Ep. 55 - The Social Science of Podcasts with Jason Loviglio

Amy Barnes28min

Dr. Ian Anson00:04

Hello and welcome to Retrieving the Social Sciences, a production of the Center for Social Science Scholarship. I'm your host, Ian Anson, Associate Professor of Political Science here at UMBC.

Dr. Ian Anson00:16

On today's show, as always, we'll be hearing from UMBC faculty, students, visiting speakers, and community partners about the social science research they've been performing in recent times. Qualitative, quantitative, applied, empirical, normative. On Retrieving the Social Sciences, we bring the best of UMBC's social science community to you.

Dr. Ian Anson00:43

Marshall McLuhan once famously wrote that 'the medium is the message.' Well, given that you're currently listening to a podcast, a relatively unique form of media, perhaps the medium and therefore the message deserves some further scrutiny. You know, I've been putting this podcast together since the darkest days of the COVID 19 pandemic. And for full disclosure, I didn't do it just out of the kindness of my own heart, or the desire to bring the social sciences to the masses. I did it in part because I was stuck in my basement all day. And I was missing out on the chance to interact with my impressive colleagues the way I get to do during more normal times on our campus. But beyond that, I started a podcast because like many millennials, I really, really like podcasts.

Dr. Ian Anson01:26

But how does scholars think about podcasts, their content, their place in the media environment, their relationship with more long standing media like radio, their effects on listeners and society? It turns out a podcast about the social sciences can get really, really meta, because today I'm delighted to bring you my recent conversation with Dr. Jason Levy, Leo, Associate Professor and share in the UMBC department of Media and Communication Studies. Dr. Livigno is a scholar of media history, radio and podcasting studies. And with me Lindgren of the University of Tasmania. He is CO editor of the Routledge companion to radio and podcasting studies, the first issue of which came out in 2022. More recently, Dr. Lophelia has published an article entitled from radio to podcasting, intimacy and massification. He expands on these ideas and our Social Science Podcast conversation on the social science of podcasting, which I'm delighted to bring you right now.

Dr. Ian Anson02:26

All right, today, we're beginning our meta podcasting episode. I'm really delighted to welcome Dr. Jason Loviglio to the podcast. Dr. Loviglio, thank you so much for taking the time to be with us today.

Dr. Jason Loviglio02:38

It is my pleasure. Thank you for having me.

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