Professor Judith E. Rosenbaum
Professor Ernest Mathijs welcomes Judith Rosenbaum, Assistant Professor at the University of Maine, who is giving a guest class for UBC FIST 240 Media Industries: Overview of today’s film and media industries, and of the concepts governing their practices.
The Guest Lecture’s topic is: “Twitter and the Construction of Narratives: Participatory Democracy or Corporate Control”.
March 1, 10:00am – 11:30 in the Royal Bank Cinema, 290 in the Chan Centre for the Performing Arts.
OPEN TO ALL!
Judith E. Rosenbaum’s Biography
Judith E. Rosenbaum is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Communication and Journalism at the University of Maine. She received her PhD from the Radboud University Nijmegen in The Netherlands. Prior to joining the faculty at the University of Maine, she worked as an Associate Professor of Mass Communication at Albany State University in Albany, Georgia. She has taught both undergraduate and graduate students, and has taught courses on the theoretical foundations of mass communication, strategic communication, race, gender and the media, as well as several production courses. Her research interests include media selection and enjoyment, meaning making in social media, and health and media usage.
“Constructing Digital Cultures: Tweets, Trends, Race, and Gender”
Her book, “Constructing Digital Cultures: Tweets, Trends, Race, and Gender”, published by Lexington books, examines how user-generated narratives on Twitter renegotiate dominant ideas about gender and race. Using an in-depth, qualitative examination of individual tweets, the different kinds of dialogue that characterize the platform, and various ways in which people connect, Constructing Digital Cultures provides insight into the nature of digital culture produced on Twitter and the platform’s potential as a virtual public sphere. This volume investigates arenas of discussion often seen on Twitter—from entertainment and popular culture to politics, social justice issues, and advertising—and looks into how members of ethnic minority groups use and relate to the platform.
