The NYU Department of Media, Culture, and Communication is at the forefront of innovative scholarship and teaching. Our research and curriculum emphasize the study of global media and culture, digital media and new technologies, media history, media theory, visual culture, sound studies, media infrastructures, race and gender, media activism, and political communication. Grounded in the liberal arts and social sciences, MCC's program trains agile researchers, able to think critically from diverse perspectives about changing industries, technologies, and cultures.