Media, Culture, and Communication

Welcome to the NYU Department of Media, Culture, and Communication

We specialize in the study of media and technology in their cultural, social, and global contexts. Our faculty research and teach on media topics spanning the globe — from East and South Asia to Western Europe, the Americas, and Africa.

Degrees

Bachelor of Science

Media, Culture, and Communication

The media studies BS engages the history, present, and future of global media, offering significant opportunities to study media abroad in international contexts.

Master of Arts

Media, Culture, and Communication

The media studies MA trains agile researchers of a shifting global media landscape.

Doctor of Philosophy

Media, Culture, and Communication

The interdisciplinary media studies doctorate foregrounds a diverse array of research methods and theoretical frameworks.

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2025 Dorothy Height Distinguished Alumni Award Honoree: Alycia Michelle Guichard (BS ’01)

Alycia Guichard (BS ’01, Media, Culture, and Communication) is Emerging Technology Counsel for Verizon and the 2025 Dorothy Height Distinguished Alumni Award winner.

Departmental Awards, Media Culture, and Communication | Class of 2025

The Department of Media, Culture, and Communication is pleased to announce the recipients of its departmental awards — recognizing students from the Class of 2025 for their exceptional academic work and service across degree programs.

Q&A with Kara Chen, 2025 Morning Graduation Ceremony Student Speaker

Kara Chen (BS '25, Media, Culture, and Communication) shares how she made an impact as a Peer Mentor and how she immersed herself in New York City during her time at NYU.

Media, Culture, and Communication Alums Named to Forbes' 30 Under 30 List

Sarah Nesheim (BS ’17) and Chloe Xiang (BS '22) were recognized.

A Beat of Her Own: Alum Amanda Morris (BS '18) Shapes How The Media Reports on Disability

Amanda Morris, a graduate of NYU’s Media, Culture, and Communication and Journalism departments, is a reporter for The Washington Post and considered a trailblazer on the national disability beat.

Cool Course: Critical Making

Students in this hands-on course engage with software and hardware to create a technological device—no engineering or coding experience required.

Samuel Pizelo on How Games Like Tic-Tac-Toe Inspired the Modern Computer

A researcher at NYU Steinhardt concluded that 19th-century mathematicians used game theory to create algorithms used in today’s computation, sequencing, and logic modeling.

An Alum's Journey From the MCC MediaLab to Market Research and Video Game Production

Of the biggest driver of her work, Media, Culture, and Communication alum Adelaide Han (BS '22) says, “I’m trying to search for something that is in between data and humanity.”

African Journalists Reporting on Africa

A new book by Media, Culture, and Communication Assistant Professor j. Siguru Wahutu speaks with, and looks at the reportage of, African journalists depicting their own continent.

50 Years of Media Studies at NYU Steinhardt

The Department of Media, Culture, and Communication celebrates 50 years since Neil Postman founded the Media Ecology program, launching media studies at the university.

Personal Photography from Kodak to Polaroid to the iPhone

Named a 2023 Guggenheim Fellow, Media, Culture, and Communication Professor Marita Sturken will work on a book tracing the history of personal photography.

NYU in Top 10 for Media Studies

New York University claims the 9th spot in the QS Top Universities ranking of media studies programs worldwide.

MLK Scholars Alum Helps Companies Become More Inclusive

Nour Abdelwahab (BS ’21, Media, Culture, and Communication) is an inclusion strategy supervisor for Guided by Good.

Students Interested in Sports and Entertainment Media Attend Alumni Career Panel

The virtual event was organized by the Media, Culture, and Communication program’s Alumni Council.

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MCC's Land Acknowledgement

We begin by acknowledging that we are gathered, speaking, and learning on Lenapehoking, the ancestral lands of the Lenape peoples, which settlers call New York City.

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