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Media Studies Program

Support the Media Studies Program Fund to help us provide an interdisciplinary program that combines media literacy, critique and competency, research skills, critical analysis, and interpretation.

Media Studies is an interdisciplinary program that introduces students to various media theories and practices in the broadest sense, including the history of media technologies, institutions, and the politics of media and its significance for democratic citizenship. Media literacy, critique, and competency — along with research skills in media studies — are core components of our major. Media studies also provides tools for critical analysis and interpretation of various media.

This program weds traditions from communication, anthropology, sociology, political science, and journalism with contemporary critical and cultural studies theory to examine media technologies, institutions, and economics, as well as media content and audiences.

Your gift will help ensure that this program flourishes on the Berkeley campus.

College of Letters & Science
University of California, Berkeley
lsgiving@berkeley.edu

$10,000

L&S Advisory Board Challenge #1: 500 Donors

A generous donor on the L&S Advisory Board will contribute $10,000 to the L&S Leadership Fund once the first 500 donors give to any part of the College of Letters & Science.

500 / 500 Donors

Completed

$10,000

L&S Advisory Board Challenge #3: 1,500 Donors

If the College of Letters & Science recruits 1,500 donors to any of its funds, a generous donor on the L&S Advisory Board will give another $10,000 to the L&S Leadership Fund.

1,500 / 1,500 Donors

Completed

$10,000

L&S Advisory Board Challenge #5: 2,400 Donors

A generous donor has challenged the College of Letters & Science to beat its 2023 Big Give total and secure 2,400 donors in order to unlock another $10,000 (for a total of $50,000) for the L&S Leadership Fund!

Completed

$10,000

L&S Advisory Board Challenge #2: 1,000 Donors

A generous donor will give another $10,000 to the L&S Leadership Fund when 1,000 donors make gifts to any College of Letters & Science fund.

1,000 / 1,000 Donors

Completed

$10,000

L&S Advisory Board Challenge #4: 2,000 Donors

A generous donor will contribute another $10,000 to the L&S Leadership Fund as soon as 2,000 donors give to any fund at the College of Letters & Science.

Completed

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