This episode features Dr. Michael Schudson in conversation with Dr. Lynn Berger. They discuss Dr. Schudson’s work on media studies, professionalism, and objectivity within the field of sociology and his subsequent discovery of and integration into the field of communication. Dr. Schudson further discusses his work on the guiding principles of journalism and the importance of objectivity and peer review within media, politics, and academia.

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Featuring

Ellen Wartella

Lynn Berger 

Michael Schudson 

Sponsor:

The Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore

More from our guests: 

Ellen Wartella 

Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani Professor of Communication | Professor of Psychology, Human Development and Social Policy, and Medical Social Sciences

Northwestern University 

Director, Center on Media and Human Development

Twitter: @CMHD_NU

Lynn Berger

Journalist & Care Correspondent | De Correspondent

Twitter: @LynnBerger1984 

Michael Schudson

Professor of Journalism | Columbia Journalism School 

Columbia University

Works Referenced in Episode:

Frost, R., & Untermeyer, L. (1951). The road not taken (pp. 18-20). Holt.

Schudson, M. (2001). Politics as cultural practice. Political Communication, 18(4), 421-431.

Schudson, M. (2020). Journalism: Why it matters. John Wiley & Sons.

Schudson, M. (1981). Discovering the news: A social history of American newspapers. Basic books.

Baldwin, M. (2018). Scientific autonomy, public accountability, and the rise of “peer review” in the Cold War United States. Isis, 109(3), 538-558.

Copy and Audio Editor:  

Sharlene Burgos 

Executive Producer:

DeVante Brown

This episode features Professor Brenda J. Allen in conversation with her friend, Professor Karen Ashcraft. They discuss Professor Allen’s background and research on different studies. Professor Allen also comments on her contributions to this field, her influential multi-edition book “Difference Matters”, and her philosophy and practice as a presenter.

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Featuring

Ellen Wartella

Brenda Allen

Karen Ashcraft

Sponsor:

The Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

More from the host & speakers: 

Ellen Wartella 

Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani Professor of Communication | Professor of Psychology, Human Development and Social Policy, and Medical Social Sciences

Northwestern University 

Director, Center on Media and Human Development

Twitter: @CMHD_NU

Brenda Allen

Professor Emerita, Department of Communication

University of Colorado Denver

Twitter: @TheBrendaJAllen

Facebook: Brenda J. Allen

LinkedIn: Brenda J. Allen, PhD

Instagram: dr.brendajallen

Karen Ashcraft

Professor of Department of Communication

College of Media, Communication & Information (CMCI)

University of Colorado Boulder

Works referenced in episode:

Allen, B. J. (2023). Difference matters: Communicating social identity. Waveland Press.

Lee Ashcraft, K., & Allen, B. J. (2003). The racial foundation of organizational communication. Communication theory, 13(1), 5-38.

Allen, B. J. (1996). Feminist standpoint theory: A black woman's (re) view of organizational socialization. Communication Studies, 47(4), 257-271.

Copy and Audio Editors:

Lacie Yao

Executive Producer:

DeVante Brown

This episode features Dr. Akiba Cohen in conversation with Dr. Ori Tenenboim. They discuss Dr. Cohen’s most notable communication research studies which broadly involved gauging public perceptions of television broadcasts and the newsworthiness of publicized events. Dr. Cohen goes on to discuss his contributions to the development and global popularization of Israeli communication scholarship as well as his role in paving the academic road for future Israeli communication scholars. 

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Featuring

Ellen Wartella

Ori Tenenboim 

Akiba Cohen 

Sponsor:

Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

More from our guests: 

Ellen Wartella 

Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani Professor of Communication | Professor of Psychology, Human Development and Social Policy, and Medical Social Sciences

Northwestern University 

Director, Center on Media and Human Development

Twitter: @CMHD_NU

Ori Tenenboim

Assistant Professor | School of Journalism, Writing and Media  

The University of British Columbia  

Twitter: @ori_tene 

Akiba Cohen

(Retired) Professor Emeritus | Department of Communication Studies | Gershon H. Gordon Faculty of Social Sciences 

Tel Aviv University 

Past President & Elected Fellow | International Communication Association 

Works Referenced in Episode:

Potter, W. J. (1993). Cultivation theory and research: A conceptual critique. Human communication research, 19(4), 564-601.

Ball‐Rokeach, S. J. (2008). Media system dependency theory. The international encyclopedia of communication.

Cohen, A.A. (1996). Global newsrooms, local audiences: a study of the eurovision news exchange.

Shoemaker, P. J., & Cohen, A. A. (2012). News around the world: Content, practitioners, and the public. Routledge.

Roeh, I., Katz, E., Cohen, A. A., & Zelizer, B. (1980). Almost midnight: Reforming the late-night news. SAGE Publications, Incorporated.

Copy and Audio Editor:  

Troy Cruz
Sharlene Burgos 

Executive Producer:

DeVante Brown

This episode features Dr. Gianpietro Mazzoleni in conversation with Dr. Cristian Vaccari. They discuss Dr. Mazzoleni’s integration into the subfield of political communication as an international student, his contributions to the popularity of populism research, and his continuing efforts to mentor a new generation of political scholars. Dr. Mazzoleni further discusses the subfield’s future as new digital media practices challenge existing paradigms for understanding the effects of political communications.

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Featuring

Ellen Wartella

Cristian Vaccari 

Gianpietro Mazzoleni 

Sponsor:

The School of Communication at Hong Kong Baptist University

More from our guests: 

Ellen Wartella 

Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani Professor of Communication | Professor of Psychology, Human Development and Social Policy, and Medical Social Sciences

Northwestern University 

Director, Center on Media and Human Development

Twitter: @CMHD_NU

Cristian Vaccari 

Professor of Political Communication | School of Social Sciences and Humanities 

Loughborough University 

Director | Center for Research in Communication and Culture 

Editor-in-Chief | International Journal of Press/Politics

Twitter: @prof_vaccari 

Gianpietro Mazzoleni

Retired Professor of Political Communication | Department of Social and Political Sciences

University of Milan

Co-Founder & Editor | Comunicazione Politica, Italian Journal of Political Communication 

Editor-in-Chief | International Encyclopedia of Political Communication 

Head of School | Milan International Summer School of Political Communication 

Twitter: @GPMazzoleni & @MilanPolcomm

Works Referenced in Episode:

Chadwick, A. (2017). The hybrid media system: Politics and power. Oxford University Press.

Mazzoleni, G., Stewart, J., & Horsfield, B. (Eds.). (2003). The media and neo-populism: A contemporary comparative analysis. Greenwood Publishing Group.

Copy and Audio Editor:  

Kate In

Sharlene Burgos 

Executive Producer:

DeVante Brown

Dr. Shyam Sundar shares his experiences with a former student, Saraswathi Bellur, through his interdisciplinary work in computer science, psychology, and communication. Dr. Sundar also goes into detail regarding media effects through evolving and advancing technology and how he believes it has the potential to shape our future. His work in media effects has led him to pioneer the way scholars look at emerging technologies through his published theories: the MAIN Model, the Interactivity Effects Model, the Agency Model of Customization, and the Motivational Technology Model.

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Featuring

Ellen Wartella 

Saraswathi Bellur

Dr. Shyam Sundar

Sponsor:

The School of Communication at Hong Kong Baptist University 

More from the host & speakers: 

Ellen Wartella 

Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani Professor of Communication | Professor of Psychology, Human Development and Social Policy, and Medical Social Sciences

Northwestern University 

Director, Center on Media and Human Development

Twitter: @CMHD_NU

Saraswathi Bellur 

Associate Professor | Department of Communication

University of Connecticut

Twitter username: @bellur

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bellur/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/saraswathi-saras-bellur-0507904/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sarasbellur/

Dr. Shyam Sundar

James P. Jimirro Professor of Media Effects | Co-Director, Media Effects Research Laboratory 

Pennsylvania State University

Director, Center for Socially Responsible Artificial Intelligence 

Twitter:@Shyamer

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/s.shyam.sundar.7

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sshyamsundar/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sss12/

Works referenced in episode: 

Sundar, S. S. (2008). The MAIN model: A heuristic approach to understanding technology effects on credibility (pp. 73-100). Cambridge, MA: MacArthur Foundation Digital Media and Learning Initiative.

Sundar, S. S., Jia, H., Waddell, T. F., & Huang, Y. (2015). Toward a theory of interactive media effects (TIME) four models for explaining how interface features affect user psychology. The Handbook of the Psychology of communication technology, 47-86.

Sundar, S. S., Bellur, S., & Jia, H. (2012). Motivational technologies: a theoretical framework for designing preventive health applications. In Persuasive Technology. Design for Health and Safety: 7th International Conference, PERSUASIVE 2012, Linköping, Sweden, June 6-8, 2012. Proceedings 7 (pp. 112-122). Springer Berlin Heidelberg.

Copy and Audio Editors:

Bennett Pack

Executive Producer:

DeVante Brown

In this episode, Professor Edmund Lee interviews his former mentor, Professor K. Viswanath, on his life’s work in health communication research. Viswanath reflects on how communication evolved over the years from a divided discipline between critical communication scholars and social science researchers to an interdisciplinary and mixed methods research field. He also discusses his mentors, Phil Tichenor, George Donohue, and Clarice Olien, who established the knowledge gap hypothesis. Viswanath speaks on how his thinking about the knowledge gap hypothesis expanded to larger issues of communication resources: access to information as well as the ability to act on it. This led Professor Viswanath to develop a new framework called the structural influence model (SIM) of health communication which he expands on in this conversation.

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Featuring

Ellen Wartella

Edmund Lee

K. Viswanath

Sponsor:

The School of Communication at Hong Kong Baptist University

More from the host & speakers: 

 Ellen Wartella 

Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani Professor of Communication; Professor of Psychology, Human Development and Social Policy, and Medical Social Sciences

Northwestern University 

Director, Center on Media and Human Development

Host

Edmund Lee

Assistant Professor, Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information

Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

Twitter: @EdmundWJLee

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/edmund-w-j-lee-4b02b915/

Guest

K. Viswanath

Lee Kum Kee Professor of Health Communication

Harvard University and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Twitter: @vishplus

Instagram: @viswanathlabharvard

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/viswanathlab/

LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/k-vish-viswanath-913a9929

Works referenced in episode:

Glanz, K., Rimer, B. K., & Viswanath, K. (Eds.). (2015). Health behavior: Theory, research, and practice. John Wiley & Sons. 

Lee, E. W., McCloud, R. F., & Viswanath, K. (2022). Designing effective eHealth interventions for underserved groups: Five lessons from a decade of eHealth intervention design and deployment. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 24(1), e25419.

Copy and Audio Editors

Dominic Bonelli

Executive Producer

DeVante Brown

This episode features Professor Travis Dixon in conversation with Professor Marisa Smith. They discuss Professor Dixon’s work as a leading researcher in the field of media stereotyping and biased narratives in media outlets. Professor Dixon expands upon the rocky beginnings of the field of media stereotyping and goes on to express his hopes for the future of the field.

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Featuring

Ellen Wartella

Marisa Smith 

Travis Dixon 

Sponsor:

The School of Communication at Hong Kong Baptist University

More from our guests: 

Ellen Wartella 

Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani Professor of Communication | Professor of Psychology, Human Development and Social Policy, and Medical Social Sciences

Northwestern University 

Director, Center on Media and Human Development

Twitter: @CMHD_NU

Marisa Smith

Assistant Professor | Advertising + Public Relations Department and The School of Journalism

Michigan State University 

Twitter: @smithmarisaa 

Travis Dixon 

Professor of Communication | College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Distinguished Professorial Scholar | Director of Graduate Studies in the Department of Communication 

University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign 

Twitter: @Dr_TLDixon

Facebook: Travis Dixon 

Instagram: travisldixon

Works Referenced in Episode: 

Oliver, M. B. (1994). Portrayals of crime, race, and aggression in “reality‐based” police shows: A content analysis. Journal of broadcasting & electronic media, 38(2), 179-192.

Entman, R. M. (1992). Blacks in the news: Television, modern racism and cultural change. Journalism quarterly, 69(2), 341-361.

Potter, W. J. (1993). Cultivation theory and research: A conceptual critique. Human communication research, 19(4), 564-601.

Signorielli, N., Gerbner, G., & Morgan, M. (1995). Standpoint: Violence on television: The cultural indicators project.
Dixon, T. L. (2016). Understanding how the internet and social media accelerate racial stereotyping and social division: The socially mediated stereotyping model. In Race and Gender in Electronic Media. Taylor & Francis.

Copy and Audio Editor:  

Sharlene Burgos 

Executive Producer:

DeVante Brown

In this episode, Professor Megan Dillow interviewed Professor Walid Afifi on his network of role models to his ongoing push for community impact and equity in research production. Professor Afifi also shared his past experience of coming into the communication field, and how he has built research for communities and expanded the research goals.

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Featuring

Ellen Wartella

Megan Dillow

Walid Afifi

Sponsor:

School of Communication at Hong Kong Baptist University

More from the host & speakers: 

Ellen Wartella 

Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani Professor of Communication | Professor of Psychology, Human Development and Social Policy, and Medical Social Sciences

Northwestern University 

Director, Center on Media and Human Development

Twitter - @CMHD_NU

Megan Dillow

Professor | Communication Department

West Virginia University

Twitter - @WestVirginiaU

Walid Afifi

Professor | Department of Communication

University of California at Santa Barbara

TED Talk

COVID-19 Lecture Series: Uncertainty Before, During, and after COVID-19

Works referenced in episode:

Afifi, W. A., & Weiner, J. L. (2004). Toward a theory of motivated information management. Communication theory, 14(2), 167-190.

Afifi, W. A., Littlejohn, S., & Foss, K. (2009). Theory of motivated information management (pp. 665-667). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

Berger, C. R., & Calabrese, R. J. (1974). Some explorations in initial interaction and beyond: Toward a developmental theory of interpersonal communication. Human communication research, 1(2), 99-112.

Brashers, D. E. (2001). Communication and uncertainty management. Journal of communication, 51(3), 477-497.

Copy and Audio Editors:

Ilana Arougheti

Lacie Yao

Executive Producer:

DeVante Brown

This episode features Dr. Ellen Wartella and Dr. Fashina Aladé as they discuss Dr. Wartella’s research on children’s media and how it has affected public policy and evolved with new technologies. Dr. Wartella explores child development in an increasingly digital age and how communication research can play a role in safeguarding media for children and adolescents.

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Featuring

Fashina Aladé

Ellen Wartella

Sponsor:

The School of Communication at Hong Kong Baptist University

More from our guests: 

Fashina Aladé

Assistant Professor | Advertising and Public Relations 

Michigan State University 

Twitter: @ProfShina @MSUComArtSci

Ellen Wartella 

Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani Professor of Communication | Professor of Psychology, Human Development and Social Policy, and Medical Social Sciences

Northwestern University 

Director, Center on Media and Human Development

Twitter: @CMHD_NU

Works referenced in episode:

Rideout, V. J., Vandewater, E. A., & Wartella, E. A. (2003). Zero to six: Electronic media in the lives of infants, toddlers and preschoolers. 

Lauricella, A. R., Cingel, D. P., & Wartella, E. A. (2016). Television, computers, and media viewing (children and adolescents).

Copy and Audio Editors: 

Sharlene Burgos

Executive Producer:
DeVante Brown

Architects of Communication Scholarship presents interviews with academic leaders in communication research and the International Communication Association. This episode features an interview between Denise Solomon and Michael Roloff, where they discuss Professor Roloff’s career beginnings and inspirations, the trajectory of his scholarly contributions, and his thoughts on the state of the communication discipline. In this episode, Roloff reminisces on the many mentors and colleagues in the field of communication who shaped his research.

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Featuring

Ellen Wartella

Denise Solomon

Michael Roloff

Sponsor:

The School of Communication at Hong Kong Baptist University

More from the host & speakers: 

Ellen Wartella

Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani Professor of Communication; Professor of Psychology, Human Development and Social Policy, and Medical Social Sciences

Northwestern University 

Director, Center on Media and Human Development

Twitter: @CMHD_NU

Denise Solomon 

Distinguished Professor, Department of Communication Arts & Sciences, Penn State University

Michael Roloff 

Emeritus Professor, Dept. of Communication Studies, Northwestern University

Works referenced in episode:

Roloff, M. E. (1981). Interpersonal Communication: The Social Exchange Approach. Sage.

Roloff, M. E., & Miller, G. R. (1981). Persuasion: New Directions in Theory and Research. Sage.

Copy and Audio Editors:

Jabari Clemons

Executive Producer:
DeVante Brown