Rate My Professor John McMurria

John McMurria is an Associate Professor in the Cinema Program at Palomar College, where he teaches courses including Cinema 102: History of Film to 1945, Cinema 103, and Cinema 120. He earned his Ph.D. from New York University in Cinema Studies. Earlier in his career at Palomar College, he served as Assistant Professor in Media Studies, as noted in the institution's 2019 Media Days program. McMurria has also lectured in the Department of Communication at California State University San Marcos, delivering COMM 390: Research Methods and Design. His office is located in H-301C on the San Marcos campus, and he coordinates the Palomar College Film Fest.

McMurria's research explores the political economy of media industries, including cable television history, global film distribution, neoliberalism in television formats, and internet policy. As a Ph.D. candidate at New York University, his work investigated global dynamics in multi-channel television. Key publications include co-authorship of Global Hollywood (British Film Institute, 2001) and Global Hollywood 2 (British Film Institute/University of California Press, 2005) with Toby Miller, Nitin Govil, Richard Maxwell, and Ting Wang. He authored the monograph Republic on the Wire: Cable Television, Pluralism, and the Politics of New Technologies, 1948-1984 (Rutgers University Press, 2017). Peer-reviewed articles feature 'Desperate Citizens and Good Samaritans: Neoliberalism and Makeover Reality TV' (Television & New Media, 2008) and 'From Net Neutrality to Net Equality' (International Journal of Communication, 2016). McMurria contributed a book review of 24/7 Politics: Cable Television and the Fragmenting of America (Quarterly Review of Film and Video, 2024). He spoke at Palomar College Media Days in 2019.