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In this episode of Talk Media to Me, PhD Council member Nele Kadastik (RU) talks to PhD candidate Yana van de Sande (RU) about misinformation, disinformation, and fake news — what they are, why they matter, and how they have shaped societies long before the internet. From rumors surrounding Nero and the Great Fire of Rome to modern examples such as COVID-19 misinformation, they discuss how false information can shape public opinion and collective behavior. The conversation focuses on the psychology of doubt, exploring why people believe some claims and question others, and what this means for understanding misinformation today. The episode also covers recent research findings, future challenges, and practical ways to navigate an increasingly complex information environment. More information about Yana and her research can be found on her profile page: https://ihub.ru.nl/people/2024-03-20-yana-van-de-sande/

Wat gebeurt er wanneer kennis niet begint op de universiteit, maar in de gemeenschap? Wanneer onderzoek niet over de stad spreekt, maar naar de stad luistert? In deze aflevering van Talk Media to Me zit Maud Rebergen (RUG) samen met Mustapha Eaisaouiyen, Sarah Ghede, Joshua van den Ham, Annet van Otterloo en Vanessa Umboh van het Coöperatieve Consultancy Buro van de Afrikaanderwijk Coöperatie, en Jiska Engelbert en Isabel Awad Cherit van de Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam in de podcaststudio van de Erasmus Universiteit om, aan de hand van de Rotterdam-Zuid lezing die zij schreven, te reflecteren op de relatie tussen de universiteit en de gemeenschap. Lees of luister naar de volledige lezing via https://www.wijkcooperatie.org/nl/updates/rotterdam_zuid_lezing_11/ Read the English transcript of this episode via https://www.rmes.nl/ Genoemde bronnen Baldwin, D. L. (2021). In the shadow of the ivory tower: How universities are plundering our cities. Bold Type Books. Smith, L. T. (2022). Decolonizing methodologies: Research and Indigenous peoples (3rd ed.). Zed Books.

In this episode of Talk Media to Me, PhD council member Merit Zimmermann (EUR) talks to dr. Barbara Titus (UvA) about her research into maskanda music in South Africa, focusing on questions of reflexivity, positionality, and colonial legacies in academic knowledge production. The conversation also explores Barbara’s curatorial work with the Jaap Kunst Sound Collection, specifically decolonial approaches to digital restitution. To read more about Barbara’s travels in South Africa (in Dutch): https://barbaraindurban.blogspot.com/ To read more about Barbara’s travels in Indonesia (in Dutch): https://barbarainyogya.blogspot.com/ To visit Barbara’s personal website: https://barbaratitus.nl/ To visit Barbara’s professional profile at the University of Amsterdam: https://www.uva.nl/profiel/t/i/b.titus/b.titus.html#Profile * To order Barbara’s book Hearing Maskanda: Musical Epistemologies in South Africa (Bloomsbury 2022):  https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/hearing-maskanda-9781501377808/ * For online access to the sound recordings of the Jaap Kunst Collection at the University of Amsterdam: https://jaapkunst.org/

In deze aflevering bespreken PhD student Lesley Verbeek (Open Universiteit) en co-onderzoeker en ervaringsdeskundige Daniëlle Amelsbeek (Eemhart) hoe zij op inclusieve wijze onderzoek doen naar stereotypes en stigma's in films over mensen met een verstandelijke beperking.  In this episode, PhD student Lesley Verbeek (Open University) and co-researcher and expert by experience Daniëlle Amelsbeek (Eemhart) discuss how they conduct inclusive research on stereotypes and stigmas in films about people with intellectual disabilities.  This episode is recorded in Dutch. Please find the English transcript at https://www.rmes.nl/rmes-podcast-talk-media-to-me-s03e15/

In this research master special of Talk Media to Me, PhD Council member and research master student Jord Telgenkamp (EUR) is joined by fellow student Lui Rommelspacher (EUR). Together they discuss how ableism shapes and is utilised in elite circles of Silicon Valley. They also reflect on their respective journeys of developing research interests and share their experiences as research master students. Learn more about ableism: https://link.springer.com/book/10.1057/9780230245181

In the thirteenth episode of Talk Media to Me; PhD Council member Femke van Bruggen (VU) talks to Gudrun Reijnierse, associate professor of Language and Communication at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, about the role of metaphors in political media campaigns and communication.

In the twelth episode of Talk Media to Me, PhD Council member Nurul Khansa Fauziyah (Maastricht University) talks to Sufri Eka Bhakti (University of Kent, UK) about how currently AI is shaping media studies. AI has helped many content creators to create beautiful visuals, but on the other hand, a content creator makes deepfakes and misuses other people's work with AI. The discourse on AI in shaping media studies is increasingly massive. In this episode, we will invite you to hear our discussion about this issue.

In this episode of Talk Media to Me, PhD Council member Nele Kadastik (RU) talks to PhD candidate Gaia Yonah (VU) about the power and complexity of storytelling. Gaia’s research bridges media studies and psychological analysis, focusing on how narrative structures shape emotional and cognitive responses. More specifically, she explores narrative complexity and how it unfolds in complex narratives, stories that challenge viewers’ understanding through ambiguity, fragmented structure, and interpretive uncertainty. Learn more about the VU Story Lab: https://vu-storylab.nl/

In the tenth episode of Talk Media to Me, PhD Council member Keerthi Sridharan (UL) talks to Miriam Matthiessen (EUR) about visualizing invisibilized supply chains in inland shipping, the tangled nature of field work and method in media studies, and how to balance democratized knowledge production with institutional support and equitable labor practices.

In the ninth episode of Talk Media to Me, PhD Council member Merit Zimmerman (EUR) sits down with dr. Idil Galip (UvA) to talk about the growing prominence and status of memes in the art world, the "memetic turn" in media research, and their shared excitement for Severance and The White Lotus.

In the eighth episode of Talk Media to Me, PhD Council member Maud Rebergen (RUG) interviews her colleague Alexander Smit (RUG) on his dissertation research about how low-literacy adults experience the digitalized society and what policymakers can do to better include this marginalized group.

In the seventh episode of Talk Media to Me, PhD Council member Bjorn Beijnon (UvA) and his colleague Roselinde Bon (HU) talk about the prominent political role that big tech companies seem to be taking currently in the United States. They discuss how the second term of Trump is setting the stage for more political control through tech, and how occurrences such as censorship are used by big tech companies as strategic unknowns.

In the sixth episode of Talk Media to Me, PhD Council member Bjorn Beijnon (UvA) talks to Nick van Hummel (RU) about his research on children and their media usage. They discuss how identity is socially and relationally constructed by children when interacting with media. Simultaneously, they also explore how differences in the fields of Media Studies and Social Sciences can be bridged in doing research on this topic.

In the fifth episode of Talk Media to Me, PhD Council member Maud Rebergen (RUG) and her colleague Nathalie Fridzema (RUG) talk about their history with Habbo Hotel, an online game from their youth which has recently been making a big comeback. They also discuss their media months, which (at time of recording in July) revolved around HBO's House of the Dragon and the European Football Championship.

In this episode of Talk Media to Me, council members Nataliia Vdovychenko (TU) and Dennis Jansen (UU) discuss their lives as media scholars studying the intersection of war and media, in Ukraine and the Netherlands respectively. Why is it important and meaningful to study such a topic? How do you keep yourself sane when dealing with such heavy subject matter? They also talk about their 'media month', which at the time of recording in late June was still very much about the new instalment of the Mad Max franchise: Furiosa. (You can now stream it on HBO Max!)