Welcome to Special Topics in Media - Season 7, Episode 0, "Teaser"

Send us Fan MailIn this "teaser" episode to Special Topics in Media, communication and media studies professor and host Garret Castleberry provides an overview of this series (0:28) and its educational focus. His introduction conveys this season's master theme "Communicating Fears in Film" (1:30) before unpacking each of the five units under investigation in season seven (1:50). Season seven focuses on the mass medium of film, and unit themes include:Unit 1 - Monstrous MetaphorsUnit 2- Cold War CreaturesUnit 3 - AstrophobiaUnit 4 - Nightmarish NatureUnit 5 - Eastern OtheringGarret then reveals this season's primary cohost (4:11) while putting listeners at ease that this program is dialogue-driven (aka discussion-focused) and not a monologue-style series. Finally, he provides an educational context that informs listeners about the focus of the series (5:30). Host: Garret CastleberryProducers: Will McMurry (Audio Engineer), Alli Garner (Cover Art), Austin Foster (Music)Recommended readings paired with Season Seven "Communicating Fears in Film":Kendall Phillips. Projected Fears: Horror Films and American Culture. Praeger, 2006. Stephen Prince. Apocalypse Cinema. Rutgers University Press, 2021. Subscribe to Dr. Castleberry's official academic YouTube Channel here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCiwBM1_UlP-HHWsW5IlOQ5Q. Garret's academic website is located here: https://garretcastleberry.academia.edu/. Join the Special Topics in Media Facebook Group at: https://www.facebook.com/groups/418934097068422.Follow Special Topics in Media on Twitter at @podcast_topics.Support the show