MIT Graduate Program in Comparative Media Studies
Studying Media and Making Media
May Irwin's Kiss: The Beginnings of Cinema and the Transformation of American Culture with Charles Musser, co-chair of the Film Studies Program and professor of American Studies, Film Studies and Theater Studies at Yale.
Print comics have struggled toward maturity through the literate graphic novel movement. Now, it's experiencing a vastly different set of growing pains on the web.
The aging of the newspaper reader, the emergence of citizens' media and the blogosphere, the fate of local news and the local newspaper, news and information in the networked future.
An MIT Communications Forum featuring speakers Yochai Benkler, Henry Jenkins , and William Uricchio.
Fall 2006 CMS Information Sessions. Please contact the CMS office at cms@mit.edu or 617-253-3599 to reserve a space.
Chris Boebel and David Tamés will discuss the production of ZigZag, MIT’s video podcast and reflect on the evolution of broadcast media and the rise of video on the web.
Scott Donaton, associate publisher and editorial director of the Ad Age Group and author of Madison & Vine, will talk about why user-empowerment is the key trend in business.
On Tuesday October 17th, representatives from Electronic Arts will be making a presentation on the MIT campus.
This roundtable is made up of leading figures in the field of media art curators, authors, network directors, and innovative developers who will address the current issues on art in the age of digital reproduction.
On October 31 -- Halloween! -- CMS will be sponsoring a free public game (and costume contest) near Harvard Square called "Cruel 2 B Kind" (cruelgame.com).
Timothy Stoneman outlines the historical origins, systemic achievements, and interpretive implications of the American missionary radio broadcasting enterprise in Africa, Asia, and Latin America during its formative era, 1945 to 1970.
Rey Chow's talk will be based on her latest book, The Age of the World Target: Self-Referentiality in War, Theory, and Comparative Work.
Please contact the CMS office at cms@mit.edu or 617-253-3599 to reserve a space.
The conference will consider developments such as user-generated content, transmedia storytelling, the rise of mobile media and the emergence of social networking.
CMS is delighted to host a special screening of the documentary video Quest for Home: Gaybombay, by former CMS alum and colleague Parmesh Shahani.
