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The Turn to Podcasts as a Mass Campaign Medium Special Issue of The Journal of Radio and Audio Media
U.S. President Donald Trump’s appearance on the Joe Rogan Experience had over 50 million views on YouTube. His appearance on the most popular podcast in the world capped off a campaign that was part of the “podcast election” where both candidates reached voters through podcasts. With this amount of reach, it’s clear that some high-profile podcasts have reached the status of a mass medium (
In partnership with MeCCSA, the University of Sunderland is delighted to announce a special symposium on Creative Methodologies: Practical Play and Media Multiplicities, a two-day event, examining methodologies of practice-based media research, from podcasts to games making.
This conference aims to examine the past, present, and evolving role of radio around the world within a dynamic global media landscape. We will highlight the transformation of radio from a static entity to an adaptive component of the larger media ecosystem, continually reshaping itself in response to socio-political, economic, and technological changes.
We invite submissions from scholars, practitioners, and organizations to contribute original chapters that reflect on the production, use, and impact of audio media globally. Contributions may explore the intersections of practice and theory, offer case studies, or provide evidence-based insights into audio production in diverse contexts.
CFP: WePod – the conference “Knowledge in Your Ears. Podcasts between Research, Education, and Information” aims to enhance the specific field of study that has emerged at the intersection of media studies, studies on digital sound storytelling, its production and business models, and the use of the podcast medium in training, educational, reeducational and scientific dissemination paths
e examine various podcast engagement types, usage, and advertising engagement to see how these constructs are related. Globally, we find different engagement experiences are associated with both positive and negative outcomes for advertising engagement, regular usage is associated with less ad interference, and certain engagement experiences are associated with more regular podcast usage
COVID-19 brought U.S. sports to an abrupt halt. As leagues struggled to find a path forward, so did sports podcasters, who had to find content to satisfy listeners and advertisers
This chapter examines the ways that true crime podcasts present gender-based violence, whether these depictions diverge from previous forms of mass media representations, and whether it can be argued that true crime podcasts advance an intersectional feminist agenda with respect to gender-based violence.
In this post are a colelction of abstracts from the newly published Oxford handbook of radio and podcast studies