News
The latest news from Comparative Media Studies/Writing at MIT.
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MIT Open Learning launches Center for Advanced Virtuality
The new center will explore how MIT can use virtual reality and artificial intelligence and other technologies to better serve human needs.
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Professor Lisa Parks awarded MacArthur Fellowship — the “Genius Grant”
MIT health care economist Amy Finkelstein and CMS/W media studies scholar Parks are the latest MIT faculty to nab prestigious “genius grants.”
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Angles 2018
Congratulations to this year’s students published in Angles, a collection of the best pieces from introductory writing courses at MIT.
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Dispatches from Planet 3
Marcia Bartusiak illuminates overlooked breakthroughs and the people who made them.
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William Uricchio takes a hard look at VR’s promise
“The uncertainty regarding what VR is can easily lead to disappointment.”
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Sasha Costanza-Chock on new “#MoreThanCode” report
Study of 188 practitioners distills key recommendations about using technology to advance social justice and the public interest.
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Video: William Uricchio on Virtual Reality and the Myth of Total Cinema
Professor William Uricchio talks to Amsterdam’s EYE Film Institute.
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Seth Mnookin brings bestselling author’s touch to teaching science journalism
Science “pushes me to constantly go out of my comfort zone,” says director of MIT’s science writing program.
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Contemplating the Eyes in the Sky
Professor Lisa Parks examines the way satellites and other aerial technologies have changed society.
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Save the Date: “Media in Transition 10: A Reprise – Democracy and Digital Media”
May 17-18, 2019. Call for papers to come in September 2018.
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Alum Candis Callison delivers this year’s MIT Ph.D. hooding ceremony address
Read her call to make the world “more just, more fair”.
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Seth Mnookin on the fallacy of “both sides” journalism
“We’ve seen too many journalists confuse not taking sides with not calling out liars and frauds.”
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Fox Harrell on his video game for the #MeToo era
Harrell’s group has designed a game that gets players to reflect on sexual misconduct in the workplace.
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Why Wholesome Memes Might Be Our Best Hope Against the Nazis
The wholesome ethic is egalitarian, antifascist, and resists ironic deployment—they build solidarity.
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3 Questions: Lisa Parks on drones, warfare, and the media
CMS/W Professor Lisa Parks discusses new essay collection analyzing the impact of drones.
