Browsing Comparative Media Studies - Master's degree by Title
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We are like this only : Desis and Hindi films in the Diaspora
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2003)Set in Boston, U.S.A, the overarching goal of this thesis is to develop a theoretical framework and a set of analytical tools that might help us understand how Hindi films are watched in the Indian- American diaspora and ... -
Web of words : poetry, fandom and globality
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2006)This study explores questions of media change, negotiation of literary value and postcolonial hybridity through a study of The Wondering Minstrels, a largely South-Asian community on the Web dedicated to the celebration ... -
When all you have is a banhammer : the social and communicative work of Volunteer moderators
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2018)The popular understanding of moderation online is that moderation is inherently reactive, where moderators see and then react to content generated by users, typically by removing it; in order to understand the work already ... -
When to start freaking out : audience engagement on social media during disease outbreaks
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2018)As the media landscape in the United States has shifted and changed, the emphasis placed on digital technologies - particularly with respect to audience engagement - has become increasingly noteworthy. However, when situated ... -
The world in the network: the Interop trade show, Carl Malamud's Internet 1996 Exposition, and the politics of internet commercialization
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2010)In the early 1990s, the Internet emerged as a commercially viable global communications medium. This study considers the role that representatives of the military-industrial research world played in the physical expansion ... -
Wrestling with systemic edges designing for long-term social change
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2019)In this work I seek to show how the lack of nuance in data representation and media practices of the American educational system impedes the design of effective educational interventions for low-income Black youth. First, ... -
Zeki Müren, a prince from outer space : reading Turkey's gender-bending pop legend as a transmedia star
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2016)Zeki Müren is Turkey's beloved queer pop star whose career spans a period between his first radio emission in 1951 and his death during a live television program in 1996. He is a pioneer of 'Turkish Art Music', a trailblazer ...
