Graduate Programs in Media Studies

November 9, 2004 7:44 PM

[GradSchoolFilter] Anyone know of any good progams in Media Studies out there? Similar to, for instance, MIT's Comparative Media Studies program? I've found this list at Vassar's website, but I was hoping some denizens of the Mefiverse might know of some more.
posted by ChasFile to Education (4 answers total)

RPI's iEAR program. I'm not sure what your focus is, so RPI's program may not be what you're looking for, but as a graduate of the school as an undergrad, I figured I'd mention it.
posted by stefnet at 8:40 PM on November 9, 2004

CF, I don't know about any of those other schools, but I have a BA in Communications/Media Studies from UMass Amherst. The program there was fascinating and was strongly focussed on media bias and underrepresentation of minorities in media and that sort of thing - very Chomskyesque. That said, as an undergrad I found classes difficult to get into and felt some hostility from some of the professors directed at undergrads in general. I really enjoyed what I learned there, but found the department crowded and the professors cranky. The grad school is probably a much more positive experience.
posted by bendy at 11:27 PM on November 9, 2004

I have a friend who goes to the New School program in NYC. He loves it.
posted by jeremias at 3:30 AM on November 10, 2004

NYU's Anthropology department runs a joint specialization in "Culture and Media" for MA and PhD students with the Cinema Studies department:

The program’s philosophy takes a broad approach to the relationships between culture and media in a number of domains including: ethnographic film’s significance for the fields of anthropology and cinema/media studies; problems in representation of cultures through media; the development of media in indigenous, Diaspora, and non-Western communities; the emerging social and cultural formations shaped by new media practices; and the political economy shaping the production, distribution and consumption of media worldwide.

NYU also has a non-teaching Center for Media, Culture, and History, and the anthro program has at least four profs with media-centered research interests.
posted by The Michael The at 6:46 AM on November 10, 2004