology and the past editor of The Journal of Radio and Audio Media. She has authored six books in media studies, numerous research chapters and journal articles, as well as arts reviews and magazine features on gaming, sound and new media, particularly virtual and mixed reality. She has presented internationally, and has more than 20 years of professional radio experience. If you would like to know more about her latest book on the future of journalism, follow her blog. https://futuremediajournalism.wordpress.com/

Publications

Imagined Futures: Science Fiction and Technology Collide

This chapter offers a glimpse into the future through the lens of science fiction authors who have served as modern-day prophets. In that sci-fi books, short stories, films...

Virtual Worlds: Future Life as Simulation

This chapter introduces the concept of the avatar as a human surrogate in a synthetic world, in which nearly all aspects of daily life are replicated. Further, one to a few...

The Future Electronic News Media

This chapter addresses how technological and social changes will impact electronic news operations, prompting the rise of niche subscription services for many news operations...

The Social and Technological Revolution in Sports Journalism

This chapter examines how future cultural and technological dynamics will expand the popularity of physical and electronic sports not only in the U.S.A. but will provide...

Moon Media

This chapter takes a leap forward and reimagines what it will mean to colonize the Moon and one day even Mars. It investigates advances in technology and attempts to configure...

The Whole Flying Cars Thing: Sky Frontiers of the Future

This chapter examines the latest mode of personal and public transportation and considers its impact on society, from daily life to career. It comes with no surprise that our...

The Future of American Politics: The “Immigrant” Election 2050

This chapter provides a future scenario of how climate challenges, changing demographics, and new technologies will shape the political landscape by 2050. Smart voting, migration...

Radio Space Wars: Beyond Broadcasting, Podcasting, and Audio Implants

This chapter examines how radio will continue to adapt to the tremendous technological and social challenges of the future. Sound is still one of the most underrated and...

The Future Is Africa: Journalism in the New World Order

Africa promises a challenge to the world. Many tech companies will continue to move to Africa to test new technologies on what they believe is fertile ground for a large-scale...