Digital Culture Without the Internet (Video)
Rahul Mukherjee, Dick Wolf Assistant Professor of Television and New Media Studies and assistant professor of English, tells how memory cards support a digital music culture in rural India.
Rahul Mukherjee uses interdisciplinary approaches to study the role of media in debates surrounding technological development, disasters and dangers, and modernization. The Dick Wolf Assistant Professor of Television and New Media Studies and assistant professor of English is studying environmental debates related to media infrastructures and nuclear energy, including issues like the carbon footprint left by Google searches. He has been part of two collaborative projects related to mobile media practices: one concerned with the circulation of locally produced music videos in parts of India and the other exploring communication technology usage in Zambia.
Watch his 60-Second Lecture on "Memory Cards and Digital Media Culture" from Alumni Weekend 2016's 60-Second Slam.
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