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Media Studies at Pratt is an intensive
program developed in relation to Pratt’s
art, design, and architecture environment
and to the burgeoning mediascape, lively
social space, and theoretical scene of
Brooklyn and New York City. Classes
are small, following both the seminar
and workshop format, and all classes are
taught by professors.
The program has been conceived and
instituted in a way that understands that
media emergence is rapidly transforming
experience, society, and knowledge. It
is designed to foster the investigation of
many of the significant social, political,
cultural, economic, and aesthetic
questions of our time by drawing both on
the historical record with regard to media
forms as well as on cutting-edge theory
regarding gender and sexuality, race,
nation, political economy, aesthetic form,
screen studies, and the like.
The Program’s Structure
The program emphasizes studies of
media in their various forms, including
film, video, television, radio, writing,
and computer-mediated forms of
convergence. Students study the logics
and logistics of media and mediation,
and they explore cultural technologies
of expression, representation, and
manipulation, along with the aesthetic,
economic, and political contexts in which
such media necessarily operate. Students
gain expertise in media history, theory
and practice, and in textual analysis,
interpretation, and semiotics.
The Master of Arts in Media Studies
graduate program consists of 30 credits
taken over three semesters and a thesis.
The program can be completed in three
semesters if the student finds a final
chair
Ira Livingston, Ph.D.
[email protected]coordinator
Jon Beller
[email protected]administrative secretary
Danielle Skorzankaoffice
Tel: 718-636-3790