Graduate Level Media Studies OpenCourseWare
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Comparative Media Studies Workshop OpenCourseWare: MIT's Free Graduate Level Media Studies Workshop
Literature, film, drama, computer science and visual arts begin to coalesce into the interdisciplinary field of comparative media studies in the introductory Comparative Media Studies Workshop offered by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. This free OpenCourseWare workshop lays a practical foundation for master's degree-level studies, for students with backgrounds in one or more of the component disciplines.
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Designing Sociable Media OpenCourseWare: MIT's Free Graduate Level Course on the Study of Online Social Interaction
Virtual communities come under a sociological microscope in 'Designing Sociable Media,' a free graduate-level OpenCourseWare from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Students explore the impact that the design of an online group has on the resulting discourse, and they consider how electronic communications differ from face-to-face interactions. From MIT's graduate program in Media Arts and Sciences, this OpenCourseWare is geared toward students with backgrounds in engineering, science, art or education.
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History of Media and Technology OpenCourseWare: Free Online Graduate Level Music History Course by MIT
Explore how the interplay between media and technology led to the development of avant-garde sound over the past century with this OpenCourseWare from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. 'History of Media and Technology: Sound, the Minority Report' incorporates theory and practice into a progressive course culminating in multimedia projects. This master's degree level seminar is geared toward students with a foundation in media studies or music theory.
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Major Media Texts OpenCourseWare: MIT's Graduate Level Free Online Course on the Study of Media Texts
Examine storytelling in literature, movies, television and stage drama with MIT's free OpenCourseWare, 'Major Media Texts.' This graduate-level course concentrates on close reading and analysis of historically significant entertainment, including interpretations of Shakespeare's 'Henry V' and Mary Shelley's 'Frankenstein' on stage, screen and the page across decades and centuries. As part of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's master's degree program in comparative media studies, this seminar is suited for advanced students of English literature, film theory or drama.
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Media in Transition OpenCourseWare: Free Graduate Level Media Technology Course by MIT
Tour the transformative eras in media, from the invention of movable type to digital filmmaking, in 'Media in Transition,' a free OpenCourseWare from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Readings take you through paradigm shifts when print, theater, film and digital media changed and were changed by society. As part of MIT's master's degree program in comparative media studies, 'Media in Transition' is a graduate-level course suited for students with a solid background in media analysis, literature, film or drama.
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Special Topics in Media Technology (Computational Semantics) OpenCourseWare: Graduate Level Computational Semantics Course by MIT
Three theories of semantics are considered as they relate to how computers interact with language in this free graduate-level OpenCourseWare from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. From MIT's master's degree program in Media Arts and Sciences, 'Special Topics in Media Technology: Computational Semantics' is suited for advanced students of engineering, computer science or linguistics.
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Special Topics in Media Technology (Cooperative Machines) OpenCourseWare: Free Graduate Level Media Technology Course by MIT
'Special Topics in Media Technology: Cooperative Machines' investigates how robots and computers shift from tools to fully collaborative team members, working alongside humans and even independently. Philosophy and science each have a role in this free OpenCourseWare from the master's degree program in Media Arts and Sciences at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The lecture course is aimed at students with backgrounds in technology, computer science or psychology.
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Special Topics in Multimedia Production (Experiences in Interactive Art) OpenCourseWare: Graduate Level Free Online Course by MIT on the Study of Interactive Art
Probe the crumbling barriers between artists and audiences in 'Special Topics in Multimedia Production: Experiences in Interactive Art,' a free opencourse from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. This master's degree level seminar comes from the media arts and sciences program, at the intersection of social sciences, computer science and communications.