CMS/W (cms-technologist@mit.edu)
MIT Comparative Media Studies/Writing offers an innovative academic program that applies critical analysis, collaborative research, and design across a variety of media arts, forms, and practices.
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Video and podcast, “Brian Michael Bendis: The 2018 Julius Schwartz Lecture”
We welcomed award-winning comics creator Brian Michael Bendis, New York Times bestseller and one of the most successful writers working in mainstream comics.
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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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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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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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In Praise of Wasting Time
In his new book, Professor Alan Lightman investigates the creativity born from allowing our minds to freely roam, without attempting to accomplish anything and without any assigned tasks
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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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Video and podcast: Has Silicon Valley Lost Its Humanity?
Author Noam Cohen, technology critic Sara M. Watson, and technology journalist Christina Couch discuss the rise of Silicon Valley and whether the drive for innovation degrades our humanity.
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GDC video with T.L. Taylor: “How Game Communities Built an eSport Scene from the Ground Up”
“In this 2017 GDC talk, MIT professor TL Taylor explains why developers hoping to break into the esports scene can benefit from understanding and integrating expert and enthusiast communities into their initiatives.”
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MIT Shares New Aerial Drone Videos of Campus
The videos, produced by Drone Pros, capture views of the MIT Dome, Stata Center, west campus, and more.
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New York Times: “Meeting ‘the Other’ Face to Face”
“A deeply affecting experiment in communication, called ‘The Enemy,’ underway at M.I.T., is the result of a collaboration between Mr. Ben Khelifa and Fox Harrell, an associate professor of digital media.”
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Grad student Sara Rafsky serves as contributor to chilling Amnesty International report on Central America’s regufee crisis
“Home Sweet Home? Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador’s role in a deepening refugee crisis explores how the three countries are failing to protect people from violence, and also failing to set up a comprehensive protection plan for deportees forced by countries such as Mexico and the USA to return to life-threatening situations.”
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Nov. 10: An Evening with John Hodgman
On Thursday, November 10 at 6pm, John Hodgman brings his razor-sharp wit to MIT for a moderated discussion on his career and the state of comedy today.
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New report: How Interactive Documentaries Represent a New Form of Innovation in Digital Journalism
The report is the first thorough mapping of the ongoing convergence between interactive and participatory practices within digital journalism.
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Podcast: Sarah Zaidan, “Celebrating the Female Superhero Through Digital Gaming”
Sarah Zaidan is a game designer, artist and researcher whose work explores how video games and comic books can engage in a dialogue with identity, gender and civic awareness.
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T.L. Taylor’s slides from the CMS graduate program infosession
In case you missed one of our two on-campus information sessions this fall, CMS graduate program director T.L. Taylor has shared her slides.
