Media and Society
"Media studies" refers to the examination of visual, aural, and textual information and entertainment that is reproduced and transmitted to mass audiences using a series of complex and changing technologies. HWS was among the first liberal arts colleges in the country to offer a major in Media Studies in 1996. From its inception, the Media and Society Program has fostered a sustained, sophisticated, and comprehensive analysis of the media’s pervasive cultural influence from a variety of perspectives and guided by two fundamental goals:
- To engage students in the critical analysis of the influences of mass media from both the socio-political and cultural/artistic perspectives.
- To stimulate students to express their creative imaginations through self-expression in writing and the visual arts.
Delaney Hoodak ’21 has been accepted into the Media, Culture, and Society master’s program at the University of East Anglia in Norwich, England. The graduate program focuses on the study…
Maura McNamara ’22 and Emma Nedeau ’22 are interning this semester at Finger Lakes Goods, a new Geneva-based business owned by HWS alum Jim Cecere ’91 that sells natural goods…
A new gift from journalist George Stephanopoulos adds approximately 650 new items to the Collections of Hobart and William Smith Colleges, bringing depth and breadth to his 2019 donation of politically…
