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Mythcast

Mythcast explores and analyzes mythical storyworlds through design thinking, transmedia storytelling, and user experience research and testing. This fantasy fun is brought to you by Ball State Univers... Read more

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UFOs: Media and Mental Models

UFOs: Media and Mental Models

How might movies and TV shows influence the mental models we have around UFO encounters? In the Mythcast season finale, ... Read more

15 Sep 2021

22mins

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UFOs: Mysteries and Mental Models

UFOs: Mysteries and Mental Models

How might mental models influence our perceptions of the mythical and monstrous, like UFO encounters? Students Jolee Edg... Read more

1 Sep 2021

14mins

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Avengers: How Super is Your Supersuit?

Avengers: How Super is Your Supersuit?

How might we know whether a super suit is really super? In this episode, Deborah Ojo and Kailey Fugate recover from The ... Read more

18 Aug 2021

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Avengers: TransmediaVision

Avengers: TransmediaVision

How might transmedia storytelling theories describe the interdimensional storyworlds that blend and interact throughout ... Read more

4 Aug 2021

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