11 episodes
Mythcast Center for Emerging Media Design & Development at Ball State University
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Mythcast explores and analyzes mythical storyworlds through design thinking, transmedia storytelling, and user experience research and testing. This fantasy fun is brought to you by Ball State University's Center for Emerging Media Design & Development, where normally we use those three skill sets to solve real-world problems. Have a listen to understand what we do, and how much fun we have doing it.
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UFOs: Media and Mental Models
How might movies and TV shows influence the mental models we have around UFO encounters? In the Mythcast season finale, students Jolee Edge and Austin Hostetter discuss their favorite alien movies and the character tropes they employ. Using empathy research and transmedia storytelling they deconstruct mental models established around UFOs.
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UFOs: Mysteries and Mental Models
How might mental models influence our perceptions of the mythical and monstrous, like UFO encounters? Students Jolee Edge and Austin Hostetter break down what a mental model is, and how one person’s UFO encounter demonstrates how our understanding of aliens is shaped by preconceived ideas.
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Avengers: How Super is Your Supersuit?
How might we know whether a super suit is really super? In this episode, Deborah Ojo and Kailey Fugate recover from The Blip to don suits of power, and investigate with heuristics expert Dr. Hazel how usable those suits might really be.
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Avengers: TransmediaVision
How might transmedia storytelling theories describe the interdimensional storyworlds that blend and interact throughout the Marvel Cinematic Universe? Transmedia storytellers Kailey Fugate and Deborah Ojo explore MCU transmedia extensions like WandaVision, and the clashes between the Marvel and DC superhero universes.
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Harry Potter: The Seven Horcruxes of EMDD
Where might we find the Horcruxes of Emerging Media Design and Development? In the wizarding world, a Horcrux is a powerful object in which a dark wizard or witch has hidden a fragment of his or her soul in pursuit of immortality. Transmedia storytellers Nicole Nimri and Staci Seber explore the seven Horcruxes that EMDD students encounter during their time in the two-year master's program. Find out which of these Horcruxes might endure after graduation from the EMDD program…
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Harry Potter: It’s not Olivander’s, but it’s the next best thing.
How might we use design thinking methods to choose the perfect wand? In this episode of EMDD’s Mythcast, design thinking researchers Staci Seber and Nicole Nimri discuss how we could use design thinking to find the perfect wand. We also speak with Hufflepuffs, Kailey Fugate and Jolee Edge, on how they’d design their dream wand. It’s not Olivander’s, but it’s the next best thing.