UMBC Media and Communication Studies

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In a time when communication technologies are increasingly digital, interactive, and global, participation in the public sphere requires critical engagement across a range of media, genres, and cultural contexts. UMBC’s Media and Communication Studies Department represents an innovative and interdisciplinary response to this need.

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    Sufficient Magic: Queer Prison Comix as Liberation Praxis
    (Ohio State University Press, 2024) Morse, Nicole
    Prison art has many functions, from representation to healing to rehabilitation, and it can make use of many different kinds of media, including comix. For prison abolitionists, prison art is most powerful when it is connected to larger struggles against the criminal punishment system, and comix offer unique affordances to abolitionist movements. From cells to movement blur to the gutter, comix enable artists to interrogate carcerality and gendered oppression simultaneously. Through close readings of comix and correspondence with artists and organizers, this article examines the world-making praxis of incarcerated trans artists who are creating and distributing original comix with the abolitionist organization ABO Comix. While most scholarship on prison art explores state-sanctioned programs, ABO Comix is independent from the prison system, producing alternative possibilities as well as unique challenges for artists and organizers. In comix by trans artist Krysta Morningstarr* as well as other artists, incarcerated LGBTQ artists use comix as a form of world-making, mutual aid, and collective praxis within and beyond the prison borders.
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    The specter of China has edged into US presidential election rhetoric ? for Republicans much more than Democrats
    (The Conversation, 2024-08-29) Yang, Fan
    Of the four presidential and vice presidential candidates, only Tim Walz did not mention China in his convention speech ? and he is the only one with personal knowledge of the country.
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    URCAD 2024
    (UMBC Center for Social Science Research, 2024-05-01) Anson, Ian; Kim, Jean; Awan, Pakeeza; Joslow, Rachael; Hoang, Lien; Osei, Emmanuella; Cline, Carrington; Byrd, Ziegfried; Anson,Ian; Mallinson,Christine; Filomeno,Felipe; Kim,Jean; Moreland,D’Juan; Barnes,Amy; Ralston,Myriam
    On today’s episode we hear about a series of fantastic presentations from UMBC’s Undergraduate Research and Creative Achievement Day, also known as URCAD. During URCAD, students from across the social science disciplines presented their excellent research to the campus community and beyond.  Our special host for today’s episode is our production assistant, Jean Kim. Stay tuned for this wonderful celebration of undergraduate achievement–in podcasting as well as in social science research!
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    Home as a Site of Resistance: Editorial
    (alphaville, 2023) Patton, Elizabeth; Viola Sborgi, Anna
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    The Social Sciences of Podcasts with Dr. Jason Loviglio
    (UMBC Center for Social Science Research, 2024-04-08) Anson, Ian; Loviglio, Jason
    On this episode, Dr. Anson speaks with Dr. Jason Loviglio, Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Media and Communication Studies at UMBC. Dr. Loviglio is the co-editor of The Routledge Companion to Radio and Podcasting Studies, and recently published a piece about podcasting entitled “From Radio to Podcasting: Intimacy and Massification” that echoes many of the themes in our discussion.
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    Elizabeth Patton, University of Maryland Baltimore County – The Home Office and Work-Life Balance
    (Academic mintue, 2023-09-18) Academic Minute; Patton, Elizabeth
    On University of Maryland Baltimore County Week: A healthy work-life balance can be difficult no matter where you apply your trade. Today on The Academic Minute: Elizabeth Patton, associate professor of media and communication studies, examines how we portray work/life balance at home. Elizabeth Patton is media historian interested in discourses of gender, race and class in the history of media, representations of urbanism and suburbanism in popular culture, and the impact of communication technologies on space and place. She is the author of Easy Living: The Rise of the Home Office (Rutgers University Press, 2020). She is the recipient of the 2023 National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship. Recent research can be found in edited volumes such as Media Crossroads: Intersections of Space and Identity in Screen Cultures (Duke University Press, 2021) and Race and the Suburbs in American Film (SUNY Press, 2021). She currently serves as managing co-editor of Mediapolis: A Journal of Cities and Culture.
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    Home Movies as Technologies of Belonging and Resistance
    (alphaville, 2024-02-07) Patton, Elizabeth
    This article examines the significance of home movies as tools of resistance and belonging, particularly for African American families during the Civil Rights era. Focusing on archival collections from the South Side Home Movie Project (SSHMP), African American Home Movie Archive (AAHMA), and the National Museum of African American History & Culture (NMAAHC), the study reveals how African American families, through their cinematic documentation of visits to national parks and other leisure activities, challenged prevailing narratives of national identity. Despite encountering rampant discrimination, these families captured moments of joy and relaxation, highlighting their resilience and assertion of their rightful place within the American narrative. These historical home movies are profound testimonials of Black identity, resilience, and belonging in the face of adversity. Examining these films enriches our understanding of cultural memory, national identity, and the role of African American home movies in presenting a more nuanced American history.
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    Mellon Foundation grants CAHSS $750K to establish Global Asias Initiative
    (UMBC News, 2024-04-03) Duque, Catalina Sofia Dansberger; Demond, Marlayna
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    Reconsidering Mass Media: An Invited Dossier
    (University of Texas Press, 2024-03-12) Loviglio, Jason
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    Academic Minute: The promise of work-life balance
    (UMBC News, 2023-09-29) Duque, Catalina Sofia Dansberger
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    The Pi Sigma Alpha Undergraduate Research Conference
    (UMBC Center for Social Science Research, 2023-04-18) Anson, Ian; Forestiere, Carolyn; Averno-Ruby Jr., Eric; Cone, Tessa; Crummitt, Kathryn; Ferguson, Grace Chan; Kutishcheva, Maria; Mba-Jonas, Chinemerem Audrey; Moneke, Diana; Oluka, Oyinlola; Patel, Riya; Sizenbach, Hannah; Taylan, Magdanikka; Walker, Molly Quinn
    On today’s special episode of Retrieving the Social Sciences, we hear from the presenters at the 12th Annual Pi Sigma Alpha UMBC Undergraduate Research Conference, as well as our Pi Sigma Alpha Chapter advisor Dr. Carolyn Forestiere, Professor of Political Science at UMBC. The student presenters and their paper titles are listed below: UMBC Paw Poll: Age and Voter Turnout, Eric Averno-Ruby Jr. A Study of the Pro-Life Movement, Tessa Cone Cosmopolitanization in Baltimore City and Montgomery County Public Schools, Kathryn Crummitt Inequality and Homicide Rates: A U.S. State-level Analysis, Grace Chan Ferguson Video Games as Cultural Artifacts: How Pathologic Communicated the Trauma-Induced Nostalgia of Russian Citizens, Maria Kutishcheva Racial Gerrymandering and Educational Success, Chinemerem Audrey Mba-Jonas West African Women Mitigating Brain Drain, Diana Moneke Death Penalty Justification: Explaining the Impact of Biological Sex and Religious Importance, Oyinlola Oluka Immigrant Attitudes Toward Women’s Political Participation, Riya Patel Is Victim Blaming Universal? Understanding the societal impacts of genocidal rape in Central and Eastern Africa, Hannah Sizenbach Exploring Political Expression at UMBC: A Comparison of Party Identification and Comfort with Political Expression on Campus, Magdanikka Taylan Political Obedience in Democracies: How Educational and Conservative Environments Foster Trust of Governments, Molly Quinn Walker Check out the following links for more information on UMBC, CS3, and our host: The UMBC Center for the Social Sciences Scholarship The University of Maryland, Baltimore County Ian G. Anson, Ph.D.
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    The Social Science of Invented Languages w/ David J. Peterson & Dr. Jessie Sams
    (UMBC Center for Social Science Research, 2022-11-14) Anson, Ian; Peterson, David J.; Sams, Jessie; Lambert-Brétière, Renée
    On this episode we hear a rebroadcast of a 2022 UMBC Social Science Forum Lecture organized by the Department of Modern Languages, Linguistics & Intercultural Communication and cosponsored by the Department of Media & Communication Studies; the Department of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering; the Department of Information Systems, and the Center for Social Science Scholarship. The lecture, which took place in October, featured the work of two linguists, David J. Peterson and Dr. Jessie Sams. David and Jessie currently work full time as “conlangers,” or creators of invented languages. The Language Creation Society Check out the following links for more information on UMBC, CS3, and our host: The UMBC Center for the Social Sciences Scholarship The University of Maryland, Baltimore County Ian G. Anson, Ph.D. On Campus Connections, we hear about a recent co-authored paper by Dr. Renee Lambert-Bretiere of the UMBC Department of Modern Languages, Linguistics, and Intercultural Communication (MLLI). Relabeling and Word-Order: A Construction Grammar Perspective
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    Book Review: TV Snapshots: An Archive of Everyday Life
    (Sage, 2023-03-18) Patton, Elizabeth 
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    THE MEDIAPOLIS Q&A: RACE AND THE SUBURBS
    (Mediapolis, 2021-11-19) Schleier, Merrill; Patton, Elizabeth; Matos, Angel; Corbin, Amy
    In this installment of the Mediapolis Q&A, author and editor Merrill Schleier discusses her latest book, Race and the Suburbs in American Film (SUNY Press, 2021), with three of the book’s contributing authors, Elizabeth Patton, Angel Matos, and Amy Corbin.
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    UMBC humanities faculty receive NEH fellowships for research into “the why and how of our past”
    (UMBC News, 2023-02-15) Duque, Catalina Sofia Dansberger; Musgrove, George Derek; Patton, Elizabeth; Jacob, Preminda
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    Spotlight: Elizabeth Patton
    (Michigan Publishing, 2022) Russworm, TreaAndrea M.; Patton, Elizabeth
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    URCAD ’22 w/ Avnee Sharma, Jess Sellner, Elyssa Lou, & Joshua F. Gray
    (UMBC Center for Social Science Research, 2022-05-02) Anson, Ian; Sharma, Avnee; Sellner, Jess; Lou, Elyssa; Gray, Joshua F.
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    A (Voting) Party At the Mailbox w/ Dr. Melissa Michelson
    (UMBC Center for Social Science Research, 2022-04-18) Anson, Ian; Michelson, Melissa; Antkowiak, Laura; Possidente, Sophia