This year, MASCLab is producing a series of events that explore, present and engage with examples of multimodal scholarship. See the schedule below and check in for updates, recaps, and more events as we bring people together to support and engage with multimodality in and beyond academic and research settings! Special thanks to the Office of the Vice President for Diversity and Community Affairs for … Continue reading Multimodal Scholarship Series

Podcast Series Our podcast series invites a range of voices to delve into issues related to media in research, scholarship, and social change. It is an exercise of and about participatory production. Listen to our podcast episodes on Soundcloud or download/subscribe via iTunes! Continue reading MASCLab Podcast

MASCLab members have been working hard to produce a brand new card game: Lamboozled! Designed for use with middle schoolers in educational settings, Lamboozled! takes on the issue of “fake news” and news media literacy. Check out the game, learn how to play, and stay tuned for research and curricula here at the Lamboozled! site! Continue reading Lamboozled! A News Media Literacy Game

MASCLab is producing a new limited podcast series focusing on research around gun violence. Our first episode has been released! It discusses cleaning and greening programs in Philadelphia and how research has shown that converting vacant lots to maintained green space open for use by community members leads to reductions in gun violence. Visit the “Research for Solutions” website to hear the episode and learn … Continue reading MASCLab Presents: Research for Solutions

It was a busy semester at MASCLab. We hosted lively discussions in our weekly meetings on topics like the ethics of online research, representation, and thinking through accessibility in our approaches to scholarship as a lab. We shared, critiqued and celebrated each others’ media work. We helped bring events to the broader Teachers College community like Professor Hannah Smithson’s talk on The Challenges of YPAR … Continue reading MASCLab Fall 2019 Semester Reflection

In celebration of Media Literacy Week, MASCLab is playtesting LAMBOOZLED!, our deck-building card game designed to teach youth news literacy! Join us in Horace Mann 424 on Wednesday, October 23rd during our usual meeting time (12:00 – 1:00PM) for a research demo and playtesting. About LAMBOOZLED! Grounded in current research on news literacy and youth media habits, LAMBOOZLED! is a deck-building card game set in … Continue reading Media Literacy Week: October 21st – 25th!

Dr. Hannah Smithson, director of the Manchester Centre for Youth Studies at Manchester Metropolitan University, joined MASCLab in order to present her most recent project and to continue fostering a relationship with other departments committed to social impact and change, specifically in the area of youth justice. Dr. Smithson and her team partnered with youth involved with the Justice system to discover what actually matters … Continue reading Dr. Hannah Smithson calls for a different approach to research with young people