William Turner
William Bennett Turner has argued cases before the U.S. Supreme Court, covered legal issues for public television, published widely on free speech, and taught courses on the First Amendment at UC Berkeley for over three decades. His latest book is Free Speech for Some. Research Interests: freedom of speech and the press Recent Publications: Free Speech for All: How the Supreme Court is Weaponizing the First Amendment to Empower Corporations and the Religious Right, Roaring Forties Press, Berkeley, CA. 2019 Figures of Speech: First Amendment Heroes and Villains. PoliPointPress, Sausalito, CA. […]
Josh Jackson
Book a 15-min block at: calendly.com/jacksonjosh Research Interests: Digital and new media, television, media and culture, convergence, media industries and production cultures, media history Courses Taught: MS10: Introduction to Media Studies MS101: Visual Communication MS165: Internet and Culture MS180: Television Studies Dr. Josh Jackson is your assigned Media Studies Faculty Advisor if you are an intended major or if you are a declared Media Studies major and your last name begins with H through O. Media Studies Faculty Advisors are the experts in the study of media and can talk […]
Geoffrey King
A constitutional lawyer by training, from 2013-2016 Professor King led the technology policy and advocacy program at the Committee to Protect Journalists, an independent, nonprofit organization that promotes press freedom worldwide. Based in San Francisco, he protects the rights of journalists through advocacy, public education, and engagement with policymakers across the globe. Research Interests: Freedoms of speech, press, petition and assembly; citizen journalism; Internet policy; privacy; technology; online surveillance and censorship; open government Geoffrey King has taught MS 104D: Privacy in the Digital Age since Fall 2011.
Rich Jaroslovsky
Rich Jaroslovsky was the founding Managing Editor of The Wall Street Journal Online, and founded and served as the first president of the Online News Association. He was also White House correspondent and national political editor of The Journal, and executive editor and technology columnist for Bloomberg News. Hes currently Vice President for Content & Chief Journalist at SmartNews, a news aggregator for mobile devices. Research interests: Media history; impact of digital technologies on newsgathering and dissemination of news; changing economic models of media organizations.
Ian Kivelin Davis
BOOK AN APPOINTMENT (click here) Dr. Ian Davis is your assigned Media Studies Faculty Advisor if you are a declared Media Studies major and your last name begins with A – G. Media Studies Faculty Advisors are the experts in the study of media and can talk with you about your academic, career and graduate school goals. Faculty Advisors make decisions regarding course substitutions for the major, which means you go to them when you want a course reviewed as a substitution for an approved course or are planning to […]
Matthew Berry
Matthew Berry earned his Ph.D in History at UC Berkeley. His dissertation, an intellectual biography focusing on the “grandfather“ of modern Vietnam, is titled Confucian Terrorism: Phan Bội Châu and the Imagining of Modern Vietnam. Research Interests: the shaping and use of history for political ends, extremist ideologies, nationalism, and modernization/globalization theory. Courses Taught: MS 111 – Media History MS 190 – Special Topics The Ad: A Global History MS 190 – Special Topics: Living at the Speed of Light: Historical and Theoretical Approaches to the Social Effects of Electronic Media —– […]
Dr. Meeta Rani Jha
Book a 15 minute slot using: https://meetarani65.youcanbook.me/ Zoom link: https://berkeley.zoom.us/my/meetaranijha Meeting IDL: 414 351 9812 Dr. Meeta Rani Jha is your Media Studies Faculty Advisor if you are a declared Media Studies major and your last name begins with P through Z. Media Studies Faculty Advisors are the experts in the study of media and can advise you on academic, career and graduate school goals. Faculty Advisors make decisions regarding course substitutions for the major, which means you go to them when you want a course reviewed as a substitution […]