Join us as we delve into Communication, Culture, and Technology (CCT) through personal narratives.

We’re speaking with the two graduating members of the Gnovis team for this final episode for the academic year. Joining us today are our editor-in-chief, Jahnavi Mukul (https://www.linkedin.com/in/jahnavi-mukul-660835198/), and fellow editor and Gnovis blog manager, Ramat Jose (https://www.linkedin.com/in/ramatjose/).

We sat down to talk about their road to CCT, highlights of their graduate school journey, their experiences as Gnovis editors, and what lies ahead for them after CCT. Both graduate students complete their Master’s degree in Communication, Culture and Technology this May at Georgetown University.

Join us on this episode as we delve into Communication, Culture, and Technology (CCT) through personal narratives. We sit down with two CCT students here at Georgetown, Mac Kirin (https://www.linkedin.com/in/macmilin/) and Salomón Flamenco (@salmonflamingos on IG), and talk about their research focus and what inspired them to pursue graduate studies. We chat about dialogue and diaspora, how those link with their personal journeys, and discuss what’s next as they graduate from the Hilltop this spring. 

This is the Gnovis Podcast. On this show, we explore conversations with students, faculty, alumni, and experts on the intersections of communication, culture, and technology. This podcast is under Gnovis, an academic multimedia publication under Georgetown University's Communication, Culture, and Technology program.

Automated decision-making systems or algorithms are playing an increasingly significant role in public administration and civil rights space. In his book "Voices in the Code: A Story About People, Their Values, and the Algorithm They Made," David Robinson investigates and contextualizes the story of the Kidney Allocation System, which as a result of cross-disciplinary collaboration among surgeons, clinicians, data scientists, public officials, advocates, and patients, over the course of 10 years, evolved into a relatively inclusive and accountable decision-making technology. Through this story, the author discusses the most fundamental issues related to the design and management of public-interest algorithms. 

In this episode, we discuss the book titled “Being present: commanding attention at work and at home by managing your social presence,” with the author Dr. Jeanine Turner, a communications scholar at Georgetown University. In a world permeated with new media and communication technologies, managing our social presence and controlling where and how we invest our attention is not an easy task. In this discussion, Dr. Turner offers an overview of her framework with four different approaches on how to manage your social presence in the modern communication space.

The topic of this episode is data and truth. There is a popular saying that we live in a data driven world? But where is data driving us? According to some estimates the amount of data generated over the next 3 years will be more than the amount of data created over the past 30 years. We have immersed ourselves in zettabytes of data to minimize uncertainty, make sense of the world around us and validate every step we take. But how reliable is all this data and can it really help us find the truth? In this episode we look for the answers to this and other questions with prominent scholar Prof danah boyd, whose research examines the intersection between technology and society. She’s a partner researcher at Microsoft, the founder of the well-known non-profit research institute Data & Society, as well as a Distinguished Visiting Professor at Georgetown University, where she taught a graduate course on Data and Politics of Evidence.

The topic of this episode is data and truth. There is a popular saying that we live in a data driven world? But where is data driving us? According to some estimates the amount of data generated over the next 3 years will be more than the amount of data created over the past 30 years. We have immersed ourselves in zettabytes of data to minimize uncertainty, make sense of the world around us and validate every step we take. But how reliable is all this data and can it really help us find the truth? In this episode with speak to prominent scholar Prof danah boyd, whose research examines the intersection between technology and society. She’s a partner researcher at Microsoft, the founder of the well-known non-profit research center Data & Society, as well as a Distinguished Visiting Professor at Georgetown University, where she taught a graduate course on Data and Politics of Evidence.

In this first episode of our new season we talk about podcasts. Are you interested in podcast production? What makes a good podcast? How do you create quality content? In this episode we explore the answers to these and other questions about podcasts with Prof Mark McDonald, who has thirty years of experience in international broadcasting with BBC World News, across both TV and Radio, and with two leading public broadcasters in the United States. He is the founder and CEO of Birkdale media and teaches a course on podcasting at Georgetown University. 

Eish and Chelsea discuss dating apps with CCT students. They chat about the best apps to use, how people found their current partners, and what it's like to go on a date during a global pandemic. 

Eish and Chelsea sit down with Brenna Parker, Web & Facebook Strategist for Biden for President. They chat Facebook, misinformation, and what it takes to grow your audience.

Listen to our first podcast of the school year! Eish and Chelsea sit down with LGBTQ+ Revolution 2.0 author and CCT alum Jill Fredenburg. We chat about identity, representation, and how platforms like YouTube and social media can be helpful tools for the LGTBQ+ community.