Maxwell, Richard

I am a Professor of Media Studies at Queens College, City University of New York. My research has focused on international communication, surveillance, the environmental impact of information and communication technologies, and labor in global high-tech industries. My books include The Spectacle of Democracy: Spanish Television, Nationalism, and Political Transition (University of Minnesota Press, 1995), Global Hollywood (I and 2) (with Toby Miller, 2001), Culture Works: The Political Economy of Culture (University of Minnesota Press, 2001), Herbert Schiller (Rowman & Littlefield, 2003), The Routledge Companion to Labor and Media (Routledge, 2015), Media and the Ecological Crisis (with Jon Raundalen & Nina Lager Vestberg, 2014), and Greening the Media (with Toby Miller, 2012). My latest book is How Green Is Your Smartphone? (with Toby Miller, 2020)

I am standing for the International Council to reaffirm my commitment to the internationalism of the IAMCR, which I would like to see continue to grow in its traditional areas of strength as well as in new directions such as environmental communication and research on sustainability in the ICT and consumer electronics sectors. I am also a member of the IAMCR Environmental Committee, and I support the committee’s efforts to help the organization move toward greener organizational strategies, including ways to mitigate the impact of our meetings, conferences, and congresses.