C+MRC (S2E3) podcast features Dr. Tara Conley discussing how the seeds of Brackish (2015) were sown and why she chose visual ethnography as her method. She reflects on some of the most difficult challenges as a researcher, media maker, and feminist. Dr. Conley provides students with additional insight into visual ethnography as action research that affords reciprocal edification between media makers and their subjects of study.

C+MRC Podcast

Tara Conley talks Visual Ethnography

Dr. Vanessa Greenwood research professor at Montclair State University in New Jersey hosts the Comm + Media Research Collaboratory podcast. This podcast series features informal conversations about academic research at the intersection of technology, education, health, and pop culture. Season 2 Episode 1 is a conversation with tweenager Hope D. who ranks her favorite YouTubers and explains the economy and ethics of speaking your mind.

YouTubers, Influencers & Speaking Your Mind (Part 1)

To kick off National Media Literacy Week (Oct 21-25, 2019) Dr. Greenwood interviews media literacy experts Sherri Hope Culver and Dr. Faith Rogow about their responses to the tweenage mind in Season 2 Episode 1 "YouTubers, Influencers, and Speaking Your Mind." The conversation arrives at the complexities of mediated experiences at this point in history and the need for research and education in three categories of media literacy: knowledge, skills and dispositions.