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
Political podcasts have captured a global audience and emerged as an important inno- vation space in journalism. One of the most popular formats is the ‘extended interview podcast’. This study employs conversation analysis to examine how this format has been used to facilitate more personal and informal encounters between journalists and pol- iticians who are usually associated with the accountability news interview. BBC Radio 4’s podcast ‘Political Thinking with Nick Robinson’ is used as a case study.
The emergence of podcasts in which hosts and musicians engage in historically contextualized conversations therefore presents an intriguing turn of events that will be of interest to punk and post-punk scholars. This article considers the possibilities of conversational podcasts via a discussion of the C86 Show, a popular UK-based podcast featuring interviews with punk, post-punk and indie musicians of the 1980s.
In 2020, Spotify acquired exclusive rights to “The Joe Rogan Experience,” escalating its podcast market presence. Rogan’s contentious content, especially during the COVID-19 debate, led to internal and external conflicts, highlighted by Neil Young’s ultimatum in 2022. This acquisition exemplifies the collision between traditional music and podcast publishing, placing Spotify in a complex role within media platformization and regulation, as discussed in Terje Colbjørnsen’s paper on the subject.
Zoha Zokaei AbstractThis article draws on my experience of engaging in diasporic digital media activism on the issue of childsexual abuse in Iran, which culminated in the production of the Price of Secrecy podcast. I introduce themethod of Podcasting-as-Care as…
Cultural Significance, Economic Potential, and Three Core Elements of Storytelling Podcasts in Germany Till Krause Introduction For the past ten years, a transformative trend has emerged in the consumption of journalistic content, diverging significantly from its traditional engagement pathways. This…
Juska Wendland ABSTRACT This article studies the mechanisms for building a better participatory culture around podcasts and narrows the information gap among the podcast studies from the perspective of a sense of community. The research question is “What kind of…