Master’s Degree in Comparative Media Studies
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Recent Posts
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Podcast: Helen Elaine Lee, “Pomegranate”
Helen Elaine Lee reads from the manuscript of her novel, Pomegranate, about a recovering addict who is getting out of prison and trying to stay clean, regain custody of her children, and choose life.
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Angles 2019
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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Podcast: Nick Montfort, “Poet/Programmers, Artist/Programmers, and Scholar/Programmers: What and Who Are They?”
Nick Montfort is Professor of Digital Media at Comparative Media Studies/Writing. He develops computational poetry and art and has participated in dozens of literary and academic collaborations.
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Game Changer: Christopher Weaver and the history of video games and game studies at MIT
“Sometimes not having a lot of knowledge about an area can be a good very useful thing,” Christopher Weaver says. “It forces you to look at it with untutored or naive eyes.”
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Podcast: Christopher Weaver, “Amplius Ludo, Beyond the Horizon”
Weaver, founder of Bethesda Softworks, discusses how games work and why they are such potent tools in areas as disparate as military simulation, childhood education, and medicine.
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Integrating documentary and medical technology to produce new perceptions of reproductive health
“It was only through working concretely with the Calla campaign that I truly learned of the challenges of communicating between researchers and artists.”
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“Connecting the Unconnected”: A Critical Assessment of US Satellite Internet Services
Without serious commitments from governments and the private sector to follow through on this rhetoric, satellite Internet technology could fail to reach the communities that need it most.
