Aca-Media

The Society for Cinema and Media Studies

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. Ep. 82: After Mass Media with Melanie Kohnen and Amanda Lotz

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    Ep. 82: After Mass Media with Melanie Kohnen and Amanda Lotz

    Chris and Michael finally get back to business and introduce a conversation between Melanie Kohnen and Amanda Lotz about Lotz’s 2025 book After Mass Media, which explores how industrial shifts and technological changes have reshaped the entertainment landscape, as well as academic approaches to the media industries. If you’ve ever rolled your eyes when you heard someone describe a TV series as like an “[x]-hour movie,” this is a must-listen!

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  2. Episode 81: Mike Miley & David Lynch’s American Dreamscape

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    Episode 81: Mike Miley & David Lynch’s American Dreamscape

    Lift yourself out of the dregs of summer and everything else with this chat Mike Miley, author of the new book David Lynch's American Dreamscape. Miley shares his first encounter with Lynch’s Dune – as a 5-year-old! -- and his insights into the intertextuality of Lynch’s work, particularly Inland Empire. He also talks about being a high school teacher publishing academic books. Chris and Michael wrap up with brief reflections on the impact of AI on academia and an upcoming symposium on critical media literacy that we’ll feature in the next episode.

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  3. Ep. 80: Jordan Sjol Interviews José Rivera

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    Ep. 80: Jordan Sjol Interviews José Rivera

    We have a special treat for listeners in this episode as DePauw University’s Jordan Sjol sits down with acclaimed playwright, screenwriter, and TV writer José Rivera for a conversation about his journey from playwriting to Hollywood, writing across different media, adapting literary classics, and balancing artistic integrity with commercial demands.

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

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    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.

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  5. Ep. 77: Journalists at the 2024 Olympics/Paralympics

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    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.

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

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    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.

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  7. Ep. 75: Academic Publishing Roundtable

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    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.

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  8. Talking Television Ep. 17: "OJ TV"

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    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."

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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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