Videos
Videos of Comparative Media Studies events and projects.
-
Summary, video, and podcast: “From the Neolithic Era to the Apocalypse: How to Prepare for the Future By Studying the Past”
Charles C. Mann and Annalee Newitz talk about how ancient civilizations shed light on problems with urbanization, food security, and environmental change.
-
Summary, video, and podcast: “Jim Crow and the Legacy of Segregation Outside of the South”
Every time the Restorative Justice clinic has sent its researchers out to study one particular cold case, “invariably we find another case.”
-
Video, podcast, and summary: “The Spooky Science of the Southern Reach — An Evening with Jeff VanderMeer”
Jeff VanderMeer, author of the bestselling Southern Reach Trilogy, joined G. Eric Schaller for a discussion on the ideas that inspired the series.
-
Video, podcast, and summary: “Coming of Age in Dystopia: The Darkness of Young Adult Fiction”
Why are brutal dystopias, devastating apocalyptic visions, and tales of personal trauma such a staple of young adult fiction? Hear from Kristin Cashore, author of the award-winning Graceling Realm trilogy, and the University of Florida’s Kenneth Kidd.
-
Video, podcast, and summary: “Women in Science”
Computational geneticist Pardis Sabeti and energy studies expert Jessika Trancik discuss careers and the outlook for women in science in the 21st century.
-
The Making of the MIT Pi Day Video
Highlighting Loren Sherman, ’17, about his remarkable video for MIT admitted students — acceptance letters delivered by drone on Pi Day.
-
Visual Persuasion in the Digital Age
CMS/W Head Edward Schiappa: “Communicators need to think of visual and verbal messages as different media, that visual is king in a digital era, and that one’s mediated identity is one’s “real” identity for your audience.”
-
Summary, Podcast, Video: “Making Computing Strange: Cultural Analytics and Phantasmal Media”
With Lev Manovich, author of the seminal The Language of New Media, and MIT’s Fox Harrell and Nick Montfort.
-
Video, podcast, and summary: “Ultimate Truths: Comparing Science and the Humanities”
James Carroll, Rebecca Goldstein, Alan Lightman, and Robert Weinberg talk with Seth Mnookin on “the differences and similarities in the kinds of knowledge available through inquiry in the sciences and humanities.”
-
Video, podcast, and summary: “Documentaries, Journalism, and the Future of Reality-Based Storytelling”
Raney Aronson, Katerina Cizek, Jason Spingarn-Koff, and Francesca Panetta on what new forms of documentary can contribute back to journalism.
-
Joanna Kao: 5 Ways to Talk to People
At the recent Civic Media Conference, MIT alum Joanna Kao talked about, well, talking: five ways she learned to better engage people face to face.
-
Online Annotation and the Future of Reading
Video and podcast on using the tools of online textual annotation — collaborating on interpreting a work, making annotations public, and responding to interpretations by others.
-
Video, podcast, and summary: Science in Fiction
A Communications Forum featuring authors Hanya Yanagihara and Alan Lightman and moderator Seth Mnookin.
-
Video: Neil Gaiman’s 2008 lecture at MIT
After six years hiding out on DVD, our video of Neil Gaiman’s lecture and conversation at MIT is now available for free online.
-
Podcast and video: Henry Jenkins Returns
Legendary former MIT professor Henry Jenkins returns to the Communications Forum for a conversation about his time at the Institute and the founding of CMS.
