What is communication studies? How is it different from practicing journalism? What do they have to do with race and racism? And how is social media changing the social justice struggle? Join host Dean Brian Edwards and Sarah J. Jackson, Presidential Associate Professor in Communication and Co-Director of the Media, Inequality and Change Center at the University of Pennsylvania, as they discuss these questions and more in this episode of Anti-Racism and the Disciplines.

Timestamps:

• [00:58 - 04:04] What is "communication studies"?

• [04:04 - 11:14] What is the relationship between race, racism, and communication studies?

• [11:14 - 15:21] What is the connection between journalism and communication studies?

• [15:21 - 19:15] How have newer technologies affected communication and its study?

• [19:15 - 21:54] How can communication studies help us understand Black Lives Matter?

• [21:54 - 25:08] How has social media changed the landscape of the racial justice struggle?

• [25:08 - 27:48] What, if any, have been the ramifications of the 2020 protests in the wake of George Floyd’s murder on communication studies?

• [27:48 - 30:23] What does anti-racism mean in communication studies?

Host: Brian T. Edwards

Executive Producer: Gabriela Garcia Mayes

Music: Cory Diane

Production Assistant: Maggie Green

Special Thanks: Billy Saas