The new issue of Media Theory (7.1, 2023) is now available: a special issue on ‘Critique, Postcritique and the Present Conjuncture’, edited and introduced by Sean Phelan, Simon Dawes and Pieter Maeseele.

The issue features essays by Alan Finlayson and François Cusset, with a response from Natalie Fenton; articles from Robert Porter & Iain MacKenzie, Jonjo Brady, Nicholas Holm, Irina Kalinka, Phoebe Braithwaite, Kelly Diaz & Adetobi Moses & Jing Wang & Guobin Yang, Eugenia Stamboliev, Göran Svensson, Mandy Tröger & Marlen van den Ecker, and Natalie Fenton & Des Freedman & Gholam Khiabany & Milly Williamson; as well as a discussion piece with Gavan Titley & Sahana Udupa & Éric Fassin & Diana Mulinari; and an afterword from Rita Felski.

The issue is available open access here: https://journalcontent.mediatheoryjournal.org/index.php/mt/issue/view/12