Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchSocial Media and Political Participation in the Philippines
Episode 67
We are all familiar with the spread of disinformation on social media platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube. But just when we thought we’d…
3 years, 7 months ago
Digital Lethargy
Episode 97
In this episode of High Theory, Tung-Hui Hu talks with Júlia Irion Martins about Digital Lethargy, as part of our High Theory in STEM series. As a mo…
3 years, 7 months ago
The Future of Brainwashing: A Discussion with Daniel Pick
Episode 32
In this podcast Owen Bennett-Jones and psychoanalyst Daniel Pick discuss brainwashing, thought control and group think. In the case of totalitarian p…
3 years, 7 months ago
Sarah Huffman et al., "Preparing to Publish" (Iowa State University Digital Press, 2022)
Episode 81
Listen to this interview of Sarah Huffman (Assistant Director of the Center for Communication Excellence) and Elena Cotos (Associate Professor of App…
3 years, 7 months ago
Catherine Lester, "Horror Films for Children: Fear and Pleasure in American Cinema" (Bloomsbury, 2021)
Episode 132
Children and horror are often thought to be an incompatible meeting of audience and genre, beset by concerns that children will be corrupted or harme…
3 years, 7 months ago
Richard Seymour, "The Twittering Machine" (Verso, 2020)
Episode 58
Former social media executives tell us that the system is an addiction-machine. We are users, waiting for our next hit as we like, comment and share.…
3 years, 7 months ago
Echo
Episode 96
In this episode of High Theory, Amit Pinchevski tells us about echoes.
An echo is a sonic reflection of an emission bouncing back to its origin, which…
3 years, 7 months ago
Amber Sinha, "The Networked Public: How Social Media is Changing Democracy" (Rupa Publications, 2019)
Episode 327
Amber Sinha works at the intersection law, technology and society, and studies the impact of digital technologies on socio-political processes and st…
3 years, 7 months ago
Raúl Pérez, "The Souls of White Jokes: How Racist Humor Fuels White Supremacy" (Stanford UP, 2022)
Episode 246
Having a "good" sense of humor generally means being able to take a joke without getting offended—laughing even at a taboo thought or at another's ex…
3 years, 7 months ago
Michael O. Johnston, "Community Media Representations of Place and Identity at Tug Fest" (Lexington Books, 2022)
Episode 244
Community Media Representations of Place and Identity at Tug Fest (Lexington Books, 2022) explores an annual interstate tug-of-war between two small …
3 years, 7 months ago