Category: Academic
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Comprehensive Exams Reading Lists
It’s time for my comprehensive exams in my Ph.D. program, meaning I get to spend the next few months reading non-stop. I’ve decided to share my comprehensive exam lists in the interest of helping anyone looking for resources to understand digital media industries and culture. A.J Christian undertook a similar task in 2010 because he…
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New Classes: Journalistic Reporting and Writing and Multimedia Storytelling
I’m excited to announce I’ll be teaching two courses this fall at the University of Iowa—Journalistic Reporting and Writing as well as Multimedia Storytelling. These co-requisite classes work together to teach journalism undergraduate how to tell stories effectively across a variety of media. Journalistic Reporting and Writing teaches students the fundamentals of journalistic practice, ranging…
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Conference Presentation: Streaming Film and TV Services and Independent Film at FlowTV Roundtables
Earlier this year, I presented a paper about digital television portals and independent media producers at the regional Big 10 Mini Conference. After receiving some useful feedback from the mini-conference, I re-worked some of the paper and will be discussing at the national FlowTV Roundtables in Austin, TX September 27-29. “The Growing Intersection of the…
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Conference Presentation: Travel Influencers and Ethics of Authenticity
Social media personalities, bloggers, and other influencers have been questioned for their ethics because of fears associated with influencers marketing products without telling their audiences. Joe Sinkwitz has an accessible summary of the concerns around influencers’ lack of disclosure. My research group on influencers within the travel industry sought to explore how these workers understood…
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Service Update: Vice President of Graduate Student Senate
I was elected as the Vice President of the University of Iowa’s Graduate Student Senate (GSS) for the 2018-2019 academic year. The Vice President of GSS supports the President and is responsible for the planning and execution of the Jakobsen Conference, a poster presentation-based academic conference for University of Iowa graduate students. The conference encourages…
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New Award: John F. Murray Outstanding Doctoral Student—Teaching
The University of Iowa School of Journalism and Mass Communication awarded me with the John F. Murray Outstanding Doctoral Student—Teaching merit. Dr. Dan Berkowitz announced that it was given to me based on my interactions with students in my Media Uses and Effects class, my work toward a graduate certificate in college teaching (which I’ll…
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New Position: Reviews Editor for the Journal of Communication Inquiry
I’m happy to announce that I’ll be taking over the Reviews Editor position for the Journal of Communication Inquiry beginning June 1, 2018. I’ve served on the journal’s advisory board for the past year, and it’ll be great to further my involvement with the journal. I’ll be working closely with the Managing Editor to solicit…
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Conference Presentation: Netflix and Independent Media Producers
I will be presenting my paper “’They can now be seen’: Netflix and the cost of transnational audiences for independent film producers” at the University of Wisconsin for the annual Big 10 Mini Conference. This paper explores Netflix’s (and partially Amazon’s) 2016 and 2017 presence at major independent film festivals. By acquiring films at these festivals,…
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Conference Presentation: Bridging the Gap
Brian Ekdale, Melissa Tully, Mariah Wellman, and I launched a research group during my first semester at the University of Iowa. We blended our interest in production, global media, travel, blogging, and social media to start an on-going project that explores how travel influencers and destination marketing organizations work together, which includes questions about the…
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Conference Presentation: Nostalgia, Transmedia Storytelling, and Kingdom Hearts
There are few stories I enjoy more in the world than the Kingdom Hearts franchise. The games have always been fun, the stories have grown increasingly complex, and I really appreciate how much Square Enix and Disney mess with fans by seemingly releasing each game on a new video game system (the games have now…
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