Aca-Media
Aca-Media is a monthly podcast sponsored by the Society for Cinema and Media Studies that presents an academic perspective on media. Hosts Christine Becker and Michael Kackman explore current scholarship, issues in the media industries, questions in pedagogy, professional development, and events in the world of media studies. Questions and comments can be sent to [email protected].
- Update frequency
- every 32 days
- Average duration
- 48 minutes
- Episodes
- 51
- Years Active
- 2015 - 2025
Talking Television in a Time of Crisis, Ep. 9: Tactics
Our special series “Talking Television” is back for a second season, now as “Talking Television in a Time of Crisis”! In this second episode, we discuss tactics: How can we best analyze and address…
Talking Television in a Time of Crisis, Ep. 8: Politics
Our special series “Talking Television in a Pandemic” is back for a second season! In this episode we discuss how television manages, amplifies, and contains our collective anxieties about the elect…
Talking Television in a Pandemic, Episode 7: Series Summary
The organizers of the ”Talking Television in a Pandemic" series reflect on the previous six episodes, summarize key take-aways from these conversations, and look ahead to the coming months. With Hunt…
Talking Television in a Pandemic, Ep. 6: Global Geographies
Our special series “Talking Television in a Pandemic” continues with a bonus sixth episode! What can non-North American perspectives teach us about television’s negotiation between the local and the…
Talking Television in a Pandemic, Ep. 4: Technology
How are old and new technologies impacting TV production, textuality, and reception? What possibilities are emerging, and what might be closing down? How does this impact media industries and/or medi…
Talking Television in a Pandemic, Ep. 2: Ideology
What are the relations between televisual politics and aesthetics, identity and representation, communication and critique? How has the pandemic renewed interest in conversations around TV’s modes of…
Talking Television in a Pandemic, Ep. 1: Epistemology
In this episode, we discuss television and epistemology in a global pandemic: How do we know TV and how do we know through TV? What are the implications of people tuning in more and more to TV to at…
