MIT Grad Program in Comparative Media Studies

An ethically and critically engaged approach to the study and production of media.

[MIT Grad Program in Comparative Media Studies @mit_cms]

Join us tomorrow (Thursday) at 5pm! https://t.co/7WPIT2vzwm

[MIT Comparative Media Studies/Writing @mit_cmsw]

"Let's use this moment to demand better alternatives, not just a better billionaire."

[Abby Sun @abbypsun]

TONIGHT 7PM @BrattleTheatre! For Boston area folks. We are thrilled to be presenting Jon-Sesrie Goff's AFTER SHERMAN, a formally ambitious, historically grounded, and emotionally powerful rumination that is committed to the personal and the political. Not to be missed...

[Ethan Zuckerman @EthanZ]

Good thread: the internet will always break your heart.

[MIT Grad Program in Comparative Media Studies @mit_cms]

Next Thursday, join us as we welcome acclaimed photographer Mary Beth Meehan and media scholar Fred Turner to discuss their book “Seeing Silicon Valley: Life inside a Fraying America” https://t.co/7WPIT2vzwm

[MIT Grad Program in Comparative Media Studies @mit_cms]

Video: Saving the News: Why the Constitution Calls for Government Action to Preserve Freedom of Speech https://t.co/tMIADLXLDX

[MIT Grad Program in Comparative Media Studies @mit_cms]

"Is it time to reconsider cash?", alum @lanalana asks in the @techreview: https://t.co/5xqx3EGdO0

[MIT Grad Program in Comparative Media Studies @mit_cms]

At 5pm, live on Zoom, it's “Saving the News: Why the Constitution Calls for Government Action to Preserve Freedom of Speech,” a conversation with Martha Minow and Heather Hendershot

[MIT Grad Program in Comparative Media Studies @mit_cms]

This Thursday, join us as we welcome @Harvard_Law's Martha Minow for “Saving the News: Why the Constitution Calls for Government Action to Preserve Freedom of Speech,” a conversation with Professor Heather Hendershot. 5pm on Zoom: https://t.co/OE0zGbWjbm

[MIT Grad Program in Comparative Media Studies @mit_cms]

Everyone, this Friday is one of our favorite days of the year! Join us for our CMS grad students' thesis presentations: https://t.co/YlP8clVlSZ. In-person and streamed. (Write to [email protected] if you'd like to attend in-person and are from outside MIT.)

[MIT Grad Program in Comparative Media Studies @mit_cms]

Hey Meatheads, join us and @ProfHendershot as we host Oscar Winberg this Thursday for “Archie Bunker Goes to Washington: How Television in the 1970s Remade Politics into Entertainment” https://t.co/Z53AfkVk7Y

[MIT Grad Program in Comparative Media Studies @mit_cms]

If you couldn't join us last night, here's the recording of our event with Jens Pohlmann: “Platform Regulation and the Digital Public Sphere: Comparing the Discourse in Germany and the United States” https://t.co/3hM23il8uU

[MIT Grad Program in Comparative Media Studies @mit_cms]

This evening at 5pm! We welcome Jens Pohlmann for his virtual talk “Platform Regulation and the Digital Public Sphere: Comparing the Discourse in Germany and the United States” @MIT_SHASS @MITevents

[MIT Grad Program in Comparative Media Studies @mit_cms]

Join us at 5pm ET this Thursday as we welcome @UniBremen visiting scholar @pohlmannjens for his live talk “Platform Regulation and the Digital Public Sphere: Comparing the Discourse in Germany and the United States” https://t.co/LK22uOiNem

[MIT Grad Program in Comparative Media Studies @mit_cms]

When you're in Independence, Missouri, be sure to buy oxen, spare parts, and a copy of alum @kevindriscoll's upcoming book, The Modem World:

"How to Avoid Dying of Dysentery Is Far From Only Thing The Oregon Trail Can Teach" https://t.co/ECzpS87yxB

[MIT Grad Program in Comparative Media Studies @mit_cms]

Hope everyone is enjoying their @MIT spring break! Our next Colloquium is next Thursday, when we welcome visiting scholar @PohlmannJens: “Platform Regulation and the Digital Public Sphere: Comparing the Discourse in Germany and the United States” https://t.co/LK22uOiNem

[MIT Grad Program in Comparative Media Studies @mit_cms]

5pm! Join us (virtually) as we welcome Columbia University's Racquel Gates as she presents her experience working as consulting producer on the Criterion release of "Melvin Van Peebles: Essential Films" https://t.co/uGWTGbVM7O

[MIT Grad Program in Comparative Media Studies @mit_cms]

Coming up this Thursday 5pm: “Reintroducing Melvin Van Peebles” with Racquel Gates of @ColumbiaSOA. Join live on Zoom. https://t.co/uGWTGbVM7O

[MIT Grad Program in Comparative Media Studies @mit_cms]

Video: Katherine Jewell, “Party City: WMBR, Institutional Change, and Democratic Media” https://t.co/GC9mM8ckAH @wmbr @MIT_SHASS

[Rekha Murthy @rekha6]

I'm facilitating with @dawnjfraser. We've got a wonderful lineup of guests who are passionate about children, and diverse representation.
Please share. And apply!🖍️