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About the Abstract

Hosted by UIowa SJMC Podcast · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 9 episodes

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9
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20m
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27
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Listen Score
14
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46
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About this podcast

About the Abstract is a podcast about the media research being done at the University of Iowa School of Journalism and Mass Communication.

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UIowa SJMC Podcast hosts About the Abstract, a education show with 9 episodes published.

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Episode 10: Others Are More Impacted by “Fake News”! Testing Third-Person Effects on Support for Censorship Among Kenyans ft. Bingbing Zhang

Jun 2, 202614m0

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

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Episode 9: Seeking With Sentiment: Emotional Attachment and the Use of Generative AI ft. Bingbing Zhang

May 5, 202616m0

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

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Episode 8: Quality of Local TV News at Sinclair-Owned Stations ft. Kylah Hedding

Apr 23, 202612m0

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

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Episode 7: Visual Framing at Scale ft. Sang Jung Kim

Apr 7, 202615m0

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

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Episode 6: Theorizing Podcast Journalism: Toward a Medium-Specific Framework for Audio Reporting”

Mar 24, 202627m0

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

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Episode 5: "You Are Not Fat”: The Postfeminist Contradiction in hashtag #RejectBodyAnxiety

Mar 9, 202614m0

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

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Episode 4: Equitable Media Literacies ft. Melissa Tully and Patrick Johnson

Feb 23, 202630m0

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

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Episode 3: Care-Based Practices in Health News: Why and How U.S. Health Journalists Include Exemplars in Their Reporting ft. Munachim Amah and Rachel Young

Feb 9, 202631m0

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

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Episode 2: Political Deepfakes and Emerging Media Challenges ft. Sang Jung Kim and Bingbing Zhang

Dec 19, 202524m0

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

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Episode 1: Digital Media's Role in the Pursuit of Justice ft. Sarah Witmer

Nov 25, 202517m0

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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About the Abstract is hosted by UIowa SJMC Podcast. The show is categorised under education and has published 9 episodes.

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About the Abstract has published 9 episodes.

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