Carsey-Wolf Center at UC Santa Barbara

About the Center

The Carsey-Wolf Center supports research, teaching, and public programming about media. The Center fosters creativity, critical skills, historical understanding, and new forms of literacy that students need to be informed citizens in the 21st Century. Engaging industry professionals and policymakers, as well as students and scholars, the Center seeks to increase public understanding of the role of media in society and inform policy debates.

Upcoming Events

Art|Architecture ON FILM: Infinite Space: The Architecture of Lautner

May 19 2013 - 3:00pm - 5:00pm

Infinite Space traces the lifelong quest of visionary genius John Lautner to create “architecture that has no beginning and no end.”

Matteo Garrone: The Dark Side of Italian Cinema - GOMMORAH

May 23 2013 - 7:00pm - 9:00pm

Italian crime sindicate and family clan. The screening of award winning Italian director Matteo Garrone's 2008 film, Gomorrah. Professor Anna Brusutti from UCSB Film and Media Studies Department will introduce the film.

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A classroom by day, The Pollock Theater hosts the popular Film and Media Studies 54, Hollywood: Anatomy of an Industry. More>

A retrospective & celebration of more than 20 years. Friday, April 15, 2011 at Pollock Theater. More>

MIP report analyzes more than 500 articles and blog posts and surveys a key sample of HuffPo’s most frequent bloggers. More>

Blue Horizons, a 9-week summer program, offers students interested in digital production and environmental science the chance to make videos about issues of the world's ocean. More>

Our Media Internship program offers internships for highly qualified students with companies in Los Angeles and Santa Barbara. More>

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CWC Spotlight

Warner Bros Digital Distribution funds the Connected Viewing Initiative (CVI) research collaboration to examine the trend to integrate digital technology and networked communication with traditional entertainment.
Netflix Chief Content Officer Ted Sarandos characterizes original content development as a strategic bet against competitors like HBO and discusses audience taste preferences as a matter of metrics and algorithms.
Blue Horizons is a nine-week summer program where students learn the essential elements for producing documentary films, are informed about important issues of the global ocean from a California perspective, and create their own environmental documentaries.

Pollock Theater

Pollock Theatre The Pollock Theater, Santa Barbara’s newest cultural venue, offers the UCSB campus and the wider Santa Barbara community unparalleled state-of-the-art film, video, and sound technology. A classroom by day and a public space by night, the theater will present year-round programming of films, television, and other media, coupled with lively debates with artists, scholars, and industry professionals. More >

Environmental Media Initiative

The Environmental Media Initiative (EMI) draws on UC Santa Barbara’s exceptional strengths in media/ communication studies and environmental science and creates a unique interdisciplinary program to explore the power of media to translate science to solutions. More >

Media Industries Project

"Hollywood Sign Station Fire" by Anthony Citrano (CC via flickr) The Media Industries Project (MIP) examines the rapid and dramatic changes affecting media industries worldwide. At a time of tremendous uncertainty, MIP offers a unique forum bringing together top scholars and industry professionals to encourage innovative thinking about the future and purpose of media. More>

Internship Program

The Carsey-Wolf Center’s Internship Program provides selected UC Santa Barbara students with opportunities to develop practical applications of the knowledge gained in their studies. Media interns learn the processes of making compelling media content by working with leading creative professionals. Center and Pollock Theater interns gain hands-on experience in event planning and theater management. More >