Demystifying Media at the University of Oregon

UO School of Journalism and Communication, Damian Radcliffe

How we consume and create media is changing faster than ever. The Hearst Demystifying Media Series from the School of Journalism and Communication (SOJC) at the University of Oregon explores these dynamics. With interviews and guest lecturers from leading media practitioners and scholars, it dives into the latest digital developments and their implications. Hosted by University of Oregon journalism professor Damian Radcliffe, each episode features leading experts—media practitioners, academics, and researchers— to talk about these global developments. Conversations and guest lectures are recorded at the University of Oregon campus in the Pacific North West. #demystifying #UOSOJC Get in touch: [email protected] @damianradcliffe damianradcliffe.com UO School of Journalism and Communication: @uosojc

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#40 Media and the Esports Industry with Will Partin, Mitch Reames, and Maxwell Foxman

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03/04/20 • 37 min

About our guests:
Mitch Reames graduated with a degree in journalism from the University of Oregon School of Journalism and Communication in 2017. He has written about emerging technology and the esports industry for publications such as AdWeek, SportTechie, Blazer5 Gaming, and Dexerto, and is the founder of the Esportz Network podcast, which partners with Reuters to report on the biggest stories in esports.

Will Partin is a doctoral student and graduate research assistant at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. His work focuses on the platformization of cultural production within the realm of livestreaming, video games, and esports. His writing can be found in such publications as The Atlantic, Variety, and Jacobin. He is also a consultant for Power Play, a boutique consulting firm that helps brands find their place in the growing esports market. Former clients have included Microsoft, AMC Networks, Tribeca Enterprise, Madison Square Garden, and others.

At the SOJC, Maxwell Foxman's research centers around how play manifests in non-game contexts, including social media, politics, and journalistic institutions. His work explores the way media makers frame games and play in their activities and professional lives.

Esports are on the rise; according to a recent Business Insider Intelligencer report, esports viewership is expected to grow to nearly 650 million by 2023, at a rate of 9 percent per year. In the studio to discuss this emerging industry are esports journalist Mitch Reames, technology researcher and brand consultant Will Partin, and Maxwell Foxman, Assistant Professor of Game Studies at the UO SOJC.

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Twitter:
Will Partin
Mitch Reames
Maxwell Foxman
LinkedIn:
Will Partin
Mitch Reames
Maxwell Foxman
Website:
Will Partin
Mitch Reames
Maxwell Foxman

Show Notes:
0:00 - Introductions
0:56 - Why is esports growing so quickly?
2:20 - What is the appeal to brands?
4:13 - Demographics of esports audience
4:46 - Global appeal of esports
8:11 - Esports marketing research
9:44 - Monetization of esports
13:13 - Esports events
16:13 - Esports' global moment
21:53 - What does the rise of esports mean for different constituents?
26:14 - The normalization of esports
27:10 - What should journalism students be doing to break into this industry?
32:02 - How is the esports sector evolving?
35:47 - Wrap-up

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03/04/20 • 37 min

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#58 Demystifying Media Guest Lecture: Justice in News Production with Gregory Perreault

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09/09/23 • 55 min

About Our Guest:
Gregory P. Perreault (Ph.D., Missouri) is a scholar of digital journalism, focusing on journalistic epistemology, hostility in journalism and digital labor.

He currently serves as Vice Chair of the Standing Committee of Research for the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC) and as Reviews Editor for Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly. He served as Fulbright-Botstiber Professor of Austrian-American Studies at the University of Vienna Journalism Studies Center (2020-2021). His work appears in New Media & Society, Digital Journalism, Journalism, Journalism Studies, Journalism Practice and Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly. His book Digital Journalism and the Facilitation of Hate (Routledge) was published in 2023.

An avid runner, he most recently ran the 39.3 Asheville Marathon and a Half in Asheville, North Carolina. This lecture was recorded while he was an Associate Professor of Digital Journalism at Appalachian State University. From Fall 2023, Perreault is now an Associate Professor of Media Literacy & Analytics at the Zimmerman School for Advertising & Mass Communication at the University of South Florida.
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ResearchGate Author Page
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Twitter
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09/09/23 • 55 min

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#41 Guest Panel: Esports Journalism

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03/05/20 • 84 min

About our guests:
Gaming is the fastest growing form of entertainment in the world, with the esports economy surpassing $1 billion for the first time in 2019. In this panel discussion, esports journalists Mitch Reames and Will Partin discuss the emerging field of esports journalism with moderator and SOJC Assistant Professor of Game Studies Maxwell Foxman.

This event was part of a day-long conference titled "The Business of eSports," hosted by the Warsaw Sports Marketing Center at Lundquist College of Business.

Find Maxwell, Will, and Mitch online:
Twitter:
William Partin
Mitch Reames
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03/05/20 • 84 min

#39 Fighting a New Era of Disinformation with Claire Wardle

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02/05/20 • 27 min

About Our Guest:
Claire Wardle is the co-founder and Executive Chair of First Draft, the world’s foremost nonprofit focused on research and practice to address mis- and disinformation. In 2017 she co-authored a report for the Council of Europe entitled, Information Disorder: Toward an interdisciplinary framework for research and policymaking. Previously, she was a Research Fellow at the Shorenstein Center for Media, Politics and Public Policy, and also the Research Director at the Tow Center for Digital Journalism at Columbia Journalism School.

Not only did Dr. Wardle give an incredible talk about the role of disinformation in the 2020 US election during her visit, but she also led a full-day training for students, professional journalists, and communications scholars to give them the tools to respond to this very real threat.

Find Dr. Wardle Online
First Draft
Twitter
LinkedIn
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Show Notes:
0:11 - Introduction of guest and co-host
1:11 - Misinformation training
2:35 - How to report on disinformation
4:54 - Differences between misinformation, disinformation, mal-information
6:01 - Does motivation and intent matter?
7:12 - The complexity of misinformation
8:11 - Modes of disinformation on the horizon
9:27 - How has this evolved since the 2016 election?
11:03 - What should news platforms be doing?
12:51 - Why Dr. Wardle entered this field
14:01 - How journalism students can learn to fight disinformation
16:26 - How can we teach the public to be critical consumers of news information
20:05 - Sydney's takeaways from Dr. Wardle's visit
22:02 - What's next in the pipeline for Dr. Wardle
25:04 - The role that diversity plays in fighting disinformation

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02/05/20 • 27 min

#38 Guest Lecture: Community Engagement with Ashley Alvarado

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01/08/20 • 47 min

About Our Guest:
Among Ashley's efforts to develop strategies and opportunities to engage new and existing audiences across platforms is the engagement-driven, community-centered live storytelling series Unheard LA, leading human-centered design projects, and Feeding the Conversation, an ongoing series of engagement-sourcing gatherings that bring together members of the community with KPCC journalists around specific themes or coverage areas.

She also serves as board president of Journalism That Matters, sits on the steering committee of Gather, is a mentor for Membership Puzzle Project’s Join the Beat cohort, and works as a curator for American Press Institute’s BetterNews.org.

Find Ashley Alvarado online:
Twitter
LinkedIn
Southern California Public Radio
LAist

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01/08/20 • 47 min

#37 The evolution of community engagement with Ashley Alvarado

Demystifying Media at the University of Oregon

12/31/19 • 33 min

Find Ashley Alvarado online:
Twitter
LinkedIn
Southern California Public Radio
LAist

Show Notes:
00:03: Summary of Ashley's work
01:12: What is engaged journalism?
02:21: More about Unheard LA and Feeding the Conversation
05:36: Putting on journalism engagement events and the benefit to KPCC
08:34: Developing and maintaining relationships with readers and listeners
12:03: The financial benefit of engaged journalism
14:27: How Feeding the Conversation builds KPCC's audience
16:25: How Ashley entered this line of work
21:32: How can journalism students build a career in engagement journalism?
23:33: Why Ashley's service commitment to journalism organizations is important to her
26:34: What other industries or influences shape Ashley's work
29:46: Big projects of the moment
33:01: Wrap-up

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12/31/19 • 33 min

#35 The ethics of reporting on your own newsroom with the 2019 Ancil Payne Award Winners

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06/11/19 • 30 min

About Our Guest:
Each year, the University of Oregon School of Journalism and Communication recognizes the tough, ethical decisions made in the newsroom and in the field—decisions that make a difference in the community but are often invisible to the public. The Ancil Payne Award for Ethics in Journalism presents a $10,000 annual prize to a media organization or journalist who reports with integrity despite personal, political, or economic pressure in honor of Seattle broadcasting legend, Ancil Payne.

During their interview, Yuen and Sepic discuss what it was like to report on their newsroom’s coverage of the fall from grace of one of its network’s biggest stars--Garrison Keillor, producer and host of "A Prairie Home Companion"--after he was accused of inappropriate behavior at the height of the #MeToo movement.

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Twitter

Find Lauren Yuen online:
Twitter
Show Notes
1:16 - How the investigation came about
6:41 - How Garrison Keillor's retirement impacted the team's reporting on the story
13:23 - How the team avoided being scooped by the competition
16:12 - Timeline for the reporting and findings from the internal investigation
23:18 - How MPR reacted to the story
24:40 - Lessons and takeaways for other newsrooms reporting on themselves
27:25 - What the Payne Award means to Lauren and Matt

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06/11/19 • 30 min

#36 Guest Lecture: Fireside Chat with Matthew Winkler

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12/26/19 • 46 min

About Our Guest:
Matthew Winkler, Editor-in-Chief Emeritus and co-founder of Bloomberg News, answers questions from our journalism students in the studio during his visit to the University of Oregon in November.

Find Matthew Winkler online:
LinkedIn
Twitter

Show Notes:
01:12 - The Bloomberg Way
08:57 - Getting all sides of a story
11:54 - Showing not telling in data journalism
16:21 - Using statistical computing software for storytelling
18:01 - Robo journalism
22:36 - Transitioning to economic reporting
26:30 - Integrity in reporting
29:41 - Reporting on your customers
36:48 - Sharing stories with sources before publishing
37:33 - 2020 Presidential rumors
43:18 - Learning from 2016 election coverage

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12/26/19 • 46 min

#34 Guest Lecture: How climate change can be part of any beat with Rosalind Donald

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06/03/19 • 50 min

About Our Guest:
Rosalind Donald is a PhD candidate in Communications at Columbia University. She researches community understanding of climate change in Miami, focusing on the way the city’s politics, infrastructure, and environment influence the way climate change is interpreted in policy and popular imagination. Alongside her research, she has also taught media studies methods and production at NYU. Before she moved to the U.S, she was deputy editor of Carbon Brief, a fact‐checking website focused on climate science and policy in the media.

She’ll discuss how to integrate climate change into health, business, real estate, arts and science and environmental coverage, regardless of scientific expertise--and why it’s important.

Disclaimer: Listeners should note that we experienced some technical problems during the second half of this recording that make some parts of this talk harder to hear. However, given the interest in this topic, we have decided to publish it with this disclaimer.

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Twitter
LinkedIn

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06/03/19 • 50 min

#42 Exploring constructive journalism with Karen McIntyre

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05/14/20 • 29 min

About our guest:
Karen McIntyre received her PhD in journalism and mass communication from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. She previously served on the AEJMC's Electronic News Division and Newspaper and Online News Division. Prior to joining Virginia Commonwealth University, she worked for publications such as the The National Geographic Channel, News21, The Richmond Confidential, and many others.

Her research interests more broadly involve the processes and effects of digital media, especially as they relate to media psychology. She has won several Top Paper awards from the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication and has published in journals such as Newspaper Research Journal and Electronic News.

According to Dr. McIntyre, "Constructive journalism is an emerging style of journalism in which positive psychology and other behavioral science techniques are applied to news processes and production with the aim of engaging readers by creating more productive news stories, all while maintaining core journalistic functions like serving as a watchdog and remaining accountable."

Find Dr. McIntyre online:
Website
Twitter
LinkedIn

Read her book: Her forthcoming book, Perspectives on Social-responsibility Reporting: Theory, Practice, and Effects, which is co-edited with University of Oregon Associate Professor Nicole Dahmen, will be available through Peter Lang Publishing.

Show Notes:
0:06 - Introductions
1:02 - What is constructive journalism?
2:53 - How did you start researching this topic?
4:26 - Perceptions of constructive journalism
5:40 - Examples of constructive journalism
7:09 - Why is constructive journalism important?
9:00 - How do journalists feel about constructive journalism?
13:39 - What message do you have for students studying journalism?
14:40 - Highlights from Karen's Demystifying Media lecture
17:02 - Impact on constructive journalism on audience engagement
18:05 - What does the research say about constructive journalism?
19:05 - What new research areas are you excited to explore?
20:21 - What research informed your upcoming book?
21:53 - What lessons can we apply from your book to the western journalistic environment?
22:59 - What role can constructive journalism play in science reporting?
25:09 - What is your upcoming book about?

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05/14/20 • 29 min

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Demystifying Media at the University of Oregon currently has 60 episodes available.

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The podcast is about Higher Education, Media, Interview, Entrepreneurship, Discussion, Public Relations, Journalism, How To, Advertising, News Commentary, Podcasts, Technology, Education, Digital, Business and Communication.

What is the most popular episode on Demystifying Media at the University of Oregon?

The episode title '#40 Media and the Esports Industry with Will Partin, Mitch Reames, and Maxwell Foxman' is the most popular.

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The average episode length on Demystifying Media at the University of Oregon is 36 minutes.

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Episodes of Demystifying Media at the University of Oregon are typically released every 7 days, 11 hours.

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The first episode of Demystifying Media at the University of Oregon was released on Mar 1, 2017.

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