Berkeley Center of New Media

the berkeley center for new media (bcnm) is a focal point for research and teaching about new media, led by a highly trans-disciplinary community of 120 affiliated faculty, advisors, and scholars, from 35 uc berkeley departments, including architecture, philosophy, film & media, history of art, performance studies, and music; the schools of engineering, information, journalism, and law; and the berkeley art museum. bcnm is located at a global center for design and information technology and based in a public research university known for alternative thinking. our mission is to critically analyze and help shape developments in new media from cross-disciplinary and global perspectives that emphasize humanities and the public interest. while new media often produce new perceptions, new behaviors, and new insights, they remain deeply rooted in powerful aesthetic, cultural, and political forces. as media transform, they often distort. sophocles observed that “nothing vast enters the life of