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Special Topics in Media

Garret Castleberry•specialtopicsinmedia.buzzsprout.com
TV & Film
Education
Film Reviews
Special Topics in Media Studies is a lecture-based podcast that tackles media history one artifact at a time. Each season of the series we will investigate a different mass media theme, medium, or programming genre. While our focus is educational (it is an academic podcast after all), we tailor our conversations toward a broad audience of media enthusiasts.
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Communicating Fears in Film: Monstrous Metaphors, Part 1 - Dracula (1931)

In the Season 7 premiere, cohosts Garret Castleberry and Scott McMurry wade into the entertainment genre of the American Horror Film. Their dialogue begins with an "origin story" segment in which they share personal introductions to the genre (2:18) before setting the stage for a focused discussion of Universal's first Classic Movie Monster released in 1931, Dracula (7:10). Conversation includes examination of the cultural context in which the feature was produced and distributed, literary and s...

Oct 13, 2022•1 hr 18 min•Season 7Ep. 1

Welcome to Special Topics in Media - Season 7, Episode 0, "Teaser"

In this "teaser" episode to Special Topics in Media , communication and media studies professor and host Garret Castleberry provides an overview of this series (0:28) and its educational focus. His introduction conveys this season's master theme " Communicating Fears in Film " (1:30) before unpacking each of the five units under investigation in season seven (1:50). Season seven focuses on the mass medium of film, and unit themes include: Unit 1 - Monstrous Metaphors Unit 2- Cold War Creatures U...

Oct 11, 2022•9 min0
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