How are media keeping us busy these days? In this podcast series the RMeS (Research School for Media Studies) PhD council has monthly conversations amongst its members of how media affect their day-to-day lives as media scholars.
Persuasion by Doubt: Miscommunication, discommunication and fake news
In this episode of Talk Media to Me, PhD Council member Nele Kadastik (RU) talks to PhD candidate Yana van de Sande (RU) about misinformation, disinformation, and fake news — what they are, why they matter, and how they have shaped societies long before the internet. From rumors surrounding Nero and the Great Fire of Rome to modern examples such as COVID-19 misinformation, they discuss how false information can shape public opinion and collective behavior. The conversation focuses on the psyc...
7 May 2026
Episode 17: Wie bepaalt wat kennis is?
Wat gebeurt er wanneer kennis niet begint op de universiteit, maar in de gemeenschap? Wanneer onderzoek niet over de stad spreekt, maar naar de stad luistert? In deze aflevering van Talk Media to Me zit Maud Rebergen (RUG) samen met Mustapha Eaisaouiyen, Sarah Ghede, Joshua van den Ham, Annet van Otterloo en Vanessa Umboh van het Coöperatieve Consultancy Buro van de Afrikaanderwijk Coöperatie, en Jiska Engelbert en Isabel Awad Cherit van de Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam in de podcaststudio v...
25 Mar 2026
S03E16: Maskanda and Decolonial Sound Work
In this episode of Talk Media to Me, PhD council member Merit Zimmermann (EUR) talks to dr. Barbara Titus (UvA) about her research into maskanda music in South Africa, focusing on questions of reflexivity, positionality, and colonial legacies in academic knowledge production. The conversation also explores Barbara’s curatorial work with the Jaap Kunst Sound Collection, specifically decolonial approaches to digital restitution. To read more about Barbara’s travels in South Africa (in Dutch): h...
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