Special Topics in Media

Send us Fan Mail This summer, Special Topics in Media is hitting the road. Our "Summer Conference Series" begins with the International Communication Association (ICA) 76th Annual Convention in Cape Town, South Africa. This year, South Africa served as the first African nation to host ICA. To celebrate, host Garret Castleberry produced a trio of takeaways from the conference proceedings. In this post-conference interview, Dr. Castleberry discusses digital media literacy and the state of media...

Send us Fan Mail This summer, Special Topics in Media is hitting the road. As part of our "Summer Conference Series", our first stop is at the International Communication Association (ICA) 76th Annual Convention in Cape Town, South Africa. This year, South Africa served as the first African nation to host ICA. To celebrate, host Garret Castleberry produced a trio of insights from the conference proceedings, followed by an expanded conversation about conferencing best practices and research et...

Send us Fan Mail This summer, Special Topics in Media is hitting the road. As part of our "Summer Conference Series", our first stop is at the International Communication Association (ICA) 76th Annual Convention in Cape Town, South Africa. This year, South Africa served as the first African nation to host ICA. To celebrate, host Garret Castleberry produced a trio of insights into the conference proceedings, beginning with an expanded research presentation. In this long-form talk, Dr. Castlebe...

Send us Fan Mail This week we wind down our "Talking Mass Communication Perspectives" season of Special Topics in Media. Garret Castleberry and Season 13 guest host Annabeth Fehrle reflect on how technologies challenge traditional educational systems, spring-boarding conversation out of Brian Gilchrist's essay, "The Smartphone as Permanent Substitute Teacher," which is featured in the academic anthology Communication Theory and Millennial Popular Culture (Roberts, 2016). Readi...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to the "Talking Mass Communication Perspectives" season of Special Topics in Media. Once again Garret Castleberry is joined by Season 13 guest host Annabeth Fehrle to discuss Multistep Flow Theory and how it functions as a part of #Hashtag Advertising strategies. Reading Reference: Andrew Sharma & Chrys Egan. "Hashtag Television Advertising--The Multistep Flow of Millennial TV Usage, Commercial Viewings, and Social Media Interaction". In Communication Theory...