MA in Media Studies
Office Information
Associate Director
Media Studies Masters Program
joshua.chapdelaine@qc.cuny.edu
[Please contact Joshua Chapdelaine with program inquiries.]
Douglas Rushkoff
Director
Media Studies Masters Program
douglas.rushkoff@qc.cuny.edu
The Master of Arts in Media Studies
The MA in Media Studies is a 30-credit program combining theory, practice and real-world engagement. We are a community of activists, makers, artists and researchers working to effect social change through media, as well as to understand the impact of media and technology on culture and society. Coursework introduces theoretical and practical methodologies spanning a range of critical areas including race and gender, urban development, economic and social justice, political activism, environmental responsibility, ethnicity, cognitive liberty, commodity culture, and cultural identity.
Potential students include activists, NGO employees, independent scholars, current media professionals, political, legal, and economic analysts, artists or others looking for an intellectual environment in which to challenge conventional understanding of the media in order to engage purposefully with a range of vital issues – from the environment, race and gender discrimination, to income inequality, and the impact of commodity capitalism.
Media Arts and Performance Track
In collaboration with the Drama, Theatre and Dance department, we are offering a new MA track for media artists, actors, dancers, writers, directors, documentarians, gamers, technicians, designers, and performance studies scholars interested in performance and media as a form of social practice, activism, or community building. It is particularly appropriate for those pursuing careers in the performing arts, arts education, media arts, arts activism, hacktivism, or community arts and media.
We are accepting applications now for the Fall 23 semester. Apply to the Media Studies MA program, and indicate your interest in this program in your application essay.
Accelerated MA Program in Media Studies
The Department of Media Studies offers an Accelerated MA for eligible Media Studies majors and, on a case-by-case basis, majors in other humanities and social science disciplines.
If your interests as an undergraduate gravitate toward the ways that the media are linked to forms of social inequality and injustice, the MA in Media Studies will interest you. Joining the Accelerated MA program allows you to take graduate courses focused on unjust and unequal forms of media power and ways to confront them.
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