Office Hours with Dr. C

What to do with the white savior stereotype?

Advocating for things big societal change is work that doesn't often have a clear end point. We use a Marvel's What If...? episode as a launching point into a discussion about extent of this labor and how hard it is for outsiders to support in ways that actually help.

We don't know if Captain America has too many regrets, but he sure missed some opportunities. Let's talk about some of them.

What choices do you have about the media you consume? How does the identity of the producers of media influence influence how people are represented?

Continuing our overview of the tenants of Critical Race Theory.

Part 2 and Part 1? Woof! How's Dr. C gonna make this one work?

With CRT in the news a lot in the last few months, and because it is influential in communication studies, we're doing a three-part series to talk about what CRT is, what it isn't, and why it matters to those of us who are into pop culture media.

We continue our discussion with Julia Largent about True Crime, and what it means that we just can't seem to get enough of murder and intrigue, even when it makes us paranoid and scared of our own shadows sometimes. 

Everyone has that documentary that changed how they looked at the world, or the food they eat, or the people we live around. How does the documentary format affect our perspectives so effectively? What makes them such a potent form of persuasion? We sit down with Julia Largent to talk about this in regards to her research around documentary fandoms.