University of Wisconsin–Madison

People Type: Department Leadership

Johnson, Derek

Biography  Office Hours: Current and Future Projects Expertise and Activities My research examines the media industries, looking specifically at how production operates as a site of cultural and creative struggle, particularly as the stakes of those struggles relate to the idea of the future and the reproduction of content, markets, and authority over time. This …

Lopez, Jason Kido

Biography Current and Future Projects Expertise and Activities My primary research and teaching focus is sports media from a Media and Cultural Studies perspective. I am interested in how the distinctive qualities of sport inform cultural practices, power hierarchies, and political ideologies. My research examines sports media industries, the cultural artifacts they produce, and the …

Smith, Jeff

Biography Office Hours: Current and Future Projects Expertise and Activities My research focuses on questions and issues arising from the study of film music/sound, cognitive film theory, and the American film industry. My first book examines the changes in the film industry that aided the development of the film soundtrack album as a vehicle for …

van Swol, Lyn

Biography Office Hours: Tuesday noon to 2pm And by appointment Current and Future Projects Emotional contagion of positive and negative emotional language in a discussion with a chatbot partner How group discussion of climate change can change attitudes towards taking action to combat climate change Applying research on advice communication to environmental settings, like forestry, …