Communication and Media Studies (Audio)

The animated film Inside Out is a vivid portrait of resilience in eleven-year-old Riley and her animated emotions, who together face a difficult several days following a cross-country move. The film's exploration of Riley's emotional life reflects current neuroscience research, thanks in part to the work of UC Berkeley Professor Dacher Keltner, who served as a scientific consultant to the filmmakers. He is joined by UCSB Professor of Psychology David Sherman and UCSB Professor of Film & Media Studies Anna Brusutti. Series: "Carsey-Wolf Center" [Humanities] [Arts and Music] [Show ID: 31804]

Short films often rely on film festivals for a larger audience. Learn about film festival shorts programming and curation with Tribeca Film Festival's vice president of filmmaker relations and long-time head of shorts programming Sharon Badal. Sharon is joined on the panel by Greg Goggin (Director) and Joe Toronto (Producer). Cynthia Felando, UCSB Professor of Film and Media Studies, moderates. Series: "Carsey-Wolf Center" [Humanities] [Arts and Music] [Show ID: 31805]

Director Madhusree Dutta and UCSB Department of Film and Media Studies Professor Bhaskar Sarkar discuss the film "7 Islands and a Metro," a fascinating documentary on Bom Bahia / Bombay / Mumbai. Series: "Carsey-Wolf Center" [Humanities] [Arts and Music] [Show ID: 31806]

What exactly is it about a word that makes it dirty? And how does our sense of the profane change over time? In this edition of Up Next, host Marty Lasden explores the science of swearing with Benjamin K. Bergen, a cognitive science professor at UC San Diego, whose new book on the subject has drawn rave reviews from The New York Times, The Atlantic Monthly, and the Economist, among others. His book is called: "What the F: What Swearing Reveals About Our Language, Our Brains, and Ourselves." Series: "Up Next: Perspectives on the Future of Everything" [Humanities] [Show ID: 31479]

Lora Chen (CEO of China Media Consulting) and Mayfair Yang (Director of UCSB Confucius Institute & Professor of Religious Studies and East Asian Studies Departments) discuss the film Mr. Six, a 2015 Chinese crime drama. The film treats the clash of generations as well as that between the ultra-rich and the left-behind. Series: "Carsey-Wolf Center" [Humanities] [Arts and Music] [Show ID: 31665]

Wonder how research happening at UC San Diego translates into real-world benefits? Find out as six faculty members illuminate the collaborative approach used to understand and address complex issues within the broad research themes of understanding cultures and addressing disparities in society, and exploring the basis of human knowledge, learning, and creativity. Series: "UC San Diego Founders’ Symposium" [Public Affairs] [Humanities] [Arts and Music] [Business] [Education] [Show ID: 29857]

Go behind the scenes with cameraman/editor, Mark Romanov, who specializes in hard-to-get shots which is apparent in his work on Rick Rosenthal's documentary, The Dark Side of the Ocean.

Series: "Carsey-Wolf Center" [Humanities] [Arts and Music] [Show ID: 30029]

Constance Penley, Professor of Film and Media Studies at UCSB, welcomes executive producer and writer Toni Graphia to discuss the Starz series “Outlander.” Series: "Carsey-Wolf Center" [Humanities] [Arts and Music] [Show ID: 30404]

A fundamental of scientific analysis is the rejection of stories. Anecdotes can mislead you and solid analysis of the data is needed to ensure that coincidence is not mistaken for correlation. But one of the fundamentals of communication is the human need for stories to make an emotional connection to the information provided. Lucy Jones, Science Advisor for Risk Reduction, U.S. Geological Survey, explores the successes and challenges in bridging this gap between scientists and the larger public. Series: "UC Berkeley Graduate Lectures" [Public Affairs] [Humanities] [Science] [Show ID: 30176]

Tony Barnosky, a Professor of Integrative Biology at UC Berkeley, and Teenie Matlock, the McClatchy Chair of Communications and Associate Professor of Cognitive Science at UC Merced, discuss tactics for communicating the urgency to act and depoliticizing the discussion on climate change. Series: "UC Carbon and Climate Neutrality Summit: UC Climate Solutions" [Public Affairs] [Science] [Show ID: 30294]