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Love and Producer: Otome games history and future in the East Asia

Published on May 3rd, 2020A blog post by Meng Liang Love and Producer was likely one of the most sensational mobile games in China in 2017. Developed by Suzhou Diezhi Network Technology Co., Ltd (SDNT), this mobile dating simulation game generated roughly 20 million yuan (3.1 million US dollars) in revenues […]

Graduate research assistant Kelly Wagman was awarded a MIT PKG Summer Fellowship

Published on April 26th, 2020Graduate research assistant Kelly Wagman was awarded a MIT PKG Summer Fellowship to work with Urban Rivers, a startup non-profit, on designing and developing a remote-controlled trash collecting robot. Urban Rivers, based in Chicago, is currently working on rebuilding wildlife along the Chicago riverfront. The trash robot is […]

Peruvian media and precarity in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic – An interview of Professor Julio César Mateus by Diego Cerna Aragon

Published on April 13th, 2020The COVID-19 pandemic has had unprecedented transformational effects on media and technological dynamics in almost every country. These conditions have especially impacted official communication sources, educational media, and issues surrounding access to network infrastructure and computer hardware. To get a sense of how these issues are […]

CMS Thesis Day Presentations

Published on April 8th, 2020GMTaC lab RA Iago Bojczuk and Han Su will present their thesis on April 10th at 11 am. Welcome to join us! You can register for the presentation webinar here: https://mit.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_oxtCd1DyTy6VglFFEy6jDQYou can see the presenters and their thesis titles here: https://cmsw.mit.edu/event/cms-thesis-day-2020/

Digital Montana Workshop

Published on February 29th, 2020 The Global Media Technologies and Cultures lab at MIT is partnering with the Innovation Factory at the University of Montana to put on a workshop called Digital Montana which will explore the unique role of digital infrastructure in Montana’s economy, environment, and culture. The workshop […]

GMTaC Research Assistant will pursuit a MISTI internship in Peru

Published on February 28th, 2020 Graduate research assistant Diego Cerna Aragon will be joining a team of scholars at the University of Lima to research the professional practice of journalism in Peru. Thanks to funding from MIT International Science and Technology Initiatives (MISTI), Diego will be part of the project Cartografía […]