MIT Graduate Program in Comparative Media Studies
Studying Media and Making Media
Co-sponsored by Comparative Media Studies/Writing, its Graduate Program in Science Writing, and the MIT Program in Science Technology and Society. David Carr writes the Media Equation column for the Monday Business section of the New York Times that focuses on media issues including print, digital, film, radio and television. He also works as a general […]
Mary L. Gray Recent provocations (boyd and Crawford, 2011) about the role of "big data" in human communication research and technology studies deserve an outline of the value of anthropology, as a particular kind of "big data". Mary L. Gray, Senior Researcher at Microsoft Research New England and Associate Professor of Communication and Culture at […]
Much of the general public in fact believes that every film and television program ever made has already been digitized and is now available in Netflix’s catalog. That is hardly the case.
Showcasing the finest video projects created by MIT students, staff and faculty. 7 PRIZE CATEGORIES!
Submissions accepted on a rolling basis until Friday, March 1, 2013.
Co-authors will discuss the nature of their collaboration facilitated by structured conversations and writing done online and in person.
When the Phoenix announced its closing, the city lost a powerful cultural force and a vibrant source of information. We'll discuss the Phoenix's legacy.
September 19, 2013. If you would like to attend an on-campus information session, please RSVP to cms-admissions@mit.edu.
September 19th, hear from Hong Qu on Keepr, a tool that makes sense of social media news bursts with natural language processing and network analysis.
By examining perspectives we are exposed to and insulated from, we may be able to design tools and approaches that help readers increase their cognitive diversity and prepare themselves to tackle transnational challenges.
October 3, 2013. RSVP not required for online information sessions. To participate, simply come to this page during session hours.
Join us at 8am on October 3, 2013, here at cms.mit.edu!
On Oct. 10, John Palfrey and Ethan Zuckerman discuss whether those born digital likely to have different notions of privacy, community, identity itself.
UNC's Zeynep Tufekci discusses social media-fueled protests and their boom and bust cycle, drawing on the Gezi protests, Arab Spring, Occupy, and others.
October 24, 2013. If you would like to attend an on-campus information session, please RSVP to cms-admissions@mit.edu.
