Center for Transformative Media
@nu-ctm.bsky.social
Interdisciplinary research network at Northeastern University dedicated to investigating the potential of emerging media technologies for creativity and social change.
Thank you to everyone who joined us for last week's book talk with @calebgayle.bsky.social!
We were lucky to have an evening to explore the extraordinary yet overlooked story of Edward McCabe, his pursuit of a Black state, and the spiritual imagination that fueled it.
We were lucky to have an evening to explore the extraordinary yet overlooked story of Edward McCabe, his pursuit of a Black state, and the spiritual imagination that fueled it.
November 24, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Thank you to everyone who joined us for last week's book talk with @calebgayle.bsky.social!
We were lucky to have an evening to explore the extraordinary yet overlooked story of Edward McCabe, his pursuit of a Black state, and the spiritual imagination that fueled it.
We were lucky to have an evening to explore the extraordinary yet overlooked story of Edward McCabe, his pursuit of a Black state, and the spiritual imagination that fueled it.
Thank you to all who came to last week's research jam!
We loved hearing from Molly Brown of the NU Archives and André Stark of The Bay State Banner, and learned how news archives can preserve community history while still serving as helpful resources for today's journalists.
Photos: Melania Diaz.
We loved hearing from Molly Brown of the NU Archives and André Stark of The Bay State Banner, and learned how news archives can preserve community history while still serving as helpful resources for today's journalists.
Photos: Melania Diaz.
November 17, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Thank you to all who came to last week's research jam!
We loved hearing from Molly Brown of the NU Archives and André Stark of The Bay State Banner, and learned how news archives can preserve community history while still serving as helpful resources for today's journalists.
Photos: Melania Diaz.
We loved hearing from Molly Brown of the NU Archives and André Stark of The Bay State Banner, and learned how news archives can preserve community history while still serving as helpful resources for today's journalists.
Photos: Melania Diaz.
Wow! We had such a thought-provoking, generative time watching films by Jody Santos and Sara Hendren earlier today.
Thank you to everyone who joined for this screening. We already can't wait for the next one!
Thank you to everyone who joined for this screening. We already can't wait for the next one!
October 2, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Wow! We had such a thought-provoking, generative time watching films by Jody Santos and Sara Hendren earlier today.
Thank you to everyone who joined for this screening. We already can't wait for the next one!
Thank you to everyone who joined for this screening. We already can't wait for the next one!
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Four years ago, @ellenclegg.bsky.social and @dankennedy.net started What Works to track solutions to the local news crisis. We're part of @northeasternu.bsky.social's School of Journalism and @nu-ctm.bsky.social. Please follow our website, podcast and Bluesky feed to keep up with the latest.
How our What Works project tracks solutions to the local news crisis
Nearly four years ago, Ellen Clegg and Dan Kennedy began tracking solutions to the local news crisis with our podcast, “What Works: The Future of Local News.” Our first guest was Lori E…
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September 4, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Four years ago, @ellenclegg.bsky.social and @dankennedy.net started What Works to track solutions to the local news crisis. We're part of @northeasternu.bsky.social's School of Journalism and @nu-ctm.bsky.social. Please follow our website, podcast and Bluesky feed to keep up with the latest.
Next Wednesday, 10/1 at 2pm! Join us for a film screening of two short documentaries by Sara Hendren and Jody Santos.
Register here: www.eventbrite.com/e/film-scree...
Register here: www.eventbrite.com/e/film-scree...
September 25, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Next Wednesday, 10/1 at 2pm! Join us for a film screening of two short documentaries by Sara Hendren and Jody Santos.
Register here: www.eventbrite.com/e/film-scree...
Register here: www.eventbrite.com/e/film-scree...
Thanks to everyone who came out to Friday's book talk with Jeffrey Boase! We enjoyed thinking through the "digital bind" with you all.
The event recording will be posted to our YouTube channel soon. Stay tuned!
The event recording will be posted to our YouTube channel soon. Stay tuned!
September 16, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Thanks to everyone who came out to Friday's book talk with Jeffrey Boase! We enjoyed thinking through the "digital bind" with you all.
The event recording will be posted to our YouTube channel soon. Stay tuned!
The event recording will be posted to our YouTube channel soon. Stay tuned!
For this month's Scholar Spotlight, we interviewed Dr. Yifan Xu, the CTM's Postdoctoral Research Associate who started with us in August.
Read here: camd.northeastern.edu/news/ctm-sch...
Read here: camd.northeastern.edu/news/ctm-sch...
August 28, 2025 at 3:38 PM
For this month's Scholar Spotlight, we interviewed Dr. Yifan Xu, the CTM's Postdoctoral Research Associate who started with us in August.
Read here: camd.northeastern.edu/news/ctm-sch...
Read here: camd.northeastern.edu/news/ctm-sch...
We’re relishing the end of summer, but still looking forward to fall!
We've got four exciting events this coming semester. From book talks to film screenings, there’s truly something for everyone.
Learn more: camd.northeastern.edu/center-for-t...
We've got four exciting events this coming semester. From book talks to film screenings, there’s truly something for everyone.
Learn more: camd.northeastern.edu/center-for-t...
August 22, 2025 at 8:34 PM
We’re relishing the end of summer, but still looking forward to fall!
We've got four exciting events this coming semester. From book talks to film screenings, there’s truly something for everyone.
Learn more: camd.northeastern.edu/center-for-t...
We've got four exciting events this coming semester. From book talks to film screenings, there’s truly something for everyone.
Learn more: camd.northeastern.edu/center-for-t...
Congrats @calebgayle.bsky.social on getting a book reviewed by The New York Times!
Check it out here: www.nytimes.com/2025/08/15/b...
Check it out here: www.nytimes.com/2025/08/15/b...
The Quixotic Crusade to Create an All-Black State in Oklahoma
www.nytimes.com
August 18, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Congrats @calebgayle.bsky.social on getting a book reviewed by The New York Times!
Check it out here: www.nytimes.com/2025/08/15/b...
Check it out here: www.nytimes.com/2025/08/15/b...
@calebgayle.bsky.social's new book is out this week! Join us on Nov. 19 at 7pm for a book talk and signing with the author: camd.northeastern.edu/events/book-...
Book Talk: "Black Moses" by Caleb Gayle
College of Arts, Media and Design (CAMD)
camd.northeastern.edu
August 13, 2025 at 5:30 PM
@calebgayle.bsky.social's new book is out this week! Join us on Nov. 19 at 7pm for a book talk and signing with the author: camd.northeastern.edu/events/book-...
We're looking for short papers (3k words) for an upcoming special issue of "Mobile Media and Communication" on Mobile AI.
Deadline is Oct. 31. See here for details: journals.sagepub.com/page/mmc/mob...
Guest Editors: Yifan Xu & @asouzaesilva.bsky.social
Deadline is Oct. 31. See here for details: journals.sagepub.com/page/mmc/mob...
Guest Editors: Yifan Xu & @asouzaesilva.bsky.social
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August 11, 2025 at 9:07 PM
We're looking for short papers (3k words) for an upcoming special issue of "Mobile Media and Communication" on Mobile AI.
Deadline is Oct. 31. See here for details: journals.sagepub.com/page/mmc/mob...
Guest Editors: Yifan Xu & @asouzaesilva.bsky.social
Deadline is Oct. 31. See here for details: journals.sagepub.com/page/mmc/mob...
Guest Editors: Yifan Xu & @asouzaesilva.bsky.social
While onboarding our co-op Melania last week, CTM staff members went on a lunchtime trip to Boston Cyberarts Gallery.
The exhibition on view there, "CyberFrames," celebrates video games as art form, and we highly recommend checking it out!
Exhibition hours are Monday through Friday, 10am-3:30pm.
The exhibition on view there, "CyberFrames," celebrates video games as art form, and we highly recommend checking it out!
Exhibition hours are Monday through Friday, 10am-3:30pm.
August 4, 2025 at 9:22 PM
While onboarding our co-op Melania last week, CTM staff members went on a lunchtime trip to Boston Cyberarts Gallery.
The exhibition on view there, "CyberFrames," celebrates video games as art form, and we highly recommend checking it out!
Exhibition hours are Monday through Friday, 10am-3:30pm.
The exhibition on view there, "CyberFrames," celebrates video games as art form, and we highly recommend checking it out!
Exhibition hours are Monday through Friday, 10am-3:30pm.
New video out on our YouTube! 🎥 In this talk at WPI, Mimi Sheller and @asouzaesilva.bsky.social discussed the emergence of mobilities research, collaborative scholarship, and the evolving relationship between technology, movement, and inequality.
Watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=uV-S...
Watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=uV-S...
Mobility Justice & Mobile Networked Creativity | Book Talk
YouTube video by Center for Transformative Media
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August 1, 2025 at 1:16 PM
New video out on our YouTube! 🎥 In this talk at WPI, Mimi Sheller and @asouzaesilva.bsky.social discussed the emergence of mobilities research, collaborative scholarship, and the evolving relationship between technology, movement, and inequality.
Watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=uV-S...
Watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=uV-S...
Everyone please give a warm welcome to the CTM's first co-op student, Melania Diaz!
Melania is a rising third-year CAMD student majoring in Game Art and Animation.
Welcome, Melania!
Melania is a rising third-year CAMD student majoring in Game Art and Animation.
Welcome, Melania!
July 31, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Everyone please give a warm welcome to the CTM's first co-op student, Melania Diaz!
Melania is a rising third-year CAMD student majoring in Game Art and Animation.
Welcome, Melania!
Melania is a rising third-year CAMD student majoring in Game Art and Animation.
Welcome, Melania!
Thanks to @nuglobalnews.bsky.social for the article on @calebgayle.bsky.social new book, "Black Moses!"
The book tells the story of 19th-century politician Edward McCabe, one of the first Black Americans elected to political office.
Read here: news.northeastern.edu/2025/07/15/e...
The book tells the story of 19th-century politician Edward McCabe, one of the first Black Americans elected to political office.
Read here: news.northeastern.edu/2025/07/15/e...
He tried to build a Black state. A Northeastern professor tells his daring, flawed story
Northeastern professor Caleb Gayle's new book reveals Edward McCabe's ambitious but flawed plan to create an all-Black state in Oklahoma.
news.northeastern.edu
July 21, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Thanks to @nuglobalnews.bsky.social for the article on @calebgayle.bsky.social new book, "Black Moses!"
The book tells the story of 19th-century politician Edward McCabe, one of the first Black Americans elected to political office.
Read here: news.northeastern.edu/2025/07/15/e...
The book tells the story of 19th-century politician Edward McCabe, one of the first Black Americans elected to political office.
Read here: news.northeastern.edu/2025/07/15/e...
We're thrilled to announce the four recipients of our inaugural CTM mini-grants!
• Myojung Chung
• Sofía Bosch Gómez
• Clareese Hill
• Eileen McGivney
Learn more about the winners' projects: camd.northeastern.edu/news/ctm-ann...
• Myojung Chung
• Sofía Bosch Gómez
• Clareese Hill
• Eileen McGivney
Learn more about the winners' projects: camd.northeastern.edu/news/ctm-ann...
April 9, 2025 at 1:58 AM
We're thrilled to announce the four recipients of our inaugural CTM mini-grants!
• Myojung Chung
• Sofía Bosch Gómez
• Clareese Hill
• Eileen McGivney
Learn more about the winners' projects: camd.northeastern.edu/news/ctm-ann...
• Myojung Chung
• Sofía Bosch Gómez
• Clareese Hill
• Eileen McGivney
Learn more about the winners' projects: camd.northeastern.edu/news/ctm-ann...
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From today’s Media in Motion: Creatively transforming cities, play, and communities at @nu-ctm.bsky.social @davidnemer.com @asouzaesilva.bsky.social
March 28, 2025 at 9:12 PM
From today’s Media in Motion: Creatively transforming cities, play, and communities at @nu-ctm.bsky.social @davidnemer.com @asouzaesilva.bsky.social
Thank you to @nuglobalnews.bsky.social
for interviewing our director @asouzaesilva.bsky.social about the Retro Mobile Gaming Database!
This project is an archive of mobile gaming systems that existed before the smartphone era.
Read more: news.northeastern.edu/2025/04/01/g...
for interviewing our director @asouzaesilva.bsky.social about the Retro Mobile Gaming Database!
This project is an archive of mobile gaming systems that existed before the smartphone era.
Read more: news.northeastern.edu/2025/04/01/g...
Northeastern's Retro Mobile Gaming Database is a landmark effort in games preservation
Games preservation has become an urgent issue, and one professor wants to help in one specific area: mobile games.
news.northeastern.edu
April 2, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Thank you to @nuglobalnews.bsky.social
for interviewing our director @asouzaesilva.bsky.social about the Retro Mobile Gaming Database!
This project is an archive of mobile gaming systems that existed before the smartphone era.
Read more: news.northeastern.edu/2025/04/01/g...
for interviewing our director @asouzaesilva.bsky.social about the Retro Mobile Gaming Database!
This project is an archive of mobile gaming systems that existed before the smartphone era.
Read more: news.northeastern.edu/2025/04/01/g...
One week from today! Join us for the premiere of an exciting AR game, created by CTM research assistants Arslan Parker and Fiona Wu.
Compete for a special prize (to be revealed at the event) and be part of the fun.
Don't miss out—sign up now: bit.ly/media-in-motion
Compete for a special prize (to be revealed at the event) and be part of the fun.
Don't miss out—sign up now: bit.ly/media-in-motion
March 21, 2025 at 3:03 PM
One week from today! Join us for the premiere of an exciting AR game, created by CTM research assistants Arslan Parker and Fiona Wu.
Compete for a special prize (to be revealed at the event) and be part of the fun.
Don't miss out—sign up now: bit.ly/media-in-motion
Compete for a special prize (to be revealed at the event) and be part of the fun.
Don't miss out—sign up now: bit.ly/media-in-motion
Exciting news! The documentary film we're screening on Apr. 16, "Another Body," was announced as a semi-finalist for the Henry Award for Public Interest Documentary at Harvard's @shorensteinctr.bsky.social. Winner will be given a $100k cash prize.
Learn more & sign up here: bit.ly/anotherbodynu
Learn more & sign up here: bit.ly/anotherbodynu
March 20, 2025 at 3:20 AM
Exciting news! The documentary film we're screening on Apr. 16, "Another Body," was announced as a semi-finalist for the Henry Award for Public Interest Documentary at Harvard's @shorensteinctr.bsky.social. Winner will be given a $100k cash prize.
Learn more & sign up here: bit.ly/anotherbodynu
Learn more & sign up here: bit.ly/anotherbodynu
"Another Body" is a documentary film that follows a college student's search for justice after she discovers deepfake pornography of herself circulating online.
Check out the trailer: www.youtube.com/watch?v=zcn_...
& RSVP for our screening of the film on 4/16: bit.ly/anotherbodynu
Check out the trailer: www.youtube.com/watch?v=zcn_...
& RSVP for our screening of the film on 4/16: bit.ly/anotherbodynu
Another Body | Official Trailer
YouTube video by LevelFILM
www.youtube.com
March 17, 2025 at 5:30 PM
"Another Body" is a documentary film that follows a college student's search for justice after she discovers deepfake pornography of herself circulating online.
Check out the trailer: www.youtube.com/watch?v=zcn_...
& RSVP for our screening of the film on 4/16: bit.ly/anotherbodynu
Check out the trailer: www.youtube.com/watch?v=zcn_...
& RSVP for our screening of the film on 4/16: bit.ly/anotherbodynu
Reminder that the deadline to register for our 3/28 launch event, "Media in Motion," is this Friday!
Sign up at bit.ly/media-in-motion
Sign up at bit.ly/media-in-motion
March 13, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Reminder that the deadline to register for our 3/28 launch event, "Media in Motion," is this Friday!
Sign up at bit.ly/media-in-motion
Sign up at bit.ly/media-in-motion
New event announcement! We'll be screening "Another Body," a 2024 documentary film about the dangers of deepfake revenge porn, on Wednesday, Apr. 16 from 2-4 p.m. in Snell Library.
Register at bit.ly/anotherbodynu. We hope to see you there!
Register at bit.ly/anotherbodynu. We hope to see you there!
March 11, 2025 at 1:43 AM
New event announcement! We'll be screening "Another Body," a 2024 documentary film about the dangers of deepfake revenge porn, on Wednesday, Apr. 16 from 2-4 p.m. in Snell Library.
Register at bit.ly/anotherbodynu. We hope to see you there!
Register at bit.ly/anotherbodynu. We hope to see you there!
On 3/28, @rahulbot.bsky.social & his collaborators will close out our launch event with a Brazilian-style drum performance. "Data Drums" is a live data sonification piece that brings global CO₂ emissions to life in a rhythmic call to climate action.
Don't miss it! RSVP here: bit.ly/media-in-mot...
Don't miss it! RSVP here: bit.ly/media-in-mot...
February 27, 2025 at 12:57 PM
On 3/28, @rahulbot.bsky.social & his collaborators will close out our launch event with a Brazilian-style drum performance. "Data Drums" is a live data sonification piece that brings global CO₂ emissions to life in a rhythmic call to climate action.
Don't miss it! RSVP here: bit.ly/media-in-mot...
Don't miss it! RSVP here: bit.ly/media-in-mot...