Lev Manovich is the author of The Language of New Media, which is hailed as “the most suggestive and broad ranging media history since Marshall McLuhan.”
Podcast and video: Communications Forum: “The Campaign and the Media 1”
How have American news media responded to this historic presidential campaign?
Communications Forum: “The Campaign and the Media 1
Is it true, as many have suggested, that the influence of newspapers and television has declined in the digital era? Have the media become more partisan and polarized?
Henry Jenkins at the Aspen Institute, Forum on Communications and Society
CMS Co-Director Henry Jenkins last month joined the likes of Madeleine Albright, Craig Newmark, and Former U.S. Solicitor General Theodore Olson for a panel on how public policy and private initiatives can better meet the public’s information needs.
The Business of Broadband and the Public Interest: Media Policy for the Network Society
Media policy in the United States has, since its inception, been governed by the principle that infrastructure providers should serve “the public interest.”
Transformational Tales: Media, Makeovers, and Material Culture
American makeover culture, thorough detailed case studies that represent an increasing confluence of commerce, entertainment, and, at times, spirituality.
Center for Future Civic Media / Communications Forum Conversation
The Center for Future Civic Media is collaborating with the MIT Communications Forum to host an ongoing series of conversations about media and civic engagement.








