Aca-Media

The Society for Cinema and Media Studies
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Aca-Media

Aca-Media is a monthly podcast sponsored by the Society for Cinema and Media Studies that presents an academic perspective on media. Hosts Christine Becker and Michael Kackman explore current scholarship, issues in the media industries, questions in pedagogy, professional development, and events in the world of media studies. Questions and comments can be sent to info@aca-media.org.

  1. Episode 78: Swapnil Rai on Bollywood Stars and Podcast Pedagogy

    FEB 10

    Episode 78: Swapnil Rai on Bollywood Stars and Podcast Pedagogy

    Chris chats with Swapnil Rai about her book on how Bollywood stars transformed Hindi cinema into a global phenomenon, as well as how she uses podcasting activities in her classroom. And if you’ve got ideas for how students can study media by making media, you’re invited to submit a proposal for a symposium at Notre Dame on that very topic.

    38 min
  2. Ep. 77: Journalists at the 2024 Olympics/Paralympics

    11/14/2024

    Ep. 77: Journalists at the 2024 Olympics/Paralympics

    Aca-Media producer David Lipson was in Paris for the 2024 Olympics/Paralympics, so we sent him out into the field. He captured some sounds of the city and the people flocking to arenas and also turned modern journalism’s most essential tool – a smartphone – toward journalists themselves, uncovering the challenges, and a few joys, that unite media professionals across the globe today.

    58 min
  3. Ep. 76: Maggie Hennefeld on the Cultural Politics of Women’s Laughter

    09/23/2024

    Ep. 76: Maggie Hennefeld on the Cultural Politics of Women’s Laughter

    Stephanie Brown delves into the dangerous world of women laughing in this conversation with Maggie Hennefeld about her new book Death By Laughter: Female Hysteria and Early Cinema. Covering everything from 19th-century obituaries blaming giggle fits (rather than girdle fits) for women’s deaths to the modern-day political power of a vice presidential cackle, we’re certain this episode will entertain you … just short of killing you.

    41 min
  4. Ep. 75: Academic Publishing Roundtable

    08/07/2024

    Ep. 75: Academic Publishing Roundtable

    We’ve reached that late post-spring time of year, as Michael judiciously puts it, and if you’re lucky and industrious enough to have finished writing something over summer and you’d like to get published, we’ve got just the roundtable for you! One side of the table features experienced editors and the other side has young scholars with questions, so the end result is an engaging and enlightening discussion about how academic publishing works these days.

    47 min
  5. Talking Television Ep. 17: "OJ TV"

    06/21/2024

    Talking Television Ep. 17: "OJ TV"

    O.J. Simpson died on April 10, 2024. Along—and intertwined—with the impact that he had on formations of "law and order," celebrity and scandal, race and gender, class and nation, Simpson had an enormous impact on U.S. television. This episode of "Talking Television" considers that impact, as TV scholars Hunter Hargraves, Lynne Joyrich, Brandy Monk-Payton, and Samantha Sheppard talk about the televisual construct of "O.J. Simpson" and about media and culture in the wake of "OJ TV."

    51 min
  6. Ep. 74: Wiseman Podcast

    06/12/2024

    Ep. 74: Wiseman Podcast

    In this episode of Aca-Media, David Lipson talks with Shawn Glinis and Arlin Golden, the creators of Wiseman Podcast, which is devoted entirely to discussing the films of--you guessed it—Frederick Wiseman. Shawn and Arlin explain how the podcast is produced and why they feel Wiseman should be mentioned in the same breath as Kubrick, Coppola, and Scorsese. Also, Chris and Michael banter about an exciting result of a past episode.

    1h 9m
  7. Ep. 73: Thinking With Our Ears: Jacob Smith on Audio Scholarship

    04/08/2024

    Ep. 73: Thinking With Our Ears: Jacob Smith on Audio Scholarship

    Bust out your fancy headphones for this episode, folks. In one our best episodes ever from an audiophilic perspective, Jonathan Nichols-Pethick talks with Jacob Smith about his recent experimental audiobooks, ESC: Sonic Adventure in the Anthropocene and Lightning Birds: An Aeroecology of the Airwaves, both of which are available as open access files on the University of Michigan Press website. Then Chris and Michael chat about the gratification of SCMS volunteering, wish you a happy eclipse, and tout the glories of NCAA women’s basketball tournament.

    49 min
  8. Ep. 72: Live in Boston at SCMS 2024

    03/15/2024

    Ep. 72: Live in Boston at SCMS 2024

    Recorded live on the scene! (so please forgive any less-than-ideal audio quality) Convening at the 2024 SCMS conference in Boston and gathering “after dark” on the conference eve (i.e. after the opening reception and its free bar, which might have made us all a little giddy), Chris and Michael chat with longtime Conference Manager Leslie LeMond and new president Vicky Johnson about what goes into choosing a conference city and what the future may hold, as well as some of the unique challenges the organizing team faced this year (yes, they talked about the awards situation). We then welcome Aniko (Madison friends, update your pronunciation) Bodroghkozy, who tells us about the new Television and Radio History Scholarly Interest Group. And we end with a few suggestions from Michael for sites to see, things to eat, and horrific animal scenes you may encounter while in Boston.

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Aca-Media is a monthly podcast sponsored by the Society for Cinema and Media Studies that presents an academic perspective on media. Hosts Christine Becker and Michael Kackman explore current scholarship, issues in the media industries, questions in pedagogy, professional development, and events in the world of media studies. Questions and comments can be sent to info@aca-media.org.

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  • Creator
    The Society for Cinema and Media Studies
  • Years Active
    2013 - 2025
  • Episodes
    100
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © 759126
  • Show Website
    Aca-Media

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