Research Activities

Projects

Asian mental health and COVID-19 news (quantitative)
Student activism and cyberbullying (quantitative)
Indigenous communities and environmental news (qualitative)
Critical algorithmic literacy (qualitative/theory-building)
Transnational feminist and queer perspectives on AI (qualitative/theory-building)
Mapping equitable media literacy (mixed methods)
Anti-racism and difficult dialogues (mixed methods/community-engaged)
Immigrants and the media (mixed methods/community-engaged)
Bibliometric analysis of representation of undocumented immigrants (quantitative)
Photopoetry exhibition by resettled refugee youth (arts-based/community-engaged)
Health disparities podcast (community-engaged)
Representation of Indigenous communities in newspapers (qualitative)
Data justice and social justice research (quantitative)

Publications

Ramasubramanian, S. and Dutta, M. J. (2023). The CODE^SHIFT Model: A Data Justice Framework for Collective Impact and Social Transformation Human Communication Research, 1–11. (50^th anniversary special issue co-edited by Mary Beth Oliver, Tamara Afifi, and Homero Gil de Zuñiga). https://doi.org/10.1093/hcr/hqad050

Tacheva, J. and Ramasubramanian, S. (2023). AI Empire: Unraveling the Interlocking Systems of Oppression in Generative AI’s Global Order. Big Data & Society, 10(2), 1–13. https://doi.org/10.1177/20539517231219241

Foster, B., Mihailidis, P., Johnson, P. R., Burth, S., Riewestahl, E., Tully M., & Ramasubramanian, S. (2024). Designing equitable media literacy interventions for critical youth agency. Global Studies of Childhood. https://doi.org/10.1177/20436106231208445

Riewestahl, E., Baker, E., Ramasubramanian, S. and Merchant, L. (2023). Framing the Enbridge oil pipeline #3 project: A comparative content analysis of Native American tribal newspapers and mainstream regional newspapers. In R. Lind (Ed.). Race/Gender/Class/Media (Fifth edition). Routledge. Full text.

Ramasubramanian, S., Ramirez, A. and Riewestahl, E. (2023). Race and ethnic stereotypes in the media. In Federico Subervi (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Race, Ethnicity, and Communication. Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/acrefore/9780190228613.013.ORE_COM-01262.R2. Full text.

Ramasubramanian, S. (2022). CIH (Complementary and Integrative Healthcare): Mindfulness/Meditation. International Encyclopedia of Health Communication. Wiley Press. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119678816.iehc0918 Full text.

Johnson, P., Foster. B., Riewestahl, E., Tully, M., Ramasubramanian, S., & Mihailidis, P. (2022). Critical media literacy practices for equitable futures: A field guide for ELA educators. In M.T. Christel & W. Kist (Eds.) Special Issues on Critical Media Literacy. NCTE Publication. Full text.

Ramasubramanian, S., and Riewestahl, E. (2022). Trauma-informed approaches. International Encyclopedia of Health Communication. Wiley Press.

Mihailidis, P., Ramasubramanian, S., Tully, M., Bhusari, B., Johnson, P., and Riewestahl, E. (2021). Equity and Impact in Media Literacy Practice: Mapping the Field in the United States. National Association for Media Literacy Education. https://mappingimpactfulml.org

Mihailidis, P., Ramasubramanian, S., Tully, M., Foster. B., Riewestahl, E., and Johnson, P. (2021). Do media literacies approach equity & justice? Journal of Media Literacy Education. 13(2), 1-14. https://doi.org/10.23860/JMLE-2021-13-2-1

Ramasubramanian, S., Riewestahl, E., and Landmark, S. (2021) The Trauma-informed Equity-minded Asset-based Model (TEAM): The six R’s for social justice-oriented educators; Journal of Media Literacy Education. 13(2), 29-42. https://doi.org/10.23860/JMLE-2021-13-2-3

Presentations

Ramasubramanian, S., Burth, S., McMillian, M., Bhatti, S. J., Riles, J..M, Behm-Morawitz, E., Yin, M. (forthcoming in June 2024). The Role of Media Literacy & Identities in Youth Civic Engagement and Media Activism; ICA, Gold Coast, Australia, 2024

de Carvalho, R., Santia, M., & Ramasubramanian, S. (forthcoming in June 2024). Framing the Yanomami People during COVID-19: A Content Analysis of U.S. Media Coverage of the Indigenous Health Emergency in Brazil. ICA, Gold Coast, Australia, 2024

Bowman, N. D., Lee, Y.E., Burth, S., Ramasubramanian, S. (forthcoming in June 2024). Exploring Audience Responses to Outdated Cultural Depictions Labels on Older Entertainment Media: A Mixed Methods Study. ICA, Gold Coast, Australia, 2024

a group of 5 people stand together, face the camera and smile — Past and present members of CODE^SHIFT at the 2023 National Communication Association Conference in National Harbor, M.D. (L-R; all from Syracuse U) Dr. Srividya Ramasubramanian, doctoral candidate Raiana de Carvalho, doctoral student Shannon Burth, undergraduate student Melody Wilson and doctoral candidate Benjamin Tetteh.

Burth, S. and Ramasubramanian, S. (November 2023) DEI and Media Literacy, National Communication Association, National Harbor, MD.

Bhatti, S. and colleagues. (November 2023) Critical Environmental Communication Framework, National Communication Association, National Harbor, MD.

Ramasubramanian, S. and Tacheva. J. Challenging AI Empire: Data Resurgence as Revolutionary Tactics for the Digital Age, Association of Internet Researchers, Philadelphia, PA.

Ramasubramanian, S., Bhatti, S. J., Santia, M. and Tang, L. (May 2023) Asian American Mental Health, Ethnic Blame, and Media Anxiety During the COVID-19 Pandemic. International Communication Association, Toronto, CA.

Ramasubramanian, S., de Carvalho, R., Brown, C., Couri, D.C., Winfield, A., Wilson, J. and Wolfe., A. (May 2023). Action-Based Anti-Racism Dialogues: A Trauma-Informed Approach for Organizational Change-Making, International Communication Association, Toronto, CA.

Riewestahl, E., Baker, E., Ramasubramanian, S., and Merchant, L. (November 2022). Indigenous Media Forms, Frames, & Futurisms: Comparing Anishinaabe and Mainstream News Coverage of the Line #3 Pipeline Project. National Communication Association, New Orleans, LA. [TOP PAPER AWARD]

Ramasubramanian, S., Baker, E., Bhatti, S., Burth, S., McKoy, K., and Yin. M. (October 2022). Fostering the Future of Research within a Collaboratory for Data Equity, Social Healing, Inclusive Futures and Transformation. Critical Media Literacy Conference of the Americas, Oakland, CA.

Baker, E., Nordquist, B., Badr. A., Ramasubramanian, S., Wang, W., and Bhadki, M. (October 2022). Communities of Care and Resilience through Arts-Based Digital Storytelling: The Narratio Project, Critical Media Literacy Conference of the Americas, Oakland, CA.

Burth, S., Riewestahl, E., Ramasubramanian, S., Foster, B., Johnson, P. R., Mihailidis, P. and Tully, M. (October, 2022). The 6E’s of Media Literacy Impact: A Framework to Understand Differential Outcomes of Media Literacy Practices; Critical Media Literacy Conference of the Americas, Oakland, CA.

Riewestahl, E., Baker, E., Ramasubramanian, S., and Merchant, L. (2022). Kinship, Security, Resistance: Comparing Indigenous and non-Indigenous Media Coverage of Line #3. Seven Generation Inter-Tribal Leadership Summit, Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwe University, Hayward, WI.

Johnson, P. R., Tully M., Foster, B., Riewestahl, E., Ramasubramanian, S., and Mihailidis, P. (August 2022). Developing a framework for equitable media literacy practice: Voices from the field. AEJMC 105th Annual Conference. Detroit, MI.

Mihailidis, P., Ramasubramanian, S., Tully, M., Johnson, P., Riewestahl, E., and Foster, B. (2022) Media Literacy as a Safeguard to Democracy. International Media Literacy Research Symposium. Madison, WI.

Riewestahl, E., Baker, E., and Ramasubramanian, S. (May 2022). Framing the Enbridge Oil Line #3 Project: A Comparative Content Analysis of Anishinaabeg Newspapers and Mainstream Regional Newspapers, International Communication Association, Paris, France.

Ramasubramanian, S., Burth, S., McKoy, K. and Wang, W. CODE^SHIFT: Public Impact, Collaborative Research, and Data Equity, Newhouse Impact Symposium, Syracuse U, November 2022.

Grants Funded

CNY Humanities Corridor Grant, Communication & Social Justice Working Group (with Cornell U), Continuing Working Group Grant, $2000 for Fall 2022 and $2500 for Fall 2023

Syracuse Repair Symposium, “Embodied Citizenship, Precarity, and Resilience during the COVID-19 Pandemic” exhibit and “Critical Autoethnography & Poetic Transcription” workshop; Center for Humanities, Syracuse University, 2022-2023; $4000

PI, CNY Humanities Corridor Grant, Inclusive Storytelling Symposium (with Cornell U), Continuing Working Group Grant, $2250 for Fall 2023

Co-PI, National Association for Media Literacy Education; Mapping Media Literacy Project: Field Guide Research, $15,000 for 2023-2024

Research Consultant, State University of New York (SUNY) Upstate Medical Center, WHO maternal mental health disparities manual project, $10,000 for Spring 2022