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COMM As You Are
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COMM As You Are is a graduate-led podcast from the Department of Communication at UMass Amherst. Each episode offers a behind-the-scenes look at emerging scholarship - where theory meets personal experience, and big ideas take shape.hosted and recorded by Val Paskar jingle by @Bass King
Episodes
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Teaching, Emerging Technology, and the Power to Say No with Michelle Ciccone
We sat down with Michelle Ciccone, a PhD candidate, educator, and curriculum designer, to talk about teaching and learning in a deeply digital world. Drawing on her experience in K–12 education and media literacy research, Michelle reflects on how educators think critically about technology in...
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From Live Streams to Warehouses: Platform Economies in Rural China with Lizhen Zhao
In this episode of COMM As You Are, we sit down with Lizhen Zhao, a PhD candidate in Communication at UMass Amherst, to talk about her ethnographic research on e-commerce and platform economies in rural China. Drawing on fieldwork in her hometown in Gansu Province, including working inside a...
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Cinemas, Deepfakes, and the Politics of Seeing in a Post-Digital World with Shahnaz Bashir
A PhD candidate and novelist Shahnaz Bashir sits down with COMM As You Are to unpack how a single cinema in Kashmir becomes a visual archive of power. Through two photographs taken seventy-six years apart, Shahnaz Bashir traces a striking transformation: from 1947 crowds openly gathering to hear…
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Performing Labor, Pricing Art: Dr Brendan McCauley on Art Practice in the Digital Age
What happens to art when the gallery moves online - and when artists can no longer afford to live near it? Dr Brendan McCauley joins us to explore how digital platforms, economic pressures, and the pandemic have reshaped creative practice. From regional artists in Western Mass to global changes…
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Data, Dissent, and Digital Communities: Larri Miller on Critical Computational Social Science
Larri Miller is helping define a new subfield: critical computational social science. In this episode, we talk about their research on right-wing digital communities, their commitment to mixed methods, and the epistemological roots of conspiracy belief. Along the way, we unpack the limits of…
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Language Under Pressure: Alina Ali Durrani on Discourse, Power, and the Global South
How does political language change when it moves from newspapers to social media? PhD candidate Alina Ali Durrani joins us to trace how meaning, ambiguity, and power shift across media ecosystems in Pakistan. Her dissertation analyzes Urdu-language op-eds and viral Twitter posts, unpacking how...
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What Counts as a Genre?: Cinema, Critique, and Communication with Kathryn Burrell
Is a rom-com just a rom-com? In this episode, PhD candidate Kate Burrell reflects on her journey from theater and film studies to a deeply interdisciplinary project on cinematic genre. Drawing from documentary studies, critical media theory, and cultural studies, Kate shares how streaming…
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Adolescents, Tech, and Tensions: Navigating Media Literacy with Cecilia Zhou
Cecilia Zhou joins COMM As You Are to discuss her mixed-methods research on children and media, examining how gender norms, digital advertising, and parental mediation shape adolescent experiences online. Drawing on fieldwork in both China and the U.S., Cecilia offers a critical look at media...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
COMM As You Are is a graduate-led podcast from the Department of Communication at UMass Amherst. Each episode offers a behind-the-scenes look at emerging scholarship - where theory meets personal experience, and big ideas take shape.hosted and recorded by Val Paskar jingle by @Bass King
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COMM As You Are is a graduate-led podcast from the Department of Communication at UMass Amherst. Each episode offers a behind-the-scenes look at emerging scholarship - where theory meets personal experience, and big ideas take shape.hosted and recorded by Val Paskar jingle by @Bass King
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