Hear from four alums of the graduate program in Comparative Media Studies as they discuss their experience at MIT and what their careers have looked like in the fields a CMS degree prepared them for.
Podcast and video: “An Evening with John Hodgman”
Humorist John Hodgman has parlayed his wit into New York Times best-selling books, a Daily Show correspondent position, a Netflix stand-up special, and his own podcast.
Podcast: Jennifer Stromer-Galley, “Illuminating 2016: Using Social Listening Tools to Understand the Presidential Campaign”
Syracuse University’s Jennifer Stromer-Galley describes the large scale collection and machine learning techniques she and her team have used for the Illuminating 2016 project to study the ways the presidential candidates and the public have used social media.
Video and podcast: “The Turn to ‘Tween’: An Age Category and its Cultural Consequences”
How are “tweens” represented in popular culture? And how does this relatively new category deal with race, class, and gender identity?
Video and podcast: “Time Traveling with James Gleick”
In conversation with Alan Lightman, international best-selling author and science historian James Gleick discusses his career, the state of science journalism, and his newest book Time Travel: A History.
Podcast: Allison Hahn, “This Land Is Our Land: Mobile Media, Protest, and Debate in Maasai and Mongolian Land Disputes”
How has mobile media changed the ways that nomadic communities receive and send information, engage state actors, and participate in international deliberations?
Podcast: Douglas O’Reagan, “Next Stage Planning for the Digital Humanities at MIT”
Douglas O’Reagan updates the audience on his efforts and invite suggestions and ideas concerning the future of digital humanities at MIT.
