Architects of Communication Scholarship
With this podcast, host Ellen Wartella brings you interviews of several outstanding communication researchers who have been architects of communication scholarship. She will ask them questions about what motivated them to study communication, what they see as current status of their area of research, what they see as the important research questions in their respective areas moving forward, and how communication research contributes to societal challenges and opportunities. In each episode, Ellen will introduce one of the Architects of Communication Scholarship and a handpicked scholar who will be engaging in dialogue with that architect.
Architects of Communication Scholarship - Cynthia Stohl on Embedded Research and Global Perspectives
This episode features Professor Cynthia Stohl in conversation with Professor Shiv Ganesh. Professor Stohl shares her perspective on the rapid expansion of the field of communication during the 1980s, where researchers shifted to a more embedded and global approach. She discusses how the International Communication Association continues to globalize through affiliate journals and hubs. Professor Stohl also shares some stories about her challenges doing organizational communication research among factory workers in New Zealand.
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Ellen Wartella
Shiv Ganesh
Cynthia Stohl...
Byron Reeves on Media Psychology
This episode features Professors James Cummings and Byron Reeves as they discuss Professor Reeves’s background and research in media psychology. Professor Reeves explores the topic of media effects and explains how data science within this area of the communications field has changed throughout his career.
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Ellen Wartella
Byron Reeves
James Cummings
Sponsors
The Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore
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Scott Poole on the Interactions of Groups
In this episode, Professor Scott Poole, in conversation Professor Andy Pilny, discusses the discourse and interactions within groups trying to accomplish a common goal. Dr. Poole also shines light on different theories, processes, and observations he’s made in group settings throughout his illustrious career.
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Ellen Wartella
Andrew Pilny
Scott Poole
Sponsors
Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore
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Architects of Communication Scholarship - Judee Burgoon on developing theories of nonverbal communication
This episode features Professor Judee Burgoon in conversation with Professor Norah Dunbar. They discuss how Judee became interested in the field of communication, especially interpersonal communication. Judee shared how she developed EVT, Expectancy Violations Theory, one of the most influential theories in the field, and her other contributions like interpersonal deception theory. Also, she talked about her thinking of the big intellectual questions of communication in the next decade.
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Ellen Wartella
Norah Dunbar
Judee Burgoon
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Architects of Communication Scholarship - Peter Monge on Systems Theory, Virtual Organizations, and a Globalizing ICA
This episode features past ICA president, Professor Emeritus Peter Monge in conversation with the Professor Noshir Contractor. They discuss Professor Monge’s transition from theological studies and education to a pioneer in the field of communication and his subsequent contributions to the areas of systems theory, communication networks and organizational communication. Professor Monge further provides insight on how ICA, and the field of communication as a whole, has evolved since the 1970s and how he envisions the field further evolving, via globalization efforts and his introduction of evolutionary and ecological theory into organizational communication research.
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Architects of Communication Scholarship - Homero Zuniga, Building a Participatory, Informed and Civic Society
This episode features Homero Zuniga in conversation with Teresa Correa. They discuss Homero’s background from Spain to the US of how he stepped into journalism, media, and communication, giving suggestions for people who don't speak English. He also mentioned his contribution to build a better informed and civic society where all citizens can participate in the value of democracy.
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Ellen Wartella
Teresa Correa
Homero Gil de Zuniga
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Wee Kim Wee S...
Architects of Communication Scholars - Angharad Valdivia, Institutionalizing Latina/o Studies
In this episode, Professor Isabel Molina-Guzmán interviews Professor Angharad Valdivia on her foundational scholarship to women and gender studies and Latina/o studies. Professor Valdivia advocates for diversifying communication and understanding the difference between international and intersectional. She discusses how she teaches issues of incarceration and environmental justice through watching and discussing media.
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Ellen Wartella
Angharad Valdivia
Isabel Molina-Guzmán
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Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information, Nanyang Technological Unive...
Architects of Communication Scholarship - Stan Deetz, the Fundamental Flaw of Liberal Democracy
In this episode, Professor Shiv Ganesh interviews Professor Stan Deetz on his life journey and the evolution of communication from the early days of rhetoric. Professor Deetz breaks down his ideas about the limitations of liberal models of democracy as well as his hopes for generative democracy. He also expresses his frustration with the marginalization of emergent theories and how that manifests itself in academia and in the International Communication Association.
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Ellen Wartella
Shiv Ganesh
Stan Deetz
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Architects of Communication Scholarship - Ronald Rice, How Communication Technology, Networks, and Mentoring
This episode features Ronald Rice in conversation with Abel Gustafson. They discuss Ronald’s background of how he merged as a communication analyst. Ronald also shared his thoughts on developments and insights as he was involved in the world of computers and information networks at the front row, and how he brought communication technology and network analysis together to understand how people use computer media communication.
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Ellen Wartella
Abel Gustafson
Ronald Rice
Sponsors
Wee...
Architects of Communication Scholarship - Sandra J. Ball-Rokeach, on Communication Infrastructure Theory
In this episode, Barbara Osborn interviews Professor Emerita Sandra Ball-Rokeach about her struggles and triumphs working as a woman in sociology and communication theory since the 1960s. Professor Ball-Rokeach tells anecdotes about her time serving on the National Commission on the Causes and Prevention of Violence under President Lyndon B. Johnson. This experience led her to develop media system dependency theory, a multi-level analysis from the psychological to the sociological. Professor Ball-Rokeach also discusses how she brought theory to practice through her Metamorphosis project, which focused on civic engagement in 11 major communities in Los Angeles County.
