Communication and Media Studies Department
News & Events
February 1, 2012
Media Studies senior Sam Rapaport was recently named a finalist at the Kennedy Center's American College Theatre Festival (Region1). Rapaport was honored for his sound design for the USM Student Performing Artists’ presentation of Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew, re-dressed to capture the flare and swagger of Prohibition-era New Orleans.
January 5, 2012
Dr. David Pierson's new book, The Fugitive, is now published by Wayne State University Press. In The Fugitive, Pierson discusses the context of the series’ creation at a time when federal regulators were forcing the three major television networks to broadcast adult programs with less physical violence. Pierson also offers a unique analysis of the major themes represented in The Fugitive’s episodes, such as individualism, love and marriage, the culture of professionalism, modern science and technology, and social justice and authority, along with how these themes connected to ongoing social and cultural struggles taking place in American society in the 1960s.
September 22, 2011
Kate Kaminski, communication and media studies instructor, has conceived the Bluestocking Film Series. Kate is collaborating with Whitney McDorr and the St. Lawrence Arts Center to bring the premier showing on October 30, from 4:00-6:00 p.m.
Internship to Employment
Media Studies Students and Alumni at Lone Wolf Documentary Group
USM Media Studies alumni discuss the importance of the internship experience-- and how it led to employment-- at Lone Wolf Documentary Group, an award-winning production company that has produced programs for the History Channel and National Geographic Explorer. Watch the video >>
CREDITS: video produced by Andrea Nilosek '11 and Brad Moore, under the direction of Dennis Gilbert.
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