Editing Media studies (section)

== Origin ==
{{further|History of media studies}}
Former priest and American educator [[John M. Culkin|John Culkin]] was one of the earliest advocates for the implementation of media studies curriculum in schools. He believed students should be capable of scrutinizing mass media, and valued the application of modern communication techniques within the education system.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news |last=Lambert |first=Bruce |date=1993-07-25 |title=Dr. John M. Culkin, 65; Scholar Studied Media's Effect on Society |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1993/07/25/obituaries/dr-john-m-culkin-65-scholar-studied-media-s-effect-on-society.html |access-date=2022-11-30 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> In 1975, Culkin introduced the first media studies M.A. program in the U.S, which has since graduated more than 2,000 students.<ref name=":1" />
Culkin was also responsible for bringing his colleague and fellow media scholar [[Marshall McLuhan]] to Fordham University, and subsequently founding the Center for Understanding Media, which became the New School program.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Kuskis |first=Alexander |date=2012-07-10 |title=Marshall McLuhan as Educationist: Institutional Learning in the Postliterate Era |url=http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/10.1386/eme.10.3-4.313_1 |journal=Explorations in Media Ecology |language=en |volume=10 |issue=3 |pages=313–333 |doi=10.1386/eme.10.3-4.313_1 |issn=1539-7785}}</ref> Both educators are recognized as pioneers in the discipline, credited with paving the way for media studies curriculum within the education system. [[File:Marshall McLuhan with and on television.jpg|thumb|Father of media studies, [[Marshall McLuhan]]]]