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  • CMS 334J: South Asian America: Transnational Media, Culture, and History

    3.00 Credits
    Massachusetts Institute of Technology

    Examines the history of South Asian immigration, sojourning, and settlement from the 1880s to the present. Focuses on the US as one node in the global circulation, not only of people, but of media, culture and ideas, through a broader South Asian diaspora. Considers the concept of i??global mediai?? historically; emphasis on how ideas about, and self-representations of, South Asians have circulated via books, political pamphlets, performance, film, video/cassette tapes, and the internet. Students analyze and discuss scholarly writings, archival documents, memoirs, fiction, blogs and films, and write papers drawing on course materials, lectures, and discussions. Limited to 18. Prerequisite:    Prereq: None
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  • CMS 335J: Short Attention Span Documentary

    3.00 Credits
    Massachusetts Institute of Technology

    Focuses on the production of short (1- to 5-minute) digital video documentaries: a form of non-fiction filmmaking that has proliferated in recent years due to the ubiquity of palm-sized and mobile phone cameras and the rise of web-based platforms, such as YouTube. Students shoot, edit, workshop and revise a series of short videos meant to engage audiences in a topic, introduce them to new ideas, and/or persuade them. Screenings and discussions cover key principles of documentary film ? narrative, style, pace, point of view, argument, character development ? examining how they function and change in short format. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. Limited to 16. Prerequisite:    Prereq: None
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  • CMS 336J: The Social Documentary: Analysis and Production

    3.00 Credits
    Massachusetts Institute of Technology

    An introduction to the history of the social documentary from the 1960s through the 1980s. Explores how social upheaval and the shift to smaller, more portable film cameras, and ultimately hand-held video, converged to bring about an upsurge of socially engaged documentary film production. Students screen and analyze a series of key films from the period and work in groups to produce their own short documentary using digital video and computer-based editing. Limited to 18. Prerequisite:    Prereq: None
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  • CMS 338: Innovation in Documentary: Technologies and Techniques

    3.00 Credits
    Massachusetts Institute of Technology

    Discusses emerging technologies and techniques available to media-makers (e.g., location-based technologies, transmedia storytelling, crowdsourcing, and interactivity) and their implications on the film and television documentary. Studies the development of these tools and considers the many new directions in which they may take the genre. Includes screenings, meetings with documentary makers, and an experimental component in which students can explore new approaches to documentary production. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. Prerequisite:    Prereq: CMS.100 or permission of instructor
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  • CMS 360: Introduction to Civic Media

    3.00 Credits
    Massachusetts Institute of Technology

    Examines civic media in comparative, transnational and historical perspectives. Introduces various theoretical tools, research approaches, and project design methods. Students engage with multimedia texts on concepts such as citizen journalism, transmedia activism, media justice, and civic, public, radical, and tactical media. Case studies explore civic media across platforms (print, radio, broadcast, internet), contexts (from local to global, present-day to historical), and use (dialogic, contentious, hacktivist). As a final project, students develop a case study or project proposal. Students taking the graduate version complete additional assignments. Limited to 20. Prerequisite:    Prereq: None
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  • CMS 361: Networked Social Movements: Media and Mobilization

    3.00 Credits
    Massachusetts Institute of Technology

    Provides an overview of social movement studies as a body of theoretical and empirical work, with an emphasis on understanding the relationship between social movements and the media. Explores multiple methods of social movement investigation, including textual and media analysis, surveys, interviews, focus groups, participant observation, and co-research. Covers recent innovations in social movement theory, as well as new data sources and tools for research and analysis. Includes short papers, a literature review, and a final research project. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. Limited to 16. Prerequisite:    Prereq: None
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  • CMS 362: Civic Media Collaborative Design Studio

    3.00 Credits
    Massachusetts Institute of Technology

    Project-based studio focusing on collaborative design of civic media provides a service-learning opportunity for students interested in working with community organizations. Multidisciplinary teams create civic media projects based on real-world community needs. Covers co-design methods and best practices to include the user community in iterative stages of project ideation, design, implementation, testing, and evaluation. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. Limited to 16. Prerequisite:    Prereq: One subject in CMS or MAS
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  • CMS 376: History of Media and Technology

    3.00 Credits
    Massachusetts Institute of Technology

    Surveys the interrelated histories of communications media and technological development, from the emergence of 19th-century forms of mass print media and telegraphy, to sound capture and image-based forms (e.g., film, radio, and television), to the shift from analog to digital cultures. Examines how new forms of communication exert social, political, and cultural influences in the global context. Explores how technological innovation and accelerating media affect social values and behaviors in the popular and global adoption of a media device. Includes two papers and a research project on aspects of media history. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. Prerequisite:    Prereq: None
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  • CMS 400: Media Systems and Texts

    3.00 Credits
    Massachusetts Institute of Technology

    Explores theoretical, historical and critical approaches to the comparative study of media. Examines media from three perspectives: the historical evolution of particular media forms (media in transition); the migration of particular narratives across different media forms (trans-media texts); and the ways in which media texts and systems cross cultural and national boundaries (global crossings). Prerequisite:    Prereq: One subject in Comparative Media Studies or permission of instructor
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  • CMS 403J: Media and Methods: Performing

    3.00 Credits
    Massachusetts Institute of Technology

    Seminar examines an array of performance disciplines from the perspective of the performer. Explores what it means to read the human body as a dynamic medium of expression; how fundamental techniques of the performer shift across cultural borders and in step with changing social contexts and historical traditions; and how the expressive tactics of one media platform adapt to the demands of another. Students engage in close analysis of performance practices, acquiring a theoretical and historical framework for thinking about performance across disciplines. Complemented by outside readings, video viewings, short essays, and studio performances, this course is intended to provide students with an introduction to core concepts in performance studies as they relate more generally to the study of media. Instruction and practice in written and oral communication provided. Limited to 20. Prerequisite:    Prereq: CMS.100, 21L.011, or permission of instructor
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