UVA's Department of Media Studies analyzes media culture, technology, labor, literacy, policy, infrastructure, and inequity. Our goal is to provide students with the tools to evaluate and shape media. With global reach, our faculty and students examine media from a variety of perspectives that include media history, aesthetics and form, audience analysis, media uses, the impact of media on public opinion, and the relations between media and the law.
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My students are using AI to cheat. Here’s why it’s a teachable moment
Siva Vaidhyanathan in The Guardian.
Dear CNN, giving Trump a town-hall platform is the height of irresponsibility
Siva Vaidhyanathan in The Guardian.
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Twitter Pill: Democracy in Danger
Democracy in Danger features Meredith Clark.
Google draws backlash from Brazil with lobbying against ‘fake news’ bill
David Nemer quoted in the Financial Times.
Democracy in Danger Wins Webby
Siva Vaidhyanathan's podcast Democracy in Danger wins a Webby Award.
Axiom Business Book Awards Announced
Aynne Kokas' book receives an Axiom Award.
Unpacking America’s potential TikTok ban and the RESTRICT Act that may follow
Mary Kurbanov quotes David Nemer in The Cavalier Daily.
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May 16, 2024
Congratulations to Aniko Bodroghkozy on her award!
May 3, 2024
Aniko Bodroghkozy featured in Time.
April 26, 2024
Congratulations to Tyler Williams on the publication of his book!