{"id":77,"date":"2014-05-21T10:05:31","date_gmt":"2014-05-21T15:05:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/english\/?page_id=77"},"modified":"2025-11-17T09:34:07","modified_gmt":"2025-11-17T15:34:07","slug":"media-cinema-and-digital-studies","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/english\/students\/graduate\/graduate-plans\/media-cinema-and-digital-studies\/","title":{"rendered":"Media, Cinema, and Digital Studies"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>51ÁÔÆæ\u2019s joint MA\/PhD program in Media, Cinema, and Digital Studies starts from the assumption that media in the 21st century must be studied comparatively. Cinema has been intermedial since its inception in its rich intersections with the literary, performing, and visual arts, as well as with science&nbsp;and popular culture. With the advent of digital technologies, the interrelation of all media has only intensified.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Students in our interdisciplinary program&nbsp;work across major media forms such as film, television, video&nbsp;games, and tactical and&nbsp;social media. Our&nbsp;faculty and students employ rigorous&nbsp;historical, theoretical, and political&nbsp;methodologies to develop innovative research projects both within and across media, cinema, and digital studies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-contact\">Contact<\/h4>\n\n\n<div class=\"facetwp-template\"><div id=\"uwmpeople-container\" class=\"uwmpeople-grid\"><div id=\"uwmpeople-grid\" class=\"uwm-l-grid uwm-l-grid--1 uwm-u-mb-60\" aria-hidden=\"false\"><div class=\"uwmpeople-person uwm-l-grid uwm-u-mb-40\" data-catlist=\"154, 192, 154, 158, 162\"><div class=\"people-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/english\/about\/directory\/williams-tami\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uwm.edu\/ls-people\/file\/tamiw.webp?ver=\" sizes=\"(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" width=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"people-info\"><div class=\"people-name\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/english\/about\/directory\/williams-tami\/\">Tami Williams<\/a><\/strong><\/div><div class=\"uwm-u-my-0\"><ul class=\"people-title-dept uwm-c-list--cleanlist\"><li><strong>Associate Professor<\/strong>, <em>English<\/em><\/li><li><strong>Plan H Coordinator<\/strong>, <em>English<\/em><\/li><\/ul><\/div><ul class=\"people-contact uwm-c-list--cleanlist\"><li class=\"people-email\"><a href=\"mailto:tamiw@uwm.edu\">tamiw@uwm.edu<\/a><\/li><li class=\"people-phone\"><a href=\"tel:4142294511\">414-229-4511<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-affiliated-faculty\">Affiliated Faculty<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/history\/people\/haigh-thomas\/\"><strong>Thomas Haigh<\/strong><\/a>, Associate Professor of History<br><em>History of computing, media archaeology, science fiction and futurology, internet history, digital platforms<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/arthistory\/people\/johung-jennifer\/\"><strong>Jennifer Johung<\/strong><\/a>, Associate Professor of Art History<br><em>Digital culture, media art, performance studies<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/anthropology\/people\/malaby-thomas-m\/\"><strong>Thomas Malaby<\/strong><\/a>, Professor of Anthropology<br><em>Philosophy and social theory, performance and practice, game studies, anthropology of institutions<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/history\/people\/evans-christine\/\">Christine Evans<\/a><\/strong>,&nbsp;Associate Professor of History<br><em>Socialist and post-socialist television, transnational media history, and&nbsp;media infrastructures.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>51ÁÔÆæ\u2019s joint MA\/PhD program in Media, Cinema, and Digital Studies starts from the assumption that media in the 21st century must be studied comparatively. 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