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Mar 2015

Pressed for Time: The Acceleration of Life in Digital Capitalism

Judy Wajcman explains why we immediately interpret our experiences with digital technology as inexorably accelerating everyday life. The technologically tethered, iPhone-addicted figure is an image we can easily conjure. Most of us complain that there aren't enough hours in the d ... Show More

1h 27m

Mar 2015

Combatting Corruption with Mobile Phones

India's right to information movement demonstrated the potential to combat corruption through social audits – an exercise to share and verify public records with people. India's right to information movement demonstrated the potential to combat corruption through social audits – ... Show More

1h 2m

Mar 2015

Africa's Information Revolution: Rhetoric and Reality

Over the past decade there has been a phenomenal growth in mobile phone and internet usage in Africa which has attracted substantial media and academic interest. Over the past decade there has been a phenomenal growth in mobile phone and internet usage in Africa which has attract ... Show More

1h 13m

Feb 2024

The Moral Economy of Infrastructures in Everest Tourism

As social media posts from the slopes of Mount Everest become almost commonplace Dr Jolynna Sinanan (University of Manchester) focuses on digital media use amongst guides and porters and the impact of digital infrastructures in the area.

45m 58s

Sep 2024

FreshEd #367 – Digital Infrastructures of Education (Ben Williamson)

We are starting a FreshEd community and want you to join for as little as $10/month. If you want to join our growing community, please head over to FreshEdpodcast.com/support -- Today we explore the digital transformation of and in education. My guest is Ben Williamson who argues ... Show More

32m 1s

Jul 2024

Digital News Report 2024. Episode 6: How audiences think about trust in news

What drives trust in news and how do different audiences think about this. In this final episode of our Digital News Report 2024 series, we look at a complex and often controversial subject which is trust in news. We look at what trust in news means, how this varies by different ... Show More

24m 13s

Jun 2024

Are people lining up to die on Mount Everest?

Another climbing season for those attempting to summit Mount Everest has come to a close. This year, the Nepalese government offered fewer climbing permits in an effort to reduce congestion on the mountain and improve safety, after a record-breaking 18 climbers lost t ... Show More

11m 48s

Aug 10

Social Media for Teachers: The Late Show with Tom Rogers

In this lively Teachers Talk Radio show, Tom Rogers is joined by teacher and writer Adam Boxer to explore the changing role of social media in the teaching profession. From the glory days of "EduTwitter" and infamous online debates to the decline in teacher engagement on X, th ... Show More

1h 24m

Dec 2024

Innovative Audience Engagement Strategies for European Media - Journalism Innovation Podcast ep #7

In the age of media distrust and fickle subscriber habits, we discuss how European news outlets are navigating audience engagement. In this episode, we sat down with Emma Lofgren, Editor of The Local Sweden and Madeleine White, Vice President of Marketing at Poool and Co-founder ... Show More

51m 16s

Oct 2018

The state of the global digital economy

The first episode of The EIU Digital Economy podcast looks at the current state of the global digital economy. Host Pete Swabey speaks to Michael Kent, CEO of cross-border payments provider Azimo, about the challenges of managing a truly global digital start-up. Then guests Annab ... Show More

30m 36s

Oct 10

Navigating Meme Culture: From Brain Rot to Digital Monoculture | Dr. Idil Galip

"Brain rot" as "trashy media for the algorithmic age", the political implications of memes, the differences in global meme cultures, and the impact of AI on the content we receive and share. Dr. Idil Galip is a lecturer in New Media and Digital Culture at the University of Ams ... Show More

56m 27s

Mar 2022

S4E2 Global Trends in Digital Health

In this episode we explore digital health and med tech; learning from the pandemic response; and the future digital health strategy for Wales. Our guest is Ifan Evans, Executive Director of Strategy at Digital Health and Care Wales and previously Director of Digital Technology an ... Show More

29m 10s

May 2019

Episode 1: introducing digital - visual - cultural

Welcome to this series of podcasts designed to give you an insight into the University of Oxford’s digital - visual - cultural series of events. In this introductory podcast Gillian Rose, Professor of Human Geography at the School of Geography and the Environment at the Universit ... Show More

5m 41s

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