Mythcast explores and analyzes mythical storyworlds through design thinking, transmedia storytelling, and user experience research and testing. This fantasy fun is brought to you by Ball State University's Center for Emerging Media Design & Development, where normally we use those three skill sets to solve real-world problems. Have a listen to understand what we do, and how much fun we have doing it.
Mythcast
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11 episodes
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Podcast Overview
Mythcast explores and analyzes mythical storyworlds through design thinking, transmedia storytelling, and user experience research and testing. This fantasy fun is brought to you by Ball State University's Center for Emerging Media Design & Development, where normally we use those three skill sets to solve real-world problems. Have a listen to understand what we do, and how much fun we have doing it.
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Publishing Since
5/11/2021
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Recent Episodes
September 15, 2021
UFOs: Media and Mental Models
<p>How might movies and TV shows influence the mental models we have around UFO encounters? In the Mythcast season finale, students Jolee Edge and Austin Hostetter discuss their favorite alien movies and the character tropes they employ. Using empathy research and transmedia storytelling they deconstruct mental models established around UFOs.</p>
September 1, 2021
UFOs: Mysteries and Mental Models
<p>How might mental models influence our perceptions of the mythical and monstrous, like UFO encounters? Students Jolee Edge and Austin Hostetter break down what a mental model is, and how one person’s UFO encounter demonstrates how our understanding of aliens is shaped by preconceived ideas.</p>
August 18, 2021
Avengers: How Super is Your Supersuit?
<p>How might we know whether a super suit is really super? In this episode, Deborah Ojo and Kailey Fugate recover from The Blip to don suits of power, and investigate with heuristics expert Dr. Hazel how usable those suits might really be.</p>
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