Joaquin Serpe

Assistant Professor of Visual and Media Arts at Emerson College

Joaquín Serpe is a media and cultural studies scholar whose research interest focuses on how the transition from broadcast to digital media has transformed media pedagogy and the dissemination of political thought. His book project, The Progressive Imaginary, examines how popular icons strategically utilize television and digital platforms to reimagine Argentina’s recent history and politics in the aftermath of the country’s 2001 economic crisis.

His new project Disinformation Platforms: Reactionary Media in the Americas explores right-wing media content, platforms, companies, think tanks, and NGOs that support and connect the reactionary movement across South and North America, revealing a network that thrives on disinformation and intentional obscurity. His recent work has been published in Streaming Video: Storytelling Across Borders (Lobato and Lotz, 2023, NYU Press) and in Culture Machine.

He received his PhD in Film and Moving Image Studies from Concordia University, Montréal. He has an MA in Film Studies from Concordia University and a B.F.A. in Audiovisual Design from the University of Buenos Aires. He also has a background in sound engineering in Argentine television.

Before Emerson, he was visiting assistant professor of platform and digital media studies at New York University.