You have grown up in a world of nearly wall-to-wall media. Social networking, texting, email are second nature to you. You’re surrounded by ads of all sorts. Viral marketing usually begins on YouTube. The news cycle runs 24/7/365. Music is personalized and downloaded, television and film are often viewed on the smaller screens of your computer. But what does this all mean, and how does it affect the fabric of your life? What do you need to learn and to do to make sure that you understand and can best utilize the communications technologies of the 21st century?
Through the Communications & Media Studies Program (CMS) at Tufts University, students develop the critical scholarship, ethical contexts, and technical understanding they need to become responsible users – and producers – of media. We believe that it’s critically important for all of us to become media literate: that is, to develop an understanding of the historical, social, political, economic and cultural significance of film, print and electronic media, so that we can become more careful and critical consumers of it.
CMS offers an interdisciplinary approach that focuses on the role of media in the U.S. and globally. We stress ways to get involved, ways to combine your interest in media with your desire to make a difference in the world.
Brionna Jimerson (A13) is a junior American Studies major and a CMS Minor. Through CMS, she participated in an internship last summer at the New York Observer.
Play the audio clip to hear what she has to say about the CMS program.
For more information about the CMS program, please contact us at cms@tufts.edu.
