Lawrence I. Weinberg, Esq. has performed legal and business affairs services for a variety of entertainment companies, law firms and independent motion pictures, documentaries, television and web-based programs for over twenty years. He is also an educator and currently the Senior Advisor and Lead Lecturer of Film and Television Programs and Media Ventures for Boston… Read More
James Cummings completed his doctoral studies in the Department of Communication at Stanford University. He conducts research in human-computer interaction and the psychological processing of media, with areas of focus including multitasking, emotion, motivation, and physiological responses. His most recent work examines patterns, predictors, and effects of task-switching during laptop use and the technological factors… Read More
James E. Katz, Ph.D., Dr.h.c., is the Feld Professor of Emerging Media at Boston University’s College of Communication where he directs its Division of Emerging Media Studies. He recently concluded service as Distinguished Professor at Peking University’s New Media School. His publications on the effects of artificial intelligence (AI), social media, mobile communication, robot-human interaction,… Read More
Lei Guo earned her Ph.D. from the University of Texas at Austin and joined the Emerging Media Studies faculty in 2014. She is also an affiliated faculty member at Boston University’s Department of Computer Science, and a junior faculty fellow at the Hariri institute. Her research focuses on the development of media effects theories, computational… Read More
Jodi Luber is co-founder of womensforum.com, a top-10 website for women. After running womensforum.com as a start-up for three years, she secured $7 million in venture funding from Vantage Point Venture Partners. Today, womensforum.com is recognized as one of the pioneering women’s content and advertising networks in the industry. In 2012, womensforum.com was acquired by… Read More
Understand trends The PhD Program in Emerging Media Studies at Boston University’s College of Communication creates sophisticated researchers and critical thinkers who are ready to pave the way in roles of communication, sociological and media leadership. Designed for students with a master’s degree, the 68-credit program can be completed in three years of full-time study,… Read More
Explore. Discover. Shape what’s next. Emerging Media Studies The Master’s Program in Emerging Media Studies at Boston University College of Communication is one of the nation’s first graduate programs to focus primarily on a subject that grows more critical to our world every day: emerging media. Navigate and analyze a constantly Evolving Industry. In our… Read More
Be What’s Next. Media Ventures The future belongs to the innovators. The dreamers who are also do-ers. It starts with creativity at the convergence of media and technology. Ideas that not only cross platforms, but anticipate new ones. But it also means knowing how to apply those ideas. That’s what being a do-er is about…. Read More
Center for Mobile Communication Studies Join us in examining the social consequences of this burgeoning revolution at the Center for Mobile Communication Studies. Located at Boston University’s College of Communication, we are the world’s first academic research, education, and consulting center to focus solely on the social aspects of mobile communication. What’s Happening in Emerging… Read More