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Introduction: Podcasting and Podcasts—Parameters of a New Aural Culture Read chapter Read first chapter

2018 | OriginalPaper | Chapter

9. The Podcast as an Intimate Bridging Medium

Author : Lukasz Swiatek

Published in: Podcasting

Publisher: Springer International Publishing

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Abstract

In this chapter, Swiatek argues that the podcast can be conceived as an intimate bridging medium: a means of communication that generates a sense of intimacy among listeners who are physically separate from each other, thus enabling boundaries of knowledge and context to be crossed. The chapter also suggests that while the technology of podcasting can be conceived in terms of its equalising potential, the digital public sphere in which it exists is unequal. Specifically, many of the hierarchies in other media systems are replicated in the realm of podcasting, which, in turn, prevents bridging from being as successful as it could be. These arguments are illustrated through an in-depth analysis of an episode from the podcast series Nobel Prize Talks.

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Metadata
Title
The Podcast as an Intimate Bridging Medium
Author
Lukasz Swiatek
Copyright Year
2018
Book
Podcasting

Print ISBN: 978-3-319-90055-1

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-319-90056-8

Copyright Year: 2018

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-90056-8_9