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About the Abstract is a podcast about the media research being done at the University of Iowa School of Journalism and Mass Communication.
Unknown Host hosts About the Abstract, a education show with 12 episodes published.
This week host Jake Mayer talks to SJMC Associate Professor Brett Johnson about rules regulating public comment sessions at town council meetings, the constitutionality of civil codes and more!
This week host Jake Mayer talks to SJMC Assistant Professor Sang Jung Kim about how large language AI models “refuse” certain requests—and why those refusals may not be as neutral as they seem. This episode also delves i
This week host Jacy West talks to SJMC Associate Professor Jamil Marques about the editorial policies and structural characteristics of Global South-based communication, media, and journalism academic journals. Dr. Marqu
This week host Jacy West talks to SJMC Assistant Professor Bingbing Zhang to discuss testing Third-Person Effects on Support for Censorship Among Kenyans.Dr. Zhang and Jacy discuss positivity biases, media literacy, how
This week host Jacy West talks to SJMC Assistant Professor Bingbing Zhang about how generative AI is reshaping the psychology behind why we turn to it. The new study from Dr. Zhang reveals that people who feel emotionall
This week, host Jacy West and SJMC Assistant Professor of Instruction Kylah Hedding talk about her new study examining the quality of local TV news at Sinclair-owned stations. Dr. Hedding’s research analyzes 2,300 storie
This week, Jacy talks to SJMC’s very own Sang Jung Kim about generative AI and the Black Lives Matter movement. This research introduces a scalable, theory-driven framework for analyzing protest imagery using computer vi
On this episode of About the Abstract, host Jacy West sits down with Dr. David Dowling, professor at SJMC, to talk about his article, “Theorizing Podcast Journalism: Toward a Medium-Specific Framework for Audio Reporting
On this episode of About The Abstract, we sit down with Dr. Sang Jung Kim, Assistant Professor at SJMC, to explore her research on body-image discourse and the contradictions at the heart of postfeminist messaging online
On this episode of About The Abstract, we break down Equitable Media Literacies with Dr. Melissa Tully and Dr. Patrick Johnson. Their research challenges long-held assumptions about media literacy and asks a bigger quest
This episode's guests were associate professor Rachel Young and PhD candidate Munachim Amah. They’ve explored why health journalists rely on personal stories and how those choices shape public understanding of health iss
In Episode 2 of About the Abstract, host Jacy West sits down with Bingbing Zhang and Sang Jung Kim to discuss their newly published research on political deepfakes and how people respond to disinformation. They break dow
This week we are joined by SJMC Ph.D. candidate Sarah Witmer to talk about her current research. Sarah explores how people use digital media to pursue justice and meaning amid declining trust in institutions.
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