The struggle of successive generations of education reformers who attempted to meet massive social and economic crises through careful instruction in media viewing and collective discussion.
Messy on the inside: internet memes as mapping tools of everyday life
The power of memes cannot be fully understood without considering their role in the complex relationship between technology, space, and politics.
Video: Sulafa Zidani, “Messy on the Inside: Internet Memes as Mapping Tools of Everyday Life”
The power of memes cannot be fully understood without considering their role in the complex relationship between technology, space, and politics.
Faculty job opening: Assistant Professor of Media Studies
This tenure-track position has a focus on media industries and/or computational media. Application deadline: Nov 1, 2021. Full information at academicjobsonline.org.
Transformative truth-telling at the MIT Open Documentary Lab
The lab’s artists and technology scholars are exploring representation and reality — and shaping the future of storytelling.
MIT’s “3 Questions”: Making the 2021-22 School Year Work for Students
Associate Professor Justin Reich co-authors a new report on reimagining schools for a post-pandemic world.
Jing Wang, professor of Chinese media and cultural studies, dies at 71
Wang, a beloved CMS/W colleague who founded the China-based media activism nonprofit NGO2.0, taught at MIT since 2001.
