Published on October 3rd, 2018A blog post by GMTaC Affiliate Graduate Student Alan Zhang. For decades, our planet has been imaged from space. Though people may think immediately of Google Maps in this regard, satellites capture more than cities and streets, and they are commanded by organizations beyond the tech […]
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Published on October 1st, 2018A blog post by GMTaC Research Assistant Iago Bojczuk. In the late 1990s, Time magazine had the following headline stamped on its cover page: “Pokémon: For many kids it’s now an addiction—cards, video games, toys, a new movie. Is it bad for them?”1 That edition came out only […]
Published on August 3rd, 2018A blog post by Graduate RA student Annis R. Sands. With the stiff competition for eyeballs in the subscription video on demand (SVOD) landscape, it was a little surprising to learn that two of Amazon’s chief SVOD rivals, Netflix and Hulu, used Amazon Web Services (AWS). […]
Published on August 3rd, 2018A blog post by Graduate RA student Annis R. Sands. On May 9th, 2018, I co-presented research on the historical emergence of Amazon.com with Vicky Zeamer, a fellow MIT graduate student and Research Assistant in the Global Media Technologies and Cultures (GMTaC). We presented these preliminary […]
Published on May 22nd, 2018Written by Annis R. Sands, Graduate Research Assistant in the GMTaC Lab In February 2018, I participated in the Media, Refugees, and ICTs workshop hosted by the Global Media Technologies and Cultures Lab. Prior to the workshop, I had very little knowledge about public policy on […]
Published on May 11th, 2018Written by Basil N. Hamusokwe, Lecturer in the Department of Media and Communication Studies, School of Humanities and Social Sciences University of Zambia, Lusaka Black Panther is one Hollywood movie that Africa will celebrate for many years to come. Media reports indicate that moviegoers throughout the […]
Published on May 4th, 2018Written by Ángel R. Rodríguez* In my opinion, Black Panther and the cultural invention of Vibranium is the imperfect exposure to the perfect leap-frog narrative from Africa. But, I would also like to think here about Africa in its totality, and prefer a different animal because […]
Published on April 17th, 2018A blog post by Matt Graydon, Graduate Student Every year, the satellite industry comes together for a major conference and trade exhibition where the latest trends and technologies shaping the field are promoted, discussed and debated. Over the course of four days, the vast Walter E. […]
Published on March 13th, 2018The GMTaC Lab kicked off a two-day workshop on Refugees, Media, and ICTs on the afternoon of Wednesday, February 21. The purpose of the workshop was to bring a small group of researchers together to present work-in-progress or recently published articles related to refugees, media, and […]