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MIT in popular culture : ウィキペディア英語版 | MIT in popular culture The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), a teaching and research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, has been referenced by many works of cinema, television and the written word. MIT's overall reputation has greater influence on its role in popular culture than does any particular aspect of its history or student lifestyle. Because MIT is well known as a breeding ground for technology and technologists, the makers of modern media are able to use it to establish character in a way that mainstream audiences can understand. A smaller number of works use MIT directly as their scene of action. ==MIT as metaphor== The use of "MIT as metaphor" is relatively widespread, so much so that in popular culture, ''"the MIT of"'' is an idiom for "top science and engineering university," or "elite technical institution," like ''"Cadillac of"'' for "most luxurious," or ''"an Einstein"'' for "intelligent person." Similarly, any regionally prominent science or engineering school is likely to be called ''"the MIT of"'' that region. For example, U.S. Senator Richard Shelby (R-Alabama) touted the University of Alabama in Huntsville as a possible ''"MIT of the South."''〔Kenneth Kesner, "Could UAH become the MIT of the South?" ''Huntsville Times'' 2003-03-09〕 The Georgia Institute of Technology has also been called ''"the MIT of the South"''.〔(Georgia Tech )〕 Other examples,〔See also the proposed "(European MIT ). ''"MIT of"'' examples: "〕 make ''"X is the MIT of Y"'' an example of a snowclone (a family of formulaic clichés).
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