Comics: Form and Content

MIT Building 4, Room 237 182 Memorial Drive, Cambridge, MA

Jessica Abel and Matt Madden will be showing examples of their work and talking about different aspects of comics, visual narrative, and creativity in general.

David Milch, TV’s Great Writer

MIT Media Lab, Bartos Theater 20 Ames Street, Cambridge, MA

David Milch will discuss his career as a writer and creator, including of Hill Street Blues, NYPD Blue (co-created with Steven Bochco), and the pioneering HBO series Deadwood.

CMS Media Spectacle 2006

MIT Building 32 (Stata Center), Room 123 32 Vassar Street, Cambridge, MA

The event showcases films/videos/video podcasts/mobisodes produced by MIT (and Wellesley) affiliates, staff, students and faculty.

Loyalty in Brand and Fan Cultures

MIT Media Lab, Bartos Theater 20 Ames Street, Cambridge, MA

With Convergence Culture Consortium faculty advisors Ian Condry and Robert Kozinets, associate professor of marketing at the Schulich School of Business, York University, Toronto.

May Irwin’s Kiss

MIT Building 2, Room 105 182 Memorial Drive, Cambridge, MA

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.

Comics: An Art Form in Transition

MIT Building 2, Room 105 182 Memorial Drive, Cambridge, MA

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 Emergence of Citizens’ Media

MIT Media Lab, Bartos Theater 20 Ames Street, Cambridge, MA

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.

News, Information and the Wealth of Networks

MIT Building 3, Room 270 33 Massachusetts Ave (Rear), Cambridge, MA

An MIT Communications Forum featuring speakers Yochai Benkler, Henry Jenkins , and William Uricchio.

Fall 2006 CMS Information Sessions

MIT Building 14N, Room 217 160 Memorial Drive, Cambridge, MA

Fall 2006 CMS Information Sessions. Please contact the CMS office at cms@mit.edu or 617-253-3599 to reserve a space.

Re-Inventing Television: Podcasting and the Future of Media

MIT Building 2, Room 105 182 Memorial Drive, Cambridge, MA

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.

Marketing in the Age of Consumer Empowerment

MIT Building 2, Room 105 182 Memorial Drive, Cambridge, MA

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.

Stop Playing. Start Creating. Repeat

MIT Building 6, Room 120 182 Memorial Drive (Rear), Cambridge, MA

On Tuesday October 17th, representatives from Electronic Arts will be making a presentation on the MIT campus.

New Media and Art

MIT Building 2, Room 105 182 Memorial Drive, Cambridge, MA

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.

Cruel 2 B Kind: Halloween Special!

Near Harvard Square 18 Brattle St, Cambridge, MA

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).

Media Evangelism in the Global South

MIT Building 2, Room 105 182 Memorial Drive, Cambridge, MA

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.