the program at mit that i've been pining for lately is the Comparative Media Studies (http://web.mit.edu/cms/) program.
For example their general grad level intro class includes topics of "globalization, propaganda and persuasion, social and political effects of media change, political economy and the institutional analysis of media ownership, online communities, privacy and intellectual property, and the role of news and information within democratic cultures."
It's almost enough to make me wish i'd finished hampshire and gotten a degree.
Posted by: evan at August 30, 2002 4:38 PM
Yes, yes, and yes. In case you somehow missed it, Penny Arcade ran an interview with their department head that I'm still slowly digesting. Great stuff, it is.
http://www.penny-arcade.com/lodjenkins.php3
Posted by: kermix at September 10, 2002 8:21 PM
Don't forget fawning 23-page profiles of Democratic presidential longshots by Joe Klein, in which Mr. Klein refers to himself at least once every third paragraph, like ye:
"I first saw Peter Orvetti lying face-down in a pool of his own vomit, moments after a stirring if incoherent denunciation of anarcho-syndicalism. His shirt was silk, his tie was filthy, and I knew one day, he would be President of the United States."
Posted by: Peter Orvetti at November 26, 2002 12:31 PM
Throw that f*kin rag away. The SYSTEM (read with a boot stompin sound) ~ is sending that to you and it's dangeeerous! Like Ping Pong.
Posted by: truthseeker at June 14, 2003 8:10 PM