以下几项指导原则构成了我们系的智力项目：致力于媒体和文化研究的跨学科性。学者和博士生从包括媒体研究，文化研究，媒体历史，视觉文化，声音研究，人类学，社会学，政治学在内的众多学科中汲取理论概念和观点，以便部署跨学科的分析策略。一种多方法论的方法，借鉴了各种各样的研究方法，包括受众研究，符号学，人种志，定性和定量话语分析，深度采访，政治/文化经济，网络分析以及其他解释性和批判性方法。一种历史观点，它把研究媒体，技术和文化置于历史背景，比较历史研究，媒体考古学，家谱和媒体历史中。关于文化差异，媒体形式，历史框架
Grounded in an interdisciplinary approach to the study of media and culture, our doctorate draws from a rich array of disciplines and theoretical frameworks. Department expertise spans the globe: the Middle East, East Asia, the Global South, Africa, and Europe. Our faculty generate some of the most original scholarship in their respective fields, creating a stimulating environment in which to pursue graduate work.Engaging with theoretical concepts from a range of disciplines, including media and cultural studies, visual culture, history, science and technology studies, anthropology, sociology, disability studies, sound studies, political science.A multi-methodological approach to research, from semiotics, global ethnography, gender and queer theory, critical race theory, qualitative and quantitative discourse analysis, to political/cultural economy, among other critical frameworks.A global perspective, conceiving of the global mediascape as transnational and transcultural.Recognizing media and technology's long history and antecedents.