In this episode of Communicating for Impact, Patrice Buzzanell invites Tim Schatto-Eckrodt, Lena Frischlich, and Jason Hannan to discuss issues of online discourse and misinformation in the era of social media. The guests call for public education to rekindle a spirit of trust and to promote media literacy. Through education, they hope to encourage students and teachers to articulate why we might trust in some institutions and be skeptical towards others.

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Featuring

Patrice Buzzanell

Tim Schatto-Eckrodt

Lena Frischlich

Jason Hannan

Sponsors

College of Arts and Sciences, University of South Florida 

More about the host and guests: 

Patrice Buzzanell

Professor and Past Chair, the Department of Communication 

University of South Florida 

Tim Schatto-Eckrodt

Research Associate

Hamburg University, Germany

Mastodon: @[email protected]

Website: https://schatto-eckrodt.de

Twitter: @Kudusch

Lena Frischlich

Interim Prof. Dr. Lena Frischlich, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich (LMU, Germany), starting October 2023: Associate Prof. Digital Democracy Centre, University of Southern Denmark (SDU, Denmark)

Twitter: @lenafrescamente

LinkedIn: Lena Frischlich

Instagram: @lenafrischlich

Jason Hannan

Associate Professor, Department of Rhetoric, Writing, and Communications

University of Winnipeg

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jason.hannan.3 

Twitter: https://twitter.com/jasonwhannan

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jason-hannan-3065a654/ 

Works Referenced

Hannan, J. (2018). Trolling ourselves to death? Social media and post-truth politics. European Journal of Communication, 33(2), 214-226.

Postman, N. (2005). Amusing ourselves to death: Public discourse in the age of show business. Penguin.

Hannan, J. (Ed.). (2016). Truth in the public sphere. Lexington Books.

Carr, N. (2020). The shallows: What the Internet is doing to our brains. WW Norton & Company.

Hayles, N. K. (2001). The Transformation of Narrative and the Materiality of Hypertext. Narrative, 9(1), 21–39. http://www.jstor.org/stable/20107227

Arendt, H. (1973). The origins of totalitarianism [1951]. New York.

Freire, P. (1996). Pedagogy of the oppressed (revised). New York: Continuum, 356, 357-358.

Copy and Audio Editor

Dominic Bonelli

Jessica Rauchberg and Dr. Paula Gardner discuss the importance of interdisciplinary practices and how researchers can improve their practices when interacting with their communities. Jessica and Paula also describe both of their fights for progress in researching communities with disabilities.  

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Featuring

Patrice Buzzanell 

Jessica Rauchberg

Paula Gardner

Sponsor

College of Arts and Science at the University of South Florida 

More from the host & speakers: 

Patrice Buzzanell 

Professor and Past Chair, Department of Communication 

University of South Florida 

Jessica Rauchberg  

Doctoral Candidate, Department of Communication Studies and Media Arts, McMaster University

ABLE Project and Accounts Manager, Pulse Lab 

Graduate Affiliate, Center for Information, Technology, and Public Life (CITAP), UNC Chapel Hill

www.jessrauchberg.com 

Twitter: @disabledphd 

Paula Gardner  

Professor and Asper Chair in Communication

Dept of Communication Studies and Media Arts, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada

Director, Pulse Lab https://pulselab.humanities.mcmaster.ca/

https://experts.mcmaster.ca/display/gardnerp 

Twitter: @pmgardner 

Works referenced in episode: 

ABLE Platform - Pulse Lab 

Disability Dongle - Liz Jackson, Alex Haahaard, Rua Williams 

Copy and Audio Editor:

Bennett Pack

This episode features Professors Patrice Buzzanell, Homero Gil de Zuñiga, Pablo Boczowski, and Ingrid Bachmann as they explore their backgrounds and research in the field and discuss digital technologies in a global and political context. They focus on what can be done to capitalize on and leverage digital technologies as well as provide practical applications for individuals, organizations, and institutions. 

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Featuring

Patrice Buzzanell

Homero Gil de Zuñiga

Pablo Boczowski

Ingrid Bachmann

Sponsor:

College of Arts and Sciences, University of South Florida 

More from the host & speakers: 

Patrice Buzzanell

Professor and Past Chair, the Department of Communication 

University of South Florida 

Homero Gil de Zuñiga

Distinguished Research Professor

University of Salamanca

Professor

Pennsylvania State University

Senior Research Fellow 

Universidad Diego Portales

Twitter handles:  @_HGZ_  @USAL  @PSUBellisario

Pablo Boczowski

Hamad Bin Khalifa Al-Thani Professor, Department of Communication Studies 

Northwestern University

Twitter: @pablobochon

Ingrid Bachmann

Associate Professor, School of Communications, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

Twitter handles: @ingrid_bachmann @fcomuc

Copy and Audio Editors: 

Jacqueline Colarusso 

Executive Producer:
DeVante Brown

This episode features Professor Patrice Buzzanell as she gives an overview of Communicating For Impact and the themes that will be covered in the podcast series, as well as why she started this podcast. The series will discuss topics such as handling communication issues in everyday life, using evidence-based research to solve ordinary problems, and applying communication scholarship to overcome challenges.

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Featuring

Patrice Buzzanell

Sponsor:

College of Arts and Sciences, University of South Florida 

More about the host: 

Patrice Buzzanell

Professor and Past Chair, the Department of Communication 

University of South Florida 

Copy and Audio Editors: 

Jacqueline Colarusso 

Executive Producer:
DeVante Brown

The International Communication Association presents the ICA Podcast Network, where we’re grappling with questions about how to navigate, transform, and make sense of a changing world. Our podcasts will bring together scholars and practitioners from around the world to showcase the most exciting and important work in our field and amplify researchers, educators, and advocates who are underrepresented in our field. 

We're so excited to introduce One World, One Network‽, Interventions from the Global South, Architects of Communication Scholarship, Digital Alchemy, Feminist Networks and the Conjuncture, Ask Us Anything, Growing Up Comm, JCMC: The Discussion Section, and Communicating for Impact. 

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