Talk Media to Me
20 episodes - English - Latest episode: 24 days ago -How are media keeping us busy these days? In this podcast series the RMeS (Research School for Media Studies) PhD council has monthly conversations amongst its members of how media affect their day-to-day lives as media scholars.
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Episodes
S03E02: Representation and diversity
April 02, 2024 05:00 - 33 minutes - 22.8 MBIn this second episode of Talk Media to Me, council members Bartosz Zerebecki (EUR) and Bjorn Beijnon (UvA) talk about their media month. What kept them busy in February and March? As media scholars, they ask themselves what diverse representation in media actually means. Going back to their childhood memories, they talk about queerness in media, diversity in blockbuster movies, and para-social relationships with movie and television characters.
S03E01: Uncritical media consumption
January 30, 2024 11:00 - 37 minutes - 26.1 MBWe have rebranded ourselves! In this first episode of the new season, council members Dennis Janssen (UU) and Bjorn Beijnon (UvA) talk about their media month. What kept them busy in December and January? As media scholars, they ask themselves if it is possible to change your experience of media consumption: can media scholars still watch/read/play/listen to media 'uncritically'? Does that ruin the experience? Is it ethically correct to be an 'aca-fan' in media studies? You'll hear all about...
S02E09 RMeS/NICA special: Thomas Poell
August 28, 2023 09:00 - 25 minutes - 17.7 MBThis is the third of three special episodes that were recorded during the RMeS/NICA career event in June 2023. In this episode, Bjorn Beijnon (UvA) interviews Thomas Poell, Professor of Data, Culture & Institutions at the University of Amsterdam. Thomas tells about his journey as an academic scholar and gives tips and tricks on how to thrive in academia. How do you know if academia is the place where you want to work in? How do you get recognized within a university as a starting scholar? I...
S02E08 RMeS/NICA special: Karin van Es
July 30, 2023 22:00 - 27 minutes - 19 MBThis is the second of three special episodes that were recorded during the RMeS/NICA career event in June 2023. In this episode, Bjorn Beijnon (UvA) interviews Karin van Es, Associate Professor of Media and Culture Studies at Utrecht University. Karin shares her academic journey and how she found the balance in working with people in- and outside academia. How do you make sure that your research stays connected to world? What can researchers do to rightly manage all potential stakeholders i...
S02E07 RMeS/NICA special: Pepita Hesselberth
July 09, 2023 07:00 - 25 minutes - 17.8 MBThis is the first of three special episodes that were recorded during the RMeS/NICA career event in June 2023. In this episode, Bjorn Beijnon (UvA) interviews Pepita Hesselberth, director of NICA and lecturer in Film and Digital Media at Leiden University. Pepita shares her academic journey and which choices she has made to find funding for her research. How do you write just the right PhD proposal? How do you make sure that your research is appealing to NWO? Pepita provides in this episod...
S02E06 Media Appearances: Lejo Siepe
June 21, 2023 14:00 - 18 minutes - 12.4 MBBartosz Zerebecki (EUR) interviews Lejo Siepe, a director of the Media Training Center Northern Netherlands. Lejo is a journalist for daily and weekly newspapers, radio and TV programs. He made several documentaries, wrote countless articles, and published four books. In this episode, Lejo gives advice to scholars about connecting media and making scientific research more available to the publics through media.
S02E05 Valorisation: Mirko Tobias Schäfer
May 26, 2023 16:00 - 30 minutes - 21.2 MBBjorn Beijnon (UvA) interviews Mirko Tobias Schäfer (UU), Associate Professor at the Department for Media and Culture Studies, Utrecht University. His publications cover user participation in cultural production, datafication, politics of software design and communication in social media. In this episode, Mirko shares his experiences with the co-creation of knowledge with partners 'in the field'. As one of the co-founders of the Utrecht Data School, Mirko evaluates how you as a researcher bu...
S02E04 Networking: Julia Kneer
January 06, 2023 12:00 - 24 minutes - 16.7 MBBartek Zerebecki (EUR) interviews Julia Kneer, an associate professor at the Department of Media and Communication at Erasmus University Rotterdam. As a scholar, Dr. Kneer researchers the effects of gaming on violence but she also boasts rich experience in mentoring younger scholars. In this episode, she talks about networking effectively and connecting with others during conferences. Dr. Kneer concludes with some anecdotes about why hats and towels might help you connect with other scholars...
S02E03 Education: Vincent Crone
December 12, 2022 09:00 - 24 minutes - 16.8 MBBjorn Beijnon (UvA) interviews Vincent Crone (UU), Senior Fellow at the Teaching Academy Utrecht University. As a fellow, he studies and teaches about the development and training of starting teachers in the humanities and the possible differences in the development of teachers within different disciplines. In this episode, Vincent shares his experiences with the teaching positions that PhD's in Media Studies usually have to take. How do you make sure that you are in charge of the content...
S02E02 Blogging: Hermen Visser
November 13, 2022 07:00 - 16 minutes - 11.5 MBZheyu Shang (UL) interviews Hermen Visser (UL), the trainer of a course Blogging About Your Research. In this episode, Hermen shares tips for students to start academic blogs and improve blog writing skills. For more information about academic blogging, Hermen provides more practical suggestions in his blog: https://academicblogging.nl/.
S02E01 Introspection: Liesbeth Volbeda & Anita Wagner
October 13, 2022 21:00 - 22 minutes - 15.2 MBSeason 2 of the podcast covers different skills that can help early career researcher. In the first episode, Bartosz Zerebecki (EUR) interviews Liesbeth Volbeda (RUG) and Anita Wagner (RUG) who lead a course My Future Career. This episode bridges seasons 1 and 2 and revolves around skills that young researchers need to succeed in their job search. In particular, we explore the role and the meaning of introspection during a PhD program.
Season 2: Soft Skills a PhD in Media Studies Should Master
October 04, 2022 16:00 - 1 minute - 1.2 MBThe RMeS PhD council will in the upcoming season of In Media Res interview expert in 'PhD soft skills'. As PhD's in Media Studies you often need to work on other skills beside deepening out your research. How do you make sure that you are being seen in the academic discourse or by popular media? How do you deal with media appearances? How do you keep the right balance between your research and your teaching? In season 2, we will go through all of these skills and learn from the best (non-)ac...
Episode 8: Patricia Pisters
July 06, 2022 15:00 - 34 minutes - 24 MBBjorn Beijnon (UvA) interviews Patricia Pisters professor of Media Studies (with specialization in Film Studies) at the University of Amsterdam. As a professor, she has supervised many PhD students, but much has changed in the way people build a career in- or outside academia. In this interview, Patricia highlights her own career path and the specific skills that she had to acquire along the way. She elaborates on the value of teaching but also the importance of staying in contact with the w...
Episode 7: Yosha Wijngaarden
May 13, 2022 07:00 - 30 minutes - 21.2 MBBartosz Zerebecki (EUR) interviews Yosha Wijngaarden who obtained a PhD in Media and Communication Studies in 2019. Currently an assistant professor at the department of Media and Communication at Erasmus University, Yosha sheds a light on her past research as a PhD candidate and her current research as a postdoctoral researcher at the Arts and Culture Studies department in Rotterdam. In this interview, Yosha addresses what working in the creative industries is like - from the perspective of...
Episode 6: Elisabetta Costa
April 16, 2022 06:00 - 35 minutes - 24.2 MBBjorn Beijnon (UvA) interviews Elisabetta Costa, assistant professor at the Department of Media and Journalism at the University of Groningen. As an anthropologist, Elisabetta has researched several communities and the role that media play in their lives. In this interview Elisabetta shares her experiences with doing field work abroad, gaining trust from communities in both online and offline settings, and if it is possible to do ethnographic research without taking media into consideration.
Episode 5: RMeS Winter School
March 12, 2022 08:00 - 32 minutes - 22.2 MBIn this special episode, three members of the PhD council interview three attendees of the RMeS Winter School of 2022. First, Jeroen Boom (RU) interviews Rianne Riemens who is currently working on her PhD at Radboud University where she investigates the green ideology of big tech platforms that informs our material reality. Second, Constanza Gajardo Leon (VU) interviews Karla Zavala Barreda on her PhD at the University of Amsterdam which revolves around application ecologies and learning sof...
Episode 4: Gerwin van Schie
January 17, 2022 10:00 - 36 minutes - 25.4 MBBjorn Beijnon (UvA) interviews Gerwin van Schie who is wrapping up his PhD on datafication of race and ethnicity in the Netherlands. Besides working on his PhD, Gerwin works as a lecturer at Utrecht University and works as a researcher at the Utrecht Data School. In this podcast Gerwin sheds a light on race and ethnicity data-driven practices that he has been studying in his PhD and he provides insights in how to be successful in developing and working on a PhD project.
Episode 3: Tim Groot Kormelink
November 26, 2021 15:00 - 34 minutes - 23.4 MBConstanza Gajardo Leon (VU) interviews Tim Groot Kormelink who obtained a PhD in Media Studies in 2019. Tim elaborates on his research on consumer habits in their news consumption, but also addresses how he has grown in his career after his PhD defense. As an assistant professor, he discusses his ambitions within academia, but also mentions his vision on the future prospects of current PhDs in Media Studies.
Episode 2: Nicolle Lamerichs
October 12, 2021 13:00 - 32 minutes - 22.4 MBBjorn Beijnon (UvA) interviews Nicolle Lamerichs who obtained a PhD in Media Studies in 2014. Currently working at the HU University of Applied Sciences Utrecht, Nicolle elaborates on how her PhD in fandom and poaching of pop culture has helped her to build a career as an academic. Besides giving tips on working as a researcher in various academic institutes, Nicolle also gives tips on working as a research consultant from her experiences at LEGO and Efteling.
Episode 1: Roel Lutkenhaus
September 13, 2021 06:00 - 29 minutes - 20.5 MBBartosz Zerebecki (EUR) interviews Roel Lutkenhaus who obtained a PhD in Media Studies in 2020. After researching entertainment in education, Roel stepped out of academia and founded New Momentum - a start-up in the South of Rotterdam that develops digital research methods to create (public) media campaigns in collaboration with participatory audiences. Show notes: Geweldig Rotterdam: Sociale Media en Messengeweld (https://geweldigrotterdam.nl/sociale-media-en-messengeweld/)