Media Studies graduate student Sierra Wolff is an avid TV-watcher, but it’s all part of her research into the changing ways autism is portrayed on television. Sierra discusses her research in the latest issue of L&S In Focus.… Continue Reading »

Thanks to our generous donors, the Department of Journalism, Advertising, and Media Studies is proud to announce that we were able to award twelve undergraduate scholarships for the 2017-2018 academic year. Please join us in congratulating our recipients and we … Continue Reading »

The Media Scholars Colloquium Series proudly presents “The Privacy of Others,” a lecture by Stacy Blasiola (Ph.D. Candidate, Communication, University of Illinois at Chicago; National Science Foundation IGERT Fellow – Electronic Security & Privacy; Lecturer, Journalism, Advertising, and Media Studies, UWM).… Continue Reading »

Instructors Jessie Garcia-Marble and Jessica McBride appeared on the Joy Cardin show along with JAMS student journalist Nyesha Stone. Jessie, Jessica, and Nyesha discussed the recent collaborative journalism project “How the Mississippi River Valley Turned Red.” Listen to the broadcast here. View … Continue Reading »

UW-Milwaukee student, Emily Adkins, took home Best of Show in the student category at the 2016 United Adworkers 99 Show on Thursday, Oct. 13 at the Harley-Davidson Museum. Adkins had some steep competition, going up against student work from UWM, … Continue Reading »

Will Gates—star of the iconic documentary Hoop Dreams—stopped by Jessie Garcia’s Documentary, Analysis, and Production class via FaceTime this afternoon. What an amazing opportunity for these future documentary-makers.… Continue Reading »

JAMS alum Matthew Janzen photographs the brewing industry for his project “State of Craft Beer.” Check out the Journal Sentinel article.… Continue Reading »

JAMS instructor Jessie Garcia profiles state Olympians in her new book Going for Wisconsin Gold: Stories of Our State Olympians. See the full Journal Sentinel article here.… Continue Reading »

In Bike Lanes Are White Lanes, scholar Melody L. Hoffmann argues that the bicycle has varied cultural meaning as a “rolling signifier.” That is, the bicycle’s meaning changes in different spaces, with different people, and in different cultures. The rolling … Continue Reading »

JAMS student Sequoia Baker is making national news for her White House internship in the office of First Lady Michelle Obama. See the full story here.… Continue Reading »