Aymar Jean Christian

Aymar Jean "AJ" Christian is Associate Professor of Communication Studies and Director of the Media and Data Equity Lab at Northwestern University. His research focuses on the political economy of legacy and new media, cultural studies and community-based research. He is the author of Open TV: Innovation Beyond Hollywood and the Rise of Web Television (2018), and has been published in numerous academic journals, including the International Journal of Communication, Television & New Media, Social Media & Society, Journal of Cinema and Media Studies, among other journals and edited collections.