Publications
Updated Sept. 16th 2010Books
Elmer, Greg & Opel, Andy (2008) Preempting Dissent: The Politics of an Inevitable Future. Arbeiter Ring Press. More Information...
Opel, Andy. (2004). Micro Radio and the FCC: Media Activism and the Struggle Over Broadcast Policy. Praeger Press. More Information...
Opel, Andy & Pompper, Donnalyn, Eds. (2003). Representing Resistance: Media, Civil Disobedience and the Global Justice Movement. Praeger Press. More Information...
Refereed Publications
Proffitt, Jennifer; Opel, A.; Gaccione, J. (2009). Taking Root in the Sunshine State: The Emergence of the Media Reform Movement in the State of Florida. Journal of Communication Inquiry. 33(4), pp 318-336
Opel, Andy. (2008). From Water Crisis to Water Culture: An Interview with Vandana Shiva. Cultural Studies. 22(3-4), pp 497-507
Opel, Andy. (2006). Corporate Culture Keeps Nature Regular: Super-Citizens, Media and the 'Metamucil and Old Faithful' Ad. Capitalism Nature Socialism, 17(3), pp. 100-113.
Elmer, Greg & Opel, A. (2006). Surviving the Inevitable Future: Preemption in the Age of Faulty Intelligence. Cultural Studies. 20(4-5), pp. 477-492.
Opel, Andy & Templin, Rich. (2005). Is Anybody Reading This? Indymedia and Internet Traffic Reports, Transformations, 10, special issue on alternative media. Read Article Online.
Opel, Andy. (2005). Paradise Lost I & II: Documentary, Gothic and the Monster of Justice. Jump Cut, 47. *Reprinted and Translated into Greek, Program for the Thessaloniki International Documentary Festival (2008) Read Article Online.
Opel, Andy & Smith, Jason. (2004). ZooTycoon: Capitalism, Nature and the Pursuit of Happiness. Ethics and the Environment, 9(2).
Opel, Andy . (2002). Monopoly, The National Parks Edition: Reading Neo-Liberal Simulacra. Book chapter in Enviropop: Studies in Environmental Rhetoric and Popular Culture, Ed. by Mark Meister and Phyllis Japp. Greenwood Press.
Opel, Andy. (1999, Winter). Constructing Purity: Bottled Water and The Commodification of Nature Journal of American Culture, 22(4) Winter 1999. * Reprinted (2008) in Cultural Studies: An Anthology, M. Ryan Ed., Blackwell Publishing
Multi-Media Products
Opel, Andy. (In Production). BEATING JUSTICE: The Martin Lee Anderson Story. A one hour documentary about a 14-year old boy who was beaten and died in a Florida sheriff’s “boot camp.”
Gardner, Paula and Opel, Andy. (In Production). Eyes That Don’t See, Hearts That Don’t Feel. One hour documentary profiling survivors of torture who have resettled in the U.S. Produced in cooperation with the Center for the Advancement of Human Rights at FSU and Florida Center for the Survivors of Torture. View Video Clip.
Opel, Andy and Galloway, Terry. (2009). Tough. 16 minute video collage of performance art piece by Terry Galloway, Produced and Directed by T. Galloway, D. Nudd and A. Opel. Video Production by Opel. To be included in a DVD companion to the book Gay Shame, edited by David Halperin and Valerie Traub, University of Chicago Press. **Refereed** View video clip.
Opel, Andy (2008). 9 Sustainability Public Service Announcements. Grant funded project including student collaborators. Short pieces that promote sustainability on FSU Campus. View videos.
Opel, Andy. (2006). The Cargo Bike. 30 Minute narrative video in the Eco-Horror Genre.
Opel, Andy & Ellison, Amy. (2003). Precogs and Preemption: Minority Report and The Bush Doctrine. An 8 minute video (de) construction. View video.
Competitive Screenings:
●Florida State University Literature and Film Conference, February, 2003.
●Console-ing Passions Conference, New Orleans, LA, May, 2004.
Opel, Andy. (2000). Power. A 7 minute experimental documentary.
Competitive Screenings:
● Duke University Film and Video Documentary Happening, Durham, NC. February 2000.
Opel, Andy. (1998). Dr. Shipsey and The Cows. A 30 minute video documentary produced as my Master’s project at the U. of O.
Competitive Screenings:
● First Place winner in the student competition at the Marco Island Film Festival, Marco Island, FL. $1,000 cash prize. October 1998.
● Fort Worth Film Festival, Fort Worth, TX, October 1998.
● Duke University Film and Video Documentary Happening, Durham, NC, January 1999.
Opel, Andy. (1998). The End of The Ride. A Feature length screenplay about two twenty-something friends who decide to abandon cubicle lives and race across the country hitch-hiking.
● Semi-finalist in the Lonestar Screenplay Competition, 1998.
● Quarter-finalist in the Empire Screenplay Competition, 1998.
Invited Book Chapters
Opel, Andy (In Press). Media Coverage of Protests. Contribution to Protest Cultures: A Companion, Volume 1:Pragmatics of Protest, K. Fahlenbrach, M. Klimke, and J. Scharloth Eds., Berghahn-Books, New York/Oxford.
Opel, Andy (2010). Low Power FM Radio in the U.S.. Contribution to the Encyclopedia of Social Movement Media, John Downing Ed., Sage Publications.
Opel, Andy (2009). Community Radio. Contribution to the Encyclopedia of Journalism, C. Sterling and D.C. Whitney Eds., Sage Publications.
Elmer, Greg & Opel, Andy. (Under Review). “Pre-empting Panoptic Surveillance: Surviving the Inevitable War on Terror”, in Theorizing Surveillance, D. Lyon Ed.
Opel, Andy. (2003). Punishment Before Prosecution: Pepper Spray as Post-Modern Repression. In Representing Resistance: Media, Civil Disobedience and the Global Justice Movement, edited by Andy Opel and Donnalyn Pompper. (2003) Praeger Press. More Information...
Refereed Conference Presentations
Opel, Andy (August 2010). Preempting Dissent: Tasers, Citizen Media and Open Source Documentary Production. Presentation to the University Film and Video Association, Burlington, VT.
Opel, Andy and Arpan, Laura (May 2010). Artists and Scientists Make Green Media: Toward a Model of Data Driven Media Production and Research. Presentation at the conference, Understanding Sustainability: Perspectives from the Humanities, Portland, OR.
Opel, Andy and Adamoli, Ginevra (November, 2009). Wading Into the Stream: Low Power Radio Stations and Their Internet Websites. Paper presented to the Mass Communication Division of NCA, Chicago, IL.
Opel, Andy (June 2009). Theory and Practice of Making Green Media. Conference on Communication and the Environment, Portland, ME.
Opel, Andy (May 2009). A Roundtable Discussion About the Greening of ICA. ICA conference, Chicago, IL. **Panel Co-Organizer**
Opel, Andy (November, 2007). Greening NCA: A Roundtable Discussion on Shrinking the Ecological Footprint of the NCA Annual Convention. Roundtable discussion for the Environmental Communication Division of NCA, Chicago, IL. **Panel Organizer**
Opel, Andy and Elmer, Greg (October, 2007). Electrifying Dissent: Mapping Pain Compliance Technologies. Paper present to the Union for Democratic Communications, Vancouver, BC.
Opel, Andy (February, 2007). Micro Radio and the Media Activism and Reform Movement: Looking for Community Connections. Paper presented to the Media Studies Interest Group of the Western States Communication Association, Seattle, WA.
Opel, Andy (November, 2006). The Memory of Landscapes: An Injury to One and the Persistence of Environmental Injustice, Panel presentation to be presented to the Environmental Communication Commission of NCA, San Antonio, TX. **Panel Organizer**
McKahan, Jason and Opel, Andy (November 2006). The Earth’s First Soft Drink?: Perrier Bottled Water Advertising in the U.S., Paper to be presented to the Critical and Cultural Studies Division of NCA, San Antonio, TX.
Opel, Andy (November, 2006). Voyage to Kure: Nature Documentaries, President Bush and Public Policy. Paper presented at the Film and History Conference: The Documentary Tradition, Dallas, Texas.
Opel, Andy (November, 2005). Depleted Uranium and the Media: Conspiracy, Censorship and the Iraq War. Panel presentation to the Environmental Communication Commission of NCA, Boston, MA.
Opel, Andy & Elmer, Greg (May 2005). Looking Back at the Future: Betting, Inevitability and the Survivor Society. Paper presented to the Philosophy of Communication Division of ICA, New York, NY.
Opel, Andy (November, 2004). Photoshop, Email and Resistance: Bush Parody Posters and the Iraq War. Paper presented to the Critical and Cultural Studies Division of NCA, Chicago, IL. **Panel Organizer**
Opel, Andy (November, 2004). Disciplining Civil Disobedience: Mapping 'Pain Compliance' Technologies at the Miami FTAA Protests. Paper presented to the Political Communication Division of NCA, Chicago, IL.
Opel, Andy & Templin, Rich. (May, 2004). Is Anybody Reading This? Indymedia and Internet Traffic Reports. Paper presented to the Political Communication Division of ICA, New Orleans, LA.
Opel, Andy & Smith, Jason. (May 2004). ZooTycoon: Capitalism, Nature and the Pursuit of Happiness. Paper presented to the Popular Communication Division of ICA, New Orleans, LA.
Opel, Andy . (March, 2004). Paradise Lost I & II: Documentary and the Monster of Justice. Paper presented to the Society for Cinema and Media Studies, Atlanta, GA.
Opel, Andy. (November, 2003). Corporate Culture Keeps Nature Regular: Super-Citizens, National Parks and the 'Metamucil and Old Faithful' Ad. Panel presentation for the 2003 NCA convention, Environmental Communication Commission, Miami Beach, FL.
Nudd, Donna Marie; Schriver, Kristina; Opel, Andy. (November, 2003). Don’t Attack Iraq: Audience and the Power of Puppetry in Protest. Panel presentation for the 2003 NCA convention, Visual Communication Commission, Miami Beach, FL.
Opel, Andy. (May, 2003). The Whole World is Sweating: Media Coverage of the Student Anti-Sweatshop Movement . Paper presented to the Popular Communication Division of ICA, San Diego, CA.
Opel, Andy. (November, 2002). A Typology for Media Activism: A Social Movement About Media and Democracy. Paper presented at the 2002 NCA convention, Critical Cultural Studies Division, New Orleans, LA.
Opel, Andy. (November, 2002). Tapping Patriotism: Mapping attempts to link patriotism and efficiency post 9/11. Paper presented at the 2002 NCA convention, Environmental Communication Commission, New Orleans, LA.
Opel, Andy. (November, 2002). Representing Dissent: Media, Discourse, and the Global Justice Movement. Panel organized for the 2002 NCA convention, Critical and Cultural Studies Division, New Orleans, LA. **Panel Organizer**
Opel, Andy. (October, 2002). Media and the Student Anti-Sweatshop Movement. Paper presented at the Union for Democratic Communication Conference, State College, PA.
Opel, Andy. (October, 2002). Looking for Signs of a Media Activism Movement. Paper presented at the Action Coalition for Media Education Summit, Albuquerque, NM.
Opel, Andy. (August, 2002). Representing Micro Radio: Newspaper Coverage of the Micro Radio Issue, 1998-
- Paper presented at the annual convention of the Association for the Education in
- Journalism and Mass Communication, Miami, FL.
Opel, Andy & Matthews, Denise. (August, 2002). Lights, Camera, Activism: On The Road to a Critical Media Pedagogy. Panel presentation presented at the annual convention of the Association for the Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, Miami, FL.
Opel, Andy. (November, 2000). Punishment Before Prosecution: Pepper Spray as Post-Modern Repression.
- Paper presented to the Critical and Cultural Studies Division of the National Communication Association Conference, Seattle, WA.
Opel, Andy. (August, 2000). Hemp in the News: Social Struggles Over a Controversial Crop. Paper presented to the Cultural and Critical Studies Division of the Association of Educators in Journalism and Mass Communication Conference, Phoenix, AZ.
Opel, Andy. (June, 2000). Monopoly, The National Parks Edition: Reading Neo-Liberal Simulacra. Paper presented to the Popular Communication Division at the International Communication Association Conference, Acapulco Mexico. **Awarded Top Student Paper**
Opel, Andy. (June, 2000,). Constructing Purity: Bottled Water and the Commodification of Nature. Paper presented to the Popular Communication Division at the International Communication Association Conference, Acapulco Mexico.
Opel, Andy. (October, 1999). Micro-Radio and the Law. Paper presented to the Union for Democratic Communication Conference, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR.
Opel, Andy. (August, 1999). Pirate Radio’s Challenge to the FCC: Direct Action and the Judiciary as Tools for Change . Paper presented (with companion video Showdown at the FCC) to the Law Division at the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication Conference in New Orleans, LA.
Opel, Andy. (May, 1999). From Activism to Consumption, The Evolution of a Community: The Oregon Daily Emerald’s Framing of the Grateful Dead 1968-1995 . Paper presented to the Popular Communication Division at the International Communication Association Conference in San Francisco, CA.
Book and Film Reviews
Opel, Andy (2009). Review of Democratic Communications: Formations, Projects and Possibilities by James Hamilton. Democratic Communique, v23, n1.
Opel, Andy (2007). Structural Change? Environmental Documentary and Globalization. [Review of the films Darwin’s Nightmare and Who Killed the Electric Car]. Environmental Communication, v1, n1.
Opel, Andy (2007). Review of Global Citizens: Social Movements and the Challenge of Globalization by Marjorie Mayo. International Journal of Media and Cultural Politics, v.3, n2.
Opel, Andy. (2004). Review of Communication, Media, and American Society: A Critical Introduction by Daniel W. Rossides. Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly, v81, n1.
Opel, Andy. (2004). Review of Beyond Ideology: A Case for Egalitarian Bias in the News, by Reginald Ecarma. Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly, v81, n1.