Jim Ross, the longtime voice of World Wrestling Entertainment, joins CMS graduate student Sam Ford to discuss the unique blend of reality and fiction in the world of American professional wrestling.
Podcast: “Love May Not Be in the Afternoon Anymore: A Q&A with Soap Opera Writer Kay Alden About How the Genre Is (and/or Should Be) Changing with the Times”
Kay Alden worked for more than 30 years on The Young and the Restless, the top-rated daytime drama that she served as head writer for from 1998 to 2006.
Love May Not Be in the Afternoon Anymore: A Q&A with Soap Opera Writer Kay Alden About How the Genre Is (and/or Should Be) Changing with the Times
Longtime soap opera writer Kay Alden will talk with about her decades in the industry with CMS graduate student Sam Ford.
MIT Comparative Media Studies’ American Pro Wrestling Series
Our recent American Pro Wrestling class, taught by CMS grad student Sam Ford, and our series of Wrestling Colloquia have been in the news recently.
Podcast: Mick Foley, “The Real World”s Faker than Wrestling”
Mick Foley, one of the top wrestling performers of the past decade, talked about his experiences as an entertainer and bestselling author who has written three memoirs.
“This One’s Gonna Be a Slobberknocker”: A Q&A with WWE’s “Good Ol’ J.R.” Jim Ross
Jim Ross, the longtime voice of World Wrestling Entertainment, joins CMS graduate student Sam Ford to discuss the unique blend of reality and fiction in the world of American professional wrestling.
Convergence Culture Consortium Manages its Brand
This past fall saw the public unveiling of the Convergence Culture Consortium, a new CMS initiative examining the world of branded entertainment.