Show simple item record

dc.contributor.advisorCeasar McDowell.en_US
dc.contributor.authorSharrief, Sultan.en_US
dc.contributor.otherMassachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Comparative Media Studies.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2020-11-23T17:41:07Z
dc.date.available2020-11-23T17:41:07Z
dc.date.issued2019en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/128604en_US
dc.descriptionThesis: S.M. in Comparative Media Studies, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Comparative Media Studies/Writing, September, 2019en_US
dc.descriptionCataloged from the official PDF of thesis. "September 2019." "Figure 17 is missing from p.51"--Disclaimer page.en_US
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references (pages 138-140).en_US
dc.description.abstractIn 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, I argue that data on educational attainment misrepresents race and class thereby masking the educational reality of low-income Black youth. "Data realities" and "Black Hole Data" emerge as hidden phenomena. Next, I analyze a successful transmedia civic initiative, the Ice Bucket Challenge, to illustrate how new media structures and technologies are being used to create new opportunities for social impact. I will then communicate the design process called HIIPE, as well as the work titled Black (w)Hole SC-i52 (Street Cred' iteration 52) that I produced using this process. The goal of this body of work and design approach is to create a new communication system using virtual reality that more clearly articulates the impacts of race and class on educational attainment for low-income Black youth.en_US
dc.description.statementofresponsibilityby Sultan Sharrief.en_US
dc.format.extent140 pagesen_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherMassachusetts Institute of Technologyen_US
dc.rightsMIT theses may be protected by copyright. Please reuse MIT thesis content according to the MIT Libraries Permissions Policy, which is available through the URL provided.en_US
dc.rights.urihttp://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582en_US
dc.subjectComparative Media Studies.en_US
dc.titleWrestling with systemic edges designing for long-term social changeen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
dc.description.degreeS.M. in Comparative Media Studiesen_US
dc.identifier.oclc1221004263en_US
dc.description.collectionS.M.inComparativeMediaStudies Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Comparative Media Studies/Writingen_US
dspace.imported2021-02-22T21:21:17Zen_US


Files in this item

Thumbnail

This item appears in the following Collection(s)

Show simple item record