Critical Media Studies
autor: Michael Repici
Nejnovější epizoda
#131: Ivan Illich - Silence is a Commons
#131: Ivan Illich - Silence is a Commons
O tomto podcastu
The Critical Media Studies podcast discusses the interplay of technology and culture from an academic perspective. In each episode we consider the work of a prominent thinker in the field of critical media studies and discuss the implications of their work in relation to other thinkers and in light of current social contexts.
Epizody
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- #131: Ivan Illich - Silence is a Commons · 58 min · Řada 3 Epizoda 131In this episode Barry and Mike discuss Ivan Illich’s 1982 talk “Silence is a Commons.” They focus on the ways the enclosure of the commons inaugurates a new “ecological order” in…
- #130 - Elena Esposito: Social Forgetting: A Systems Theoretical Approach · 57 min · Řada 3 Epizoda 130In this episode, Barry and Michael discuss Sheila Esposito's 2008 essay, (Title). They discuss Esposito's Luhmann-inspired take on the relation between memory and forgetting and…
- #129: Hans-Georg Moeller - Luhmann Explained: From Souls To Systems · 53 min · Řada 3 Epizoda 129In this episode Barry and Mike discuss Hans-Georg Moeller’s book, Luhmann Explained: From Souls To Systems.They explore the agents of change in communication systems as theorized…
- #128- Luhmann, pt. 2 - The Reality of Media · 46 min · Řada 3 Epizoda 128In this episode Barry and Mike continue their discussion of Luhmann. They talk, specifically, about the “recursively stabilized functional mechanisms” of mass media and their…
- #127: Luhmann - The Reality of Mass Media · 39 min · Řada 3 Epizoda 127In this episode Barry and Mike discuss Niklas Luhmann’s 1996 book, “The Reality of the Mass Media”. After unpacking Luhmann’s model of modern media, they question the role of…
- #126: Rose Horowitch - The Age of Reading is Over · 41 min · Řada 3 Epizoda 126In the second part of their discussion Barry and Mike talk about Rose Horowitch’s ideas about reading and what it means to be post-literate in the digital world.
- #125: Rose Horowitch - The Elite College Students Who Can't Read Books · 34 min · Řada 3 Epizoda 125Barry and Mike begin a two-part discussion of Rose Horowitch’s investigation into post-literacy.In this episode we discuss her November 2024 article in The Atlantic Monthly, “The…
- #124: Ted Gioia -What you Won't Learn About the Odyssey From the Movie · 34 min · Řada 3 Epizoda 124In this episode Barry and Mike discuss Ted Gioia’s “What You Won’t Learn About the Odyssey From the Movie.” They debate the significance of the “magical mystery song” at the…
- #123: Daniel Roher - The AI Doc: Or, How I Became An Apocaloptimist · 50 min · Řada 3 Epizoda 123In this episode Barry and Mike discuss Daniel Roher’s 2026 documentary, The AI Doc: Or, How I Became An Apocaloptimist. They apply Bernard Stiegler’s concept of the pharmakon to…
- #122: Louis Theroux - Into the Manosphere · 53 min · Řada 3 Epizoda 122In this episode Barry and Mike discuss Louis Theroux’s “Inside the Manosphere” (March, 2026) and address the question: What does the Manosphere tell us about our current media…
- #121: A repost of episode #99: On Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Artificial Intimacy · 48 min · Řada 3 Epizoda 121In this episode Barry and Mike discuss the idea of “frictionless” relationships in the age of artificial intimacy. ErikaHayasaki – “What Would a Real Friendship With A.I. Look…
- #120: Mark Fisher - Exiting the Vampire's Castle, pt. 2 · 54 min · Řada 3 Epizoda 120In this episode Barry and Mike resume their discussion of Mark Fishers’s 2013 blog post, “Exiting the Vampire’s Castle”. They discuss the five laws that govern the castle and…
- #119: Mark Fisher - Exiting the Vampire Castle · 38 min · Řada 3 Epizoda 119In this episode Barry and Mike discuss writer/music critic/cultural theorist Mark Fisher’s 2013 blog post, “Exiting the Vampire Castle”. They look at the essay, 13 years after…
- #118: Althusser - Idelology and Ideological State Apparatuses · 51 min · Řada 3 Epizoda 118In this episode Barry and Mike conclude their discussion of Althusser’s seminal essay, “Ideology and Ideological State Apparatuses”. They focus on Althusser’s concept of…
- #117: Althusser - Ideology and Ideological State Apparatuses, pt. 1 · 51 min · Řada 3 Epizoda 117This is the first of a two part discussion. In this episode Barry and Mike discuss Louis Althusser’s Essay “Ideology and Ideological State Apparatuses” in relation to Simone…
- #116: Weil - On The Abolition of all Political Parties, pt, 2 · 51 min · Řada 3 Epizoda 116In this episode Barry and Mike continue their discussion on Simone Weil’s essay, “On The Abolition of all Political Parties.” They discuss the opposition between the truth…
- #115: Simone Weil - On The Abolition of All Political Parties · 48 min · Řada 3 Epizoda 115This is the first of two episodes on Simone Weil’s 1943 essay, “On the Abolition of all Political Parties. In this episode Barry and Mike discuss the distinction Weil draws…
- Guy Debord - The Society of the Spectacle · 60 min · Řada 3 Epizoda 114This is a repost of the Guy Debord episode that was originally posted on 3/15/23. In This episode of the Critical Media Studies podcast we discuss Guy Debord’s The Society of the…
- #113: Merenda - Reading Arendt to Rethink Truth, Science, and Politics in the Era of Fake News · 58 min · Řada 3 Epizoda 113In this episode Barry and Mike discuss Federica Merenda’s essay, “Reading Arendt to Rethink Truth, Science, and Politics in the Era of Fake News”. They discuss Arendt’s…
- #112: Kracauer - Photography · 60 min · Řada 3 Epizoda 112In this episode Barry and Mike discuss the uncanny ways that Sigfreid Kracauer’s 1927 essay, Photography, anticipates the modern media landscape.
