Spinelli, Martin and Dann, Lance (2019) Podcasting: the audio media revolution. Bloomsbury Academic, New York. ISBN 9781501328688

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Abstract

Grounded in interviews with the producers of some of the most popular and culturally significant podcasts to date (Welcome to Night Vale, Radiolab, Serial, The Black Tapes, We're Alive, The Heart, The Truth, Lore, Love + Radio, My Dad Wrote a Porno, and others) as well as interviews with executives at some of the most important podcasting institutions and entities (the BBC, Radiotopia, Gimlet Media, Audible.com, Edison Research, Libsyn and others), Podcasting documents a moment of revolutionary change in audio media.

The fall of 2014 saw a new iOS from Apple with the first built-in “Podcasts” app, the runaway success of Serial, and podcasting moving out of its geeky ghetto into the cultural mainstream. The creative and cultural dynamism of this moment, which reverberates to this day, is the focus of Podcasting. Using case studies, close analytical listening, quantitative and qualitative analysis, production analysis, as well as audience research, it suggests what podcasting has to contribute to a host of larger media-and-society debates in such fields as: fandom, social media and audience construction; new media and journalistic ethics; intimacy, empathy and media relationships; cultural commitments to narrative and storytelling; the future of new media drama; youth media and the charge of narcissism; and more. Beyond describing what is unique about podcasting among other audio media, this book offers an entry into the new and evolving field of podcasting studies.

Item Type:	Book
Additional Information:	When published, Podcasting will be the first scholarly book about podcast forms, genres and cultures. The many books about podcasting that exist cover the areas of marketing, monetisation and technology, not the culture and criticism of this new form of audio. It is hoped that this book will be the first in what will be called 'podcast studies'.
Keywords:	Podcasting, radio, audio, audio media, radio drama, audio drama, podcast drama, journalism, new media, sonic narrative, aesthetics, fandom, intimacy, empathy, narrative, diversity, youth culture, BBC, audiences, media community, freemium, earbuds, mobile media, eardrops, ethics, production cultures, audience studies, media engagement, digital cultures
Schools and Departments:	School of Media, Film and Music > Media and Film
Research Centres and Groups:	Centre for Material Digital Culture
Related URLs:	Author
Depositing User:	Martin Spinelli
Date Deposited:	05 Sep 2018 15:16
Last Modified:	11 Jan 2019 16:01
URI:	http://srodev.sussex.ac.uk/id/eprint/78532

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