Talk Media to Me
How are media keeping us busy these days? In this podcast series the RMeS (Research School for Media Studies) PhD council has monthly conversations amongst its members of how media affect their day-to-day lives as media scholars.
Episodes
35 episodes
Episode 17: Wie bepaalt wat kennis is?
Wat gebeurt er wanneer kennis niet begint op de universiteit, maar in de gemeenschap? Wanneer onderzoek niet over de stad spreekt, maar naar de stad luistert?In deze aflevering van Talk Media to Me zit Maud Rebergen (RUG) samen ...
S03E16: Maskanda and Decolonial Sound Work
In this episode of Talk Media to Me, PhD council member Merit Zimmermann (EUR) talks to dr. Barbara Titus (UvA) about her research into maskanda music in South Africa, focusing on questions of reflexivity, positionality, and colonial legacies i...
S03E15: Verstandelijke beperking in media - Van eugenetica tot Rain Man
In deze aflevering bespreken PhD student Lesley Verbeek (Open Universiteit) en co-onderzoeker en ervaringsdeskundige Daniëlle Amelsbeek (Eemhart) hoe zij op inclusieve wijze onderzoek doen naar stereotypes en stigma's in films over mensen met e...
S03E14: Ableism and Silicon Valley Elites
In this research master special of Talk Media to Me, PhD Council member and research master student Jord Telgenkamp (EUR) is joined by fellow student Lui Rommelspacher (EUR). Together they discuss how ableism shapes and is utilised in elite cir...
S03E13: Metaphors and Political Media Campaigns
In the thirteenth episode of Talk Media to Me; PhD Council member Femke van Bruggen (VU) talks to Gudrun Reijnierse, associate professor of Language and Communication at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, about the role of metaphors in political med...
S03E12: How AI is Shaping Media Studies
In the twelth episode of Talk Media to Me, PhD Council member Nurul Khansa Fauziyah (Maastricht University) talks to Sufri Eka Bhakti (University of Kent, UK) about how currently AI is shaping media studies. AI has helped many content creators ...
S03E11: Navigating Complexity through Narratives
In this episode of Talk Media to Me, PhD Council member Nele Kadastik (RU) talks to PhD candidate Gaia Yonah (VU) about the power and complexity of storytelling. Gaia’s research bridges media studies and psychological analysis, focusing on how ...
S03E10: Visualizing the Invisibilized
In the tenth episode of Talk Media to Me, PhD Council member Keerthi Sridharan (UL) talks to Miriam Matthiessen (EUR) about visualizing invisibilized supply chains in inland shipping, the tangled nature of field work and method in media studies...
S03E09: Memes in the Art World
In the ninth episode of Talk Media to Me, PhD Council member Merit Zimmerman (EUR) sits down with dr. Idil Galip (UvA) to talk about the growing prominence and status of memes in the art world, the "memetic turn" in media research, and their sh...
S03E08: Bridging the Digital Divide
In the eighth episode of Talk Media to Me, PhD Council member Maud Rebergen (RUG) interviews her colleague Alexander Smit (RUG) on his dissertation research about how low-literacy adults experience the digitalized society and what policymakers ...
S03E07: Strategic Unknowns in the US
In the seventh episode of Talk Media to Me, PhD Council member Bjorn Beijnon (UvA) and his colleague Roselinde Bon (HU) talk about the prominent political role that big tech companies seem to be taking currently in the United States. They discu...
S03E06 Children and Media
In the sixth episode of Talk Media to Me, PhD Council member Bjorn Beijnon (UvA) talks to Nick van Hummel (RU) about his research on children and their media usage. They discuss how identity is socially and relationally constructed by children ...
S03E05: The Return of Habbo Hotel
In the fifth episode of Talk Media to Me, PhD Council member Maud Rebergen (RUG) and her colleague Nathalie Fridzema (RUG) talk about their history with Habbo Hotel, an online game from their youth which has recently been making a big comeback....
S03E04: Researching war and media
In this episode of Talk Media to Me, council members Nataliia Vdovychenko (TU) and Dennis Jansen (UU) discuss their lives as media scholars studying the intersection of war and media, in Ukraine and the Netherlands respectively. Why is it impor...
S03E03: Fan fiction and Chinese social media
In this third episode of Talk Media to Me, PhD council member Zheyu Shang (UL) and her colleague Ye Jiang (UL) talk about fan fiction and fandom on Chinese social media platforms. They start with an impressive piece of fan fiction work th...
S03E02: Representation and diversity
In this second episode of Talk Media to Me, council members Bartosz Zerebecki (EUR) and Bjorn Beijnon (UvA) talk about their media month. What kept them busy in February and March? As media scholars, they ask themselves what diverse representat...
S03E01: Uncritical media consumption
We have rebranded ourselves! In this first episode of the new season, council members Dennis Janssen (UU) and Bjorn Beijnon (UvA) talk about their media month. What kept them busy in December and January? As media scholars, they ask themselves ...
S02E09 RMeS/NICA special: Thomas Poell
This is the third of three special episodes that were recorded during the RMeS/NICA career event in June 2023. In this episode, Bjorn Beijnon (UvA) interviews Thomas Poell, Professor of Data, Culture & Institutions at the University of Amst...
S02E08 RMeS/NICA special: Karin van Es
This is the second of three special episodes that were recorded during the RMeS/NICA career event in June 2023. In this episode, Bjorn Beijnon (UvA) interviews Karin van Es, Associate Professor of Media and Culture Studies at Utrecht University...
S02E07 RMeS/NICA special: Pepita Hesselberth
This is the first of three special episodes that were recorded during the RMeS/NICA career event in June 2023. In this episode, Bjorn Beijnon (UvA) interviews Pepita Hesselberth, director of NICA and lecturer in Film and Digital Media at Leiden...
S02E06 Media Appearances: Lejo Siepe
Bartosz Zerebecki (EUR) interviews Lejo Siepe, a director of the Media Training Center Northern Netherlands. Lejo is a journalist for daily and weekly newspapers, radio and TV programs. He made several documentaries, wrote countless articles, a...
S02E05 Valorisation: Mirko Tobias Schäfer
Bjorn Beijnon (UvA) interviews Mirko Tobias Schäfer (UU), Associate Professor at the Department for Media and Culture Studies, Utrecht University. His publications cover user participation in cultural production, datafication, politics of softw...
S02E04 Networking: Julia Kneer
Bartek Zerebecki (EUR) interviews Julia Kneer, an associate professor at the Department of Media and Communication at Erasmus University Rotterdam. As a scholar, Dr. Kneer researchers the effects of gaming on violence but she also boasts rich e...
S02E03 Education: Vincent Crone
Bjorn Beijnon (UvA) interviews Vincent Crone (UU), Senior Fellow at the Teaching Academy Utrecht University. As a fellow, he studies and teaches about the development and training of starting teachers in the humanities and the possi...
S02E02 Blogging: Hermen Visser
Zheyu Shang (UL) interviews Hermen Visser (UL), the trainer of a course Blogging About Your Research. In this episode, Hermen shares tips for students to start academic blogs and improve blog writing skills. For more information about academic ...