Media and Culture | Podcast Czar
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With the working title of podcast czar, Ruth DeFoster is the main force behind Media and Culture, a podcast created by the Cultural and Critical Studies Division of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC) to highlight timely scholarship in the field of Cultural Studies. This podcast features the work of division members who study, teach, and write about mass media and culture through a critical, multicultural lens.
Ruth manages content creation, production, and promotion of the series, as well as planning, recording, editing, hosting, and engaging with the podcast audience.
Podcast Interviews
Media and Culture | Episode 4
Terrorism in the Media
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In this episode of Media and Culture, an AEJMC Cultural & Critical Studies Division Podcast, CCSD Head Ruth DeFoster talks about her research on terrorism, how it is defined, and how media organizations frame it.
The Electorette | Episode Thirty-Four
Ruth DeFoster, Mass Shootings and Gun Violence Myths Debunked
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Dr. Ruth Defoster, professor and author of "Terrorizing the Masses," walks through the myths around the causes and solutions to America's gun violence epidemic and debunks NRA and GOP talking points. We discuss gun laws and violence in Chicago, the role of mental illness and video games in mass shootings, as well as, the predictable patterns that nearly all mass shooters exhibit. We also discuss recent shootings including, Parkland, the recent police shooting of Antwon Rose, and the shooting at the Capital Gazette.
The Electorette | Episode Eleven
Mass Shootings, the Media & American Terror with Dr. Ruth DeFoster
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"For some reason, all of the tropes and the explanations and the frames that came out of the Columbine coverage, have been repackaged and recycled in media coverage of almost every mass shooting since." This is just one of the points you'll hear during my conversation with terrorism scholar and mass shooting expert, Dr. Ruth Defoster. We discuss the consistent features present in all mass shootings and their perpetrators, including toxic masculinity. We walk through several of the country's attacks and discuss the media's treatment of these incidents, the contagion effect of mass shootings, and the media's influence on the culture of gun violence in America. Lastly, we discuss the Trump administration's treatment of and response to terror.