Join us today as we talk with Dr. Wilson Lowrey, a professor in the Department of Journalism & Creative Media, about his work professionally in the news industry and how that work experience as a creative storyteller helped shape the research he does now.  He has studied everything from the journalism--blogging relationship, the ecology of news production, and how to effectively use communication during times of crisis.  His book is called Russian Regional Journalism, and if you just want to check out one of his articles, you can find a lengthy list on ResearchGate or Google Scholar.  This is a fun conversation, and we hope you'll tune in! 

Join us today as we talk with Dr. Kristen Warner, an associate professor in the Department of Journalism and Creative Media.  Kristen has so many amazing and interesting stories to tell about her research in colorblinding in the film and entertainment industry.  If you don't know what that is, you definitely have to listen to this episode.  Kristen is the author of the book, The Cultural Politics of Colorblind TV Casting, and has studied the representation of race on and off the camera.  Because of her expertise in this area of the entertainment industry, she is often called upon to be a guest on panels where every other guest is a celebrity--she breaks it all down for us in this episode.  To get more information about here book, check Amazon:  https://www.amazon.com/Cultural-Politics-Colorblind-Routledge-Transformations/dp/1138018309/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=The+Cultural+Politics+of+Colorblind+TV+Casting&qid=1613089216&sr=8-1.

But, more importantly, tune in today, because today's conversation is a great one!

In today's episode, we talk with Dr. Becky Britt, an associate professor in the Department of Journalism and Creative Media and a health communication scholar for the College of Communication & Information Sciences.  Dr. Britt's research spans topics related to health campaigns to the use of social media and those who influence, or don't, influence our decisions!  To learn more about her recent work and external awards, check out her website: 

https://rebeccakbritt.com/presentations/

http://rebeccakbritt.com/

Also, if you want to see more pictures of her adorable cat, you can follow her on Twitter @Rebeccakbritt

There's so much to learn about Dr. Robin Boylorn, an associate professor in the Department of Communication Studies.  Her work spans topics related to Krunk Culture to the way we tell our own stories via auto-ethnography. Dr. Boylorn has been given the distinction of being selected to give a Last Lecture (see the link below), and has published several books and articles.  For more about Dr. Boylorn, check out all of our links below. 

https://www.robinboylorn.com/

Dr. Boylorn's Last Lecture: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/overcoming-in-difference-reflections/id383700505?i=1000313463538

For more information (and praise) for Dr. Boylorn's book: https://www.robinboylorn.com/sweetwater

In today's episode, we talk with Dr. Laura Lemon, an assistant professor in advertising and public relations, about her professional work in the non-profit sector and how that work propelled her to get a Ph.D. and then study the communication that goes on in these workplace settings.  We'll learn more about how our own communication can be improved as she tells us about her intriguing findings.  

To see more of Dr. Lemon's work, check out these links: 

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0363811117302655?casa_token=NR-MuiOwvmoAAAAA:GeyNLyaivyhyCzHwL1zk07OxxQg538MkrEqZuR_T7aqvnLDg8Bry3exU6AD4NWTptf189M7qtA

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/10641734.2018.1521113

Dr. Steve Holiday is an assistant professor in the Department of Advertising and Public Relations. His primary research focus relates to children and media, with an emphasis on the way children respond to advertisements.  To see more about his recent work, check out these links: 

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/15405702.2020.1744610

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10641734.2020.1782790?scroll=top&needAccess=true

Welcome to Season 2 of No Stupid Questions, which has been re-branded to become Revise and Resubmit!  In Season 2, we talk with very interesting people who do amazing things in their research, and we have even better stories to tell you about what communication researchers do.  We are so excited about this upcoming season, and we hope you'll tune in each Monday at 11am when each new episode airs. 

We wanted to take a moment to thank you for being a fan and listening along with us as we chat with different communication researchers about who they are and what they do.  

Join us today as we talk with Dr. Shaheen Kanthawala, an assistant professor in Journalism & Creative Media, about our use of health apps and online health communities.  With a background in biochemistry and biology, this conversation about the role of new media technologies in the management of our own health is a great one!  To learn more about Dr. Kanthawala's research, check out her website here: https://skanthawala.people.ua.edu/.

Join us today as we talk to Dr. Jiyoung Lee about the ways we look to and trust sources in the media while in the middle of a global health crisis.  Dr. Lee studies media effects and online media platforms, and we have a great conversation about the here and now as it relates to all of the information we are getting from a variety of trustworthy and less trustworthy sources.  For more information about Dr. Lee and her research, check out her website: https://jleecomm.wixsite.com/jiyoung.