What does a more diverse, inclusive, and truly international community of communication scholars look like? How do we get there? How might emergent technologies revolutionize the field of communication? Dr. Arienne Ferchaud is joined by Dr. Srividya Ramasubramanian and Dr. Mary Beth Oliver as they try to answer big questions about the field’s future and discuss how communication scholars can collaborate with other disciplines as the field diversifies, modernizes, and grows more inclusive. 

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Featuring

Arienne Ferchaud

Srividya Ramasubramanian

Mary Beth Oliver

Sponsor:

The International Communication Association

More from our host and guests:

Arienne Ferchaud

Assistant Professor | College of Communication & Information 

Florida State University 

Twitter: @ferchauda @FSU_COM

Srividya Ramasubramanian

Newhouse Professor | Newhouse School of Public Communications 

Syracuse University 

Editor-in-Chief | Communication Monographs

Founding Director | Difficult Dialogues & CODE^SHIFT 

Co-Founder & Executive Director | Media Rise 

Twitter: @DrSrivi

Mary Beth Oliver

Donald P. Bellisario Professor of Media Studies | Department of Film/Video & Media Studies Penn State University 

Research Fellow | The International Communication Association 

Twitter: @olivermb @PSUCOMMGradEd

Works Referenced in Episode: 

Ramasubramanian, S., & Banjo, O. O. (2020). Critical media effects framework: Bridging critical cultural communication and media effects through power, intersectionality, context, and agency. Journal of Communication, 70(3), 379-400.

Scharrer, E., & Ramasubramanian, S. (2021). Quantitative research methods in communication: The power of numbers for social justice. Routledge.

Copy and Audio Editor: 

Sharlene Burgos

Executive Producer:
DeVante Brown