Department: Entertainment and Media Studies

EMST scholars are delving into the unanswered questions of communication and social networks; interactive media, video games and culture, and children and media; health and crisis communication; media law, policy, economics and management in a changing digital environment; media and culture; and the role of media in political and economic development.



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Festival of Media Faculty Showcase Matthew Nolte Evans

Matthew Evans (April 2023) presented a TV pilot and participated on a panel at the “Festival of Media Faculty Showcase”, Las Vegas, NV. Description: Poverty. Pill mills. Dixie Mafia. Missing girls. Murder. […]

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The Unseen Internet: Conjuring the Occult in 21st Century Digital Discourse Shira Chess

Shira Chess (under contract). The Unseen Internet: Conjuring the Occult in 21st Century Digital Discourse. Cambridge: MIT Press. Overview: Behind the glossy sheen of slick social media influencers and corporate […]

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African Women in Digital Spaces: Redefining Social Movements on the Continent and in the Diaspora Wunpini Fatimata Mohammed

Clark, M. K. & Wunpini F. Mohammed (editors) African Women in Digital Spaces: Redefining Social Movements on the Continent and in the Diaspora. Dar es Salaam: Mkuki na Nyota 2023. […]

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Can I Become a Professional Screenwriter Outside of Los Angles Nathaniel H. Kohn

Nate Kohn will be moderating a panel of “Can I Become a Professional Screenwriter Outside of Los Angles”” at the April, 2023 conference of the Broadcast Education Association. The panel […]

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African Women in Digital Spaces: Redefining Social Movements on the Continent and in the Diaspora Wunpini Fatimata Mohammed

Wunpini Fatimata Mohammed “African Women in Digital Spaces: Redefining Social Movements on the Continent and in the Diaspora,” Invited Keynote Speaker, University of Bayreuth (Germany), hosted by the Africa Multiple […]

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Cultivating interest in science through humor: Mirth as a leveler of gaps in science engagement Michael Cacciatore

Michael A. Cacciatore, Yeo, S. K., Becker, A. B., & Anderson, A. A. (2023, May). “Cultivating interest in science through humor: Mirth as a leveler of gaps in science engagement,” […]

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Social Media and its Influence on Sexual Activity and Perceptions of Sexual Activity Among College Students Shira Chess

Baldwin-White, A., Darville, G., Shira Chess, & Beer, J. (in press) “Social Media and its Influence on Sexual Activity and Perceptions of Sexual Activity Among College Students,” Journal of American College […]

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Willson Faculty Research Fellowship

Shira Chess received a Willson Faculty Research Fellowship for her project “The Occultic Internet: Shifting Realities in 21st Century Discourse.” The UGA of Willson Center supports supports excellence in arts […]

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Shopping in a Virtual World: The Influence of Spatial Crowdedness of Apparel Store on Consumer Impulsive Buying Tendency

Z. Jiang, Ryan Fernandez (Grady Emerging Media MA student), J. Lyu, H. Lee, and J. Fernandez. “Shopping in a Virtual World: The Influence of Spatial Crowdedness of Apparel Store on […]

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El fenómeno de la telenovela turca / The Phenomenon of Turkish Dramas Carolina Acosta-Alzuru

Carolina Acosta-Alzuru (October 2022). “El fenómeno de la telenovela turca / The Phenomenon of Turkish Dramas.” In Professor Giuliana Cassano’s course Géneros dramáticos televisivos globales / Global Dramatic TV Genres” […]

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