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MCC Conference in Berlin Convenes Global Media Scholars
The conference "Transubstantiating Transmission: Walls Become Ports Become Channels,” held on October 12-13, included six MCC faculty members, four PhD students, and one MCC alum. Several distinguished German media theorists, art curators and ... More About MCC Conference in Berlin Convenes Global Media Scholars
Taking “Diversity and Inclusion” to the Next Level: An Interview with Leslie Stevens, MCC Weber Shandwick Scholar
Leslie Stevens is a recipient of an MCC Media Diversity Scholarship at Weber Shandwick, a global communications and engagement agency. Her interests lie at the intersection of social media, culture, race, identity, and power. As an undergraduate, she published her first academic research paper in the Howard Journal of Communication in 2017, examining Black Twitter as a […] More About Taking “Diversity and Inclusion” to the Next Level: An Interview with Leslie Stevens, MCC Weber Shandwick Scholar
“Coffee is Crucial”: An Interview with Jordan Cohen (BS ’11), Director of Communications at The New York Times
Jordan Cohen (BS ’11) serves as a director of communications at The New York Times where he helps oversee external communications, media appearances, and speaking engagements for Times reporters, editors and business executives. He also collaborates with teams across The New York Times Company to increase the global reach and engagement of Times journalism by implementing […] More About “Coffee is Crucial”: An Interview with Jordan Cohen (BS ’11), Director of Communications at The New York Times
Can We Make This Alumni Profile Go Viral?…And Other Questions for Valerie Streit (MA ’06)
Valerie Streit (MA ’06), leads partner and product operations at Google where she assures high-quality, diverse news content in Search, Google News, YouTube and Assistant. Previously at YouTube, she cultivated platform growth strategies and audience insights with a focus on the news vertical. She has also led publisher outreach to help drive adoption to the Accelerated […] More About Can We Make This Alumni Profile Go Viral?…And Other Questions for Valerie Streit (MA ’06)
Student Delegation Attends Global Leadership Summit in South Africa
A delegation of four NYU undergraduate students explored the meaning of social justice and inclusion in higher education through cross-cultural dialog at the Global Leadership Summit in Bloemfontein, South Africa, in July. Vivienne Felix, associate director of experiential learning at NYU Steinhardt, led the delegation, which met with student from Africa, Asia, the European Union, and […] More About Student Delegation Attends Global Leadership Summit in South Africa
Two Steinhardt Alumnae Nominated for 2018 Emmy Awards
NYU Steinhardt congratulates Erin Doyle and Ali Feindstein, two alumnae nominated for 2018 Emmy Awards for their work on television shows. Erin Doyle (BS ’07), who graduated from with a degree in communication studies, was nominated for Outstanding Short Form Variety Series as a producer for NBC’s Creating Saturday Night Live. Ali Feinstein, (BS ’11), a […] More About Two Steinhardt Alumnae Nominated for 2018 Emmy Awards
New Book Offers Cultural History of Color TV
Editor's note: in her newly released Bright Signals: A History of Color Television (Duke University Press), MCC Associate Professor Susan Murray positions the story of color television within a broader cultural history of twentieth-century ... More About New Book Offers Cultural History of Color TV
MCC Faculty Recognized for Teaching Excellence
Three members of the Department of Media, Culture, and Communication faculty received teaching accolades this month: Clinical Associate Professor Aurora Wallace, Assistant Professor Finn Brunton, and Adjunct Professor Eugene Secunda.Professors ... More About MCC Faculty Recognized for Teaching Excellence
Four Steinhardt Students Win Fulbright Grants
Four Steinhardt Students are among twenty-one New York University students and recent alumni who have been selected as Fulbright Scholars for 2018-19. Under this U.S. Department of State Bureau of Education and Cultural Affairs program, recipients teach or conduct research abroad during the upcoming academic year. This year’s NYU Steinhardt Fulbright awardees are: Undergraduate Recipients […] More About Four Steinhardt Students Win Fulbright Grants
Non-White Scholars Are Underrepresented in Scholarly Articles in Communications, Finds NYU Steinhardt Study
Non-White scholars continue to be underrepresented in publication rates, citation rates, and editorial positions in communications and media studies, finds a new study by NYU Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development and published in the Journal of Communication. “The article was published in a special issue surveying changes in the field of communication […] More About Non-White Scholars Are Underrepresented in Scholarly Articles in Communications, Finds NYU Steinhardt Study
Media in Pakistan
A fellowship from the American Institute of Pakistan Studies will enable MCC doctoral student Asif Akhtar to conduct dissertation research in the India Office Archives at the British Library for six months next year. With this extended archival ... More About Media in Pakistan
MCC Student Among Inaugural Urban Doctoral Fellows
First year PhD student Sandeep Mertia has been named an NYU Urban Fellow. The new university-wide program aims to increase collaboration and scholarly discourse among a diverse set of faculty and students engaged in urban research. The competitive ... More About MCC Student Among Inaugural Urban Doctoral Fellows
Alexander Galloway Receives Berlin Prize
MCC Professor Alexander Galloway is among the recipients of the 2018-2019 Berlin Prize—a semester-long fellowship administered by the American Academy in Berlin. The highly coveted prize is awarded annually to scholars, writers, composers, ... More About Alexander Galloway Receives Berlin Prize
Diversity is the Conversation for NYU Steinhardt Students and Deans
Stella Flores and Charlton McIlwain had lunch with Steinhardt’s Weber Shandwick scholars last week. The meeting was a chance to share insights about professional and educational opportunity. Lauren Hom (pictured below, far right) is among four students chosen for the NYU at Weber Shandwick Masters in Residence, a program designed to increase the number of diverse professionals […] More About Diversity is the Conversation for NYU Steinhardt Students and Deans
Diversifying the Media Industry with Weber Shandwick: A Student’s Experience in Steinhardt’s New Masters in Residence Program
NYU Steinhardt has joined leading global communications firm Weber Shandwick to launch its NYU at Weber Shandwick Masters in Residence, a program designed to increase the number of diverse professionals in the media industry. Through this program, four students pursuing master’s degrees from Steinhardt’s Department of Media, Culture, and Communication work at Weber Shandwick to […] More About Diversifying the Media Industry with Weber Shandwick: A Student’s Experience in Steinhardt’s New Masters in Residence Program
MCC and Weber Shandwick Launch Masters in Residence Program
NYU Steinhardt and Weber Shandwick form first-of-its-kind partnership to increase technology-engaged, diverse professionals in media, and bridge the academic-professional gap. Global media agency Weber Shandwick and the NYU Department of Media, ... More About MCC and Weber Shandwick Launch Masters in Residence Program
Weber Shandwick and NYU Steinhardt Launch Masters in Residence Program
Weber Shandwick, one of the world’s leading global communications and engagement firms, announced the launch of NYU at Weber Shandwick: Masters in Residence, a first-of-its-kind program for master’s students created in partnership with NYU Steinhardt’s Department of Media, Culture, and Communication. The program is focused on increasing the number of technology-engaged, globally-savvy, diverse, future professionals […] More About Weber Shandwick and NYU Steinhardt Launch Masters in Residence Program
Professor Robles-Anderson Recognized by the Society for the History of Technology
An article coauthored by Associate Professor Erica Robles-Anderson has received the 2017 Mahoney Prize from the Special Interest Group in Computers, Information, and Society, a research division within the Society for the History of ... More About Professor Robles-Anderson Recognized by the Society for the History of Technology
NYU’s Incubator for Disability Research and Activism
The field of disability studies looks at the historical, social, and legal circumstances that shape the experience of disability. It also recognizes that disability is not a matter of discrete impairments — but rather an opportunity for ... More About NYU’s Incubator for Disability Research and Activism
Professor Hegde Wins Prestigious Charles H. Woolbert Research Award from the National Communication Association
Radha S. Hegde, Professor in the Department of Media, Culture, and Communication at NYU Steinhardt, has received the National Communication Association’s 2017 Charles H. Woolbert Research Award. Given annually, the award honors a journal ... More About Professor Hegde Wins Prestigious Charles H. Woolbert Research Award from the National Communication Association
Foundations: A Remedy, With Shortcomings, to the Journalism Crisis
Nonprofit journalism organizations have made notable civic contributions, but fall short of offering a strong critical alternative to the market failure and professional shortcomings of commercial journalism, finds a new study from NYU’s ... More About Foundations: A Remedy, With Shortcomings, to the Journalism Crisis
Nominated by their Students, Three MCC Faculty Win Teaching Awards
Associate Professors Mara Mills and Paula Chakravartty, and Clinical Assistant Professor Jamie Bianco, have received 2017 New York University teaching awards. Mills is the recipient of NYU Steinhardt’s Teaching Excellence Award, which ... More About Nominated by their Students, Three MCC Faculty Win Teaching Awards
CFP: 'Mediated Populisms' The 2017 Neil Postman Graduate Conference
CFP Deadline: Monday, May 15, 2017Conference: Friday, October 6, 2017 For more information and to submit an abstract, please visit postmanconference.org. At 3:30 a.m. on November 9, just after the 2016 U.S. election results were announced, ... More About CFP: 'Mediated Populisms' The 2017 Neil Postman Graduate Conference
How Do We Know What to Believe? Media Literacy in 2017
The Department of Media, Culture, and Communication and the Center for Communication will host “Media Literacy: Be Your Own Critic” on Monday, March 6, 2017 from 6:30 to 8 pm. In this panel discussion, media thought leaders and ... More About How Do We Know What to Believe? Media Literacy in 2017
MCC Professor Is Founding Editor of New Online Journal
Associate Professor Mara Mills is among the founding editors of the new biannual journal Catalyst: Feminism, Theory, Technoscience. Catalyst was conceived to expand the feminist and critical intellectual legacies of science and ... More About MCC Professor Is Founding Editor of New Online Journal
MCC Professor Receives Award from the Future of Privacy Forum
The Future of Privacy Forum announced that a paper co-authored by MCC Professor Helen Nissenbaum was one of five academic papers to receive its annual Privacy Papers for Policymakers Award. The paper, Privacy of Public Data, is pending ... More About MCC Professor Receives Award from the Future of Privacy Forum
Research Grants Fund Summer Fieldwork for Two MCC Doctoral Students
Angela Arias-Zapata and Colette Perold received grants from the Tinker Foundation for travel to Latin America to conduct pre-dissertation research. The intent of the Tinker funding is to “allow students to familiarize themselves with ... More About Research Grants Fund Summer Fieldwork for Two MCC Doctoral Students
MCC Symposium Explores Contemporary Art in China in Anticipation of 2017 Guggenheim Exhibition
The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum and NYU Steinhardt’s Department of Media, Culture, and Communication will host Art and China after 1989: New Perspectives. The symposium, which includes 15 emerging scholars in the field of contemporary Chinese ... More About MCC Symposium Explores Contemporary Art in China in Anticipation of 2017 Guggenheim Exhibition
Activist Hashtags: Counterpublics and Discourse Circulation
A new journal article by doctoral candidate Rachel Kuo examines the ways in which hashtags frame and drive racial justice discourse. The piece, published in the latest issue of New Media & Society, focuses on the usage of hashtags ... More About Activist Hashtags: Counterpublics and Discourse Circulation
Research Looks at How Racial Inequality is Produced Online
Internet users tend to navigate between websites in a racially segregated way, despite pathways that provide equitable access to different sites, finds a new study by NYU’s Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development. The ... More About Research Looks at How Racial Inequality is Produced Online
Rise of China’s Culture Industries
A new book by Professor Lily Chumley examines the emergence of China’s creative economy as “culture workers,” tasked with developing new imaginaries to stimulate consumption in the post-socialist marketplace, burst onto ... More About Rise of China’s Culture Industries
MCC Doctoral Candidate Receives Prestigious Mellon/ACLS Fellowship
MCC PhD candidate Liz Koslov is among an impressive group of Mellon/American Council of Learned Societies Dissertation Completion Fellows selected from a pool of nearly 1,000 applicants through a rigorous peer review process. Her thesis Retreat: ... More About MCC Doctoral Candidate Receives Prestigious Mellon/ACLS Fellowship
Professor David Wills Examines Space and Place at NYU Tel Aviv
David Clinton Wills, Visiting Assistant Professor of Media, Culture, and Communication, will teach a new Dean’s Global Honors Seminar in New York and Tel Aviv in fall 2016. The seminar will combine a semester-long course In New York with a one ... More About Professor David Wills Examines Space and Place at NYU Tel Aviv
Student Award Winners 2016
The Department of Media, Culture, and Communication is happy to announce the winners of its undergraduate and graduate departmental awards. To feature this talented group, we updated the classic Proust Questionnaire and collected their candid ... More About Student Award Winners 2016
Nicole Starosielski Receives Award For Best First Book From The Society for Cinema and Media Studies
At its annual spring conference, SCMS announced the selection of MCC Assistant Professor Nicole Starosielski's The Undersea Network as the best first book published in the field of film and media studies in the last ... More About Nicole Starosielski Receives Award For Best First Book From The Society for Cinema and Media Studies
Fred Turner is the 2016 LeBoff Distinguished Visiting Scholar
MCC is pleased to announce that Stanford Professor Fred Turner will lead a special graduate seminar entitled Cybernetics and Its Histories later this month. The course will begin with Norbert Wiener's coining of the term in 1948, offering ... More About Fred Turner is the 2016 LeBoff Distinguished Visiting Scholar
MCC Symposium Examines Technology, Privacy, and the Future of Education
The Technology, Privacy, and the Future of Education symposium, hosted by the Department of Media, Culture, and Communication at NYU Steinhardt, brings together educational specialists, journalists, and academics to open a dialogue around the ... More About MCC Symposium Examines Technology, Privacy, and the Future of Education
Helen Nissenbaum and Cornell Researcher Awarded NSF Grant to Study Privacy
MCC Professor Helen Nissenbaum and Cornell computer scientist Deborah Estrin have received $300,000 from the National Science Foundation for a project entitled A Research Agenda to Explore Privacy in "Small Data" Applications. Together they will ... More About Helen Nissenbaum and Cornell Researcher Awarded NSF Grant to Study Privacy
Q&A with Arjun Appadurai on new book “Banking on Words”
With Banking on Words: The Failure of Language in the Age of Derivative Finance (University of Chicago Press), Arjun Appadurai, the Paulette Goddard Professor of Media, Culture, and Communication, delves into the culture of derivative finance and ... More About Q&A with Arjun Appadurai on new book “Banking on Words”
MA Student Takes Home Award for Best Graduate Paper at NYSCA Conference
MCC student Audrey Turner received the award for her paper entitled "Selfies as Lacan's Mirror Stage," which she presented at last weekend's New York State Communication Association conference. The paper, written for MCC Professor Feldman's seminar ... More About MA Student Takes Home Award for Best Graduate Paper at NYSCA Conference