Jing Wang, professor of Chinese media and cultural studies, dies at 71
Wang, a beloved CMS/W colleague who founded the China-based media activism nonprofit NGO2.0, taught at MIT since 2001.
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Sue Ding, ’17, wins L.A. Area Emmy Award
Congratulations to the CMS master’s alum, who shared the award as director and producer of Light & Space, part of KCET’s Artbound series.
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Current CMS/W Job Openings, Including for Teacher Education Research Roles
The opportunities include two roles in A.I. education.
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Andrea Kim, ’21, awarded Fulbright Fellowship
Kim’s Fulbright research in South Korea will investigate how virtual reality can facilitate cross-cultural learning and live performance art.
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Video: Sandra Rodriguez, “Creating and Interacting with Virtual Entities: Combining VR and AI to Reflect on Human Experiences”
Between technology and carefully crafted storytelling, it is the human imagination that remains at the core of any immersion.
MIT Comparative Media Studies/Writing
An innovative humanities program that applies critical analysis, collaborative research, and design across media arts, forms, and practices. More about Comparative Media Studies/Writing >
How to Join Us as a Visiting Scholar or Postdoc
As part of our mission of working across disciplines, cultures, and communities, we welcome visiting scholars and hire postdoctoral associates and fellows. Here’s the process.
English Evaluation Test (EET), August 2021
Online this year, the English Evaluation Test is required of certain incoming graduate students from non-English language academic backgrounds. It begins August 26.
Recent Posts
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2021-2022 INSPIRE-Math Coaching & Leadership Fellowship
Led by the our Teaching Systems Lab for all who currently teach or coach math in a district or charter school in Boston for all or part of their day in grades 3-8. Learn more on July 19.
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Congratulations to the class of 2021!
It’s been a bizarre year-plus. But the twenty three of you made it! You’re still standing.
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Triple play, OTT TV, and the Chinese logic of “select commercialization”
“The future of the Chinese online TV industry is increasingly organized as an ecosystem economy.”
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CMS/W Head Professor Eric Klopfer to serve as a co-director of Responsible A.I. for Social Engagement
“We want to make sure that all people are empowered to use A.I. in constructive, creative, and beneficial ways”
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The 2021 Karmel Writing Prizes Winners
Working in every genre, from fiction to technical writing, more than four dozen pieces were prize winners this year.
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Video: Jonathan Sterne, “Diminished Vocalities: On Prostheses and Abilities”
Impairments are usually understood as the physical or biological substrates of culturally produced disabilities, but Jonathan Sterne considers them as a political and theoretical problem in their own right.
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Start-up funding news: Faculty and alum secure combined $2.25 million
Professor Ian Condry and CMS alum Han Su recently announced funding rounds for their respective start-ups.
