MIT Grad Program in Comparative Media Studies

Join us tomorrow (Thursday) at 5pm! cms.mit.edu/event/seeing-s…

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

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...

Good thread: the internet will always break your heart.

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” cms.mit.edu/event/seeing-s…

Video: Saving the News: Why the Constitution Calls for Government Action to Preserve Freedom of Speech cmswm.it/3jFmB4c

"Is it time to reconsider cash?", alum @lanalana asks in the @techreview: cmswm.it/3uIZMTn

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

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: cms.mit.edu/event/saving-t…

Everyone, this Friday is one of our favorite days of the year! Join us for our CMS grad students' thesis presentations: cmswm.it/3j8QAkQ. In-person and streamed. (Write to cms@mit.edu if you'd like to attend in-person and are from outside MIT.)

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” cmswm.it/3DBQHid

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” cmswm.it/3Dwrm9o

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

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” cmswm.it/36DubZH

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" cmswm.it/3qEa2Kj

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” cmswm.it/36DubZH

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" cms.mit.edu/event/racquel-…

Coming up this Thursday 5pm: “Reintroducing Melvin Van Peebles” with Racquel Gates of @ColumbiaSOA. Join live on Zoom. cms.mit.edu/event/racquel-…

Video: Katherine Jewell, “Party City: WMBR, Institutional Change, and Democratic Media” cmswm.it/3MMWFRI @wmbr @MIT_SHASS

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!🖍️