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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A New Bill Puts TikTok On The Line For American Users – How Likely Is It The App Will Be Banned Entirely?
Aynne Kokas interviewed on AirTalk.
Elon Musk’s defense of Scott Adams shows why he is misguided and dangerous
Siva Vaidhyanathan in The Guardian.
Abandonware "After Dark"—How Fair Use Powers Media Studies
Kevin Driscoll in The Taper.
Toward Practices for Human-Centered Machine Learning
MDST Alum Steve Chancellor in Communications of the ACM.
Unpacking the Recent Flood of TikTok Bans
Aynne Kokas in The Cut.
Central Bank Digital Currency? How money could be redesigned
Lana Swartz report on design of Central Bank Currencies released.
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May 25, 2023
Siva Vaidhyanathan in The Guardian.
May 10, 2023
Siva Vaidhyanathan in The Guardian.
