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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.

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.

Taylor Stout, “literary it-girl” and co-founder of 'Copy,' credits the Media, Culture, and Communication major with instilling a desire to build spaces that cultivate community.

With a new exhibit at NYU's Asian/Pacific/American Institute, Palestinian PhD student Nadine Fattaleh compiles a living archive of her community’s collective struggle for political justice.

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.

The Asian American Arts Alliance selected Media, Culture, and Communication doctoral student Luna Beller-Tadiar as a 2024 Jadin Wong Artist of Exceptional Merit.

With a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities, Media, Culture, and Communication Assistant Professor Edward Kang will convene experts to examine the relationship between machine listening systems and society.

Approaching the question from the social sciences, humanities, and life sciences, a team of researchers aim to move beyond siloed explanations of deafness.

This virtual event was sparked by Assistant Professor Laine Nooney’s book, "The Apple II Age: How the Computer Became Personal."

The Department of Media, Culture, and Communication celebrates 50 years since Neil Postman founded the Media Ecology program.

"Legal Spectatorship," by Associate Professor of Media, Culture, and Communication Kelli Moore, challenges our understanding of domestic violence.

The award honors faculty for their commitment to education, outreach, and advocacy that centers queer and trans understandings of the world.

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

From Professor of Media, Culture, and Communication Nicholas Mirzoeff, a leading scholar of visual culture, comes a monograph about the white gaze and the tactics for dismantling it.

Media, Culture, and Communication's Paula Chakravartty has been appointed a James Weldon Johnson Professor by the Provost's Office in recognition of her research on racial capitalism and global media infrastructures, as well as migrant labor mobility and justice.

Support of Steinhardt Professor Nicole Fleetwood's Marking Time initiative will amplify the art of the incarcerated.

A new book by Media, Culture, and Communication Professor Marita Sturken explores the ways in which we memorialize acts of terror and what these choices reveal about our national identity.

From algebraic patterns woven on a hand loom to artificial-life simulations, a new book by Media, Culture, and Communication Professor Galloway charts the history of digital media.

Media, Culture, and Communication alum Kweighbaye Kotee (BS ‘09) founded the festival while a Steinhardt student. The festival will celebrate 15 years next fall.

New York University claims the 7th spot in the QS Top Universities ranking of media studies programs worldwide.

A new book by Professor Charlton McIlwain provides a historical look at the challenges of diversity and inclusion in computing industries.