Talk Media to Me

Zheyu Shang (UL) interviews Hermen Visser (UL), the trainer of a course Blogging About Your Research. In this episode, Hermen shares tips for students to start academic blogs and improve blog writing skills. For more information about academic blogging, Hermen provides more practical suggestions in his blog: https://academicblogging.nl/ . 

Season 2 of the podcast covers different skills that can help early career researcher. In the first episode, Bartosz Zerebecki (EUR) interviews Liesbeth Volbeda (RUG) and Anita Wagner (RUG) who lead a course My Future Career . This  episode bridges seasons 1 and 2 and revolves around skills that young researchers need to succeed in their job search. In particular, we explore the role and the meani...

The RMeS PhD council will in the upcoming season of In Media Res interview expert in 'PhD soft skills'. As PhD's in Media Studies you often need to work on other skills beside deepening out your research. How do you make sure that you are being seen in the academic discourse or by popular media? How do you deal with media appearances? How do you keep the right balance between your r...

Bjorn Beijnon (UvA) interviews Patricia Pisters professor of Media Studies (with specialization in Film Studies) at the University of Amsterdam. As a professor, she has supervised many PhD students, but much has changed in the way people build a career in- or outside academia. In this interview, Patricia highlights her own career path and the specific skills that she had to acquire along the way....

Bartosz Zerebecki (EUR) interviews Yosha Wijngaarden who obtained a PhD in Media and Communication Studies in 2019. Currently an assistant professor at the department of Media and Communication at Erasmus University, Yosha sheds a light on her past research as a PhD candidate and her current research as a postdoctoral researcher at the Arts and Culture Studies department in Rotterdam. In this inte...

Bjorn Beijnon (UvA) interviews Elisabetta Costa, assistant professor at the Department of  Media and Journalism at the University of Groningen. As an anthropologist, Elisabetta has researched several communities and the role that media play in their lives. In this interview Elisabetta shares her experiences with doing field work abroad, gaining trust from communities in both online and offline set...

In this special episode, three members of the PhD council interview three attendees of the RMeS Winter School of 2022. First, Jeroen Boom (RU) interviews Rianne Riemens who is currently working on her PhD at Radboud University where she investigates the green ideology of big tech platforms that informs our material reality. Second, Constanza Gajardo Leon (VU) interviews Karla Zavala Barreda on her...

Bjorn Beijnon (UvA) interviews Gerwin van Schie who is wrapping up his PhD on datafication of race and ethnicity in the Netherlands. Besides working on his PhD, Gerwin works as a lecturer at Utrecht University and works as a researcher at the Utrecht Data School. In this podcast Gerwin sheds a light on race and ethnicity data-driven practices that he has been studying in his PhD and he provides in...

Constanza Gajardo Leon (VU) interviews Tim Groot Kormelink who obtained a PhD in Media Studies in 2019. Tim elaborates on his research on consumer habits in their news consumption, but also addresses how he has grown in his career after his PhD defense. As an assistant professor, he discusses his ambitions within academia, but also mentions his vision on the future prospects of current PhDs in Med...

Bjorn Beijnon (UvA) interviews Nicolle Lamerichs who obtained a PhD in Media Studies in 2014.  Currently working at the HU University of Applied Sciences Utrecht, Nicolle elaborates on how her PhD in fandom and poaching of pop culture has helped her to build a career as an academic. Besides giving tips on working as a researcher in various academic institutes, Nicolle also gives tips on working as...

Bartosz Zerebecki (EUR) interviews Roel Lutkenhaus who obtained a PhD in Media Studies in 2020. After researching entertainment in education, Roel stepped out of academia and founded New Momentum - a start-up in the South of Rotterdam that develops digital research methods to create (public) media campaigns in collaboration with participatory audiences.  Show notes: Geweldig Rotterdam: Sociale Med...