The fourth edition of the Critical Media Making Showcase featured work by Communication undergraduate students enrolled in COM354 - Critical Media Making: Aryn Baker, Weslyn Bolton, Eilee Centeno, Carter Diehl, Kelly Griffin, Madison Hayes, Jeanine Ikekhua, Olivia Leeson, Lagan McGinnis, Macey Moore, Travali Price, Joey Sports, Alexis Strickland, Leah Tran, Alandya Warren, and Clair Wholean. 

In COM354 - Critical Media Making, students build speculative media objects as a way to challenge normative frameworks, imagine equitable realities, and exercise critique. Throughout the semester, students engaged with various media-making exercises as a strategy to produce critiques of relevant social issues. Projects include a merchandising line that supports voting rights, dust jacket designs for banned books, and short-format videos produced using artificial intelligence.

Disobedient media artifacts included

Zappa, a nanotechnology for skincare; by Aryn Baker, Alandya Warren, Jeanine Ikekhua 

Doxxd, a satirical mobile application that highlights the implications of cancel culture; by Leah Tran, Weslyn Bolton, Eilee Centeno, Carter Diehl

Strapped, an experimental technology for gun control; by Travali Price

Gunbaby, a baby doll and a gun all-in-one, a bad idea for a gender-neutral toy (irony included); by Joey Sports, Madison Hayes

defendHER, an electronic wearable to fight sexual harassment and challenge victim blaming; by Kelly Griffin, Lagan McGinnis, Olivia Leeson, Clair Wholean, Macey Moore