MIT Graduate Program in Comparative Media Studies
Studying Media and Making Media
With Johanna Blakley, deputy director of the Norman Lear Center at USC; David Carr, media and culture writer for the New York Times; and Stephen Duncombe, associate professor at NYU.
Elisa Kreisinger is a video remix artist, hacktivst and writer. She co-edits the blog, PoliticalRemixVideo.com.
What kind of popular culture is made in the context of war? How do notions of civil rights shift in a post-Civil Rights era?
Thomas DeFranz "wonders at the intertwining of African American social dances and political leadership, conceived as the bodies of elected officials."
How are “tweens” represented in popular culture, including music, television, and YA literature? And how does this relatively new age category intersect with--or elide--issues pertaining to race, class, and gender identity?
