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Social Media and Ourselves
Hosted by Diana Daly of the University of Arizona iSchool · ENGLISH
Social Media and Ourselves uses storytelling, student voices, and sound design in the unflinching examination of social media at the center of our lives. Produced by Diana Daly and the iVoices Student Media Lab. iVoices is made possible in part through funding from CUES the Center for University Education Scholarship at the University of Arizona, by SBS College, and by the iSchool at the University of Arizona. Subscribe wherever you get your podcasts. (Image by Gerd Altmann.)
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Strike first, squeaky voice!
Jul 1, 202200:05:53Tap to summarize"I guess I always thought that if I strike first, you know, I'd win the fight more often." For summer break, enjoy a few uninterrupted student stories about life online. Social Media & Ourselves Executive Producer: Diana Daly. Music by Gabe Stultz. Sponsored in part by the Center for University Education and Scholarship and the iSchool at the University of Arizona. Image from https://pxhere.com/en/photo/32879 June 30, 2022 licensed CC0
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Spiritual Narcissism
Jun 1, 202200:08:01Tap to summarizeIn this episode, Jacquie explores how religious figures known for their hate and intolerance affect society through social media. Join her to see the impact one nationalist monk had on Myanmar, one preacher had on a past president's safety, and one minister who reminds us preaching just scripture isn't enough to spread true tolerance and love. Photo by Pixabay: https://www.pexels.com/photo/brown-wooden-cross-161147/ To learn more about the podcast and team, please visit ivoices.us To learn more about the hateful preachers in this episode as well as many others, please visit preachersofhate.com To learn more about Reverend Doctor Jacqui Lewis and other good-natured figures like her, please visit https://www.americanprogress.org/article/21-faith-leaders-watch-2021/
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Virtual Humans
May 1, 202200:21:13Tap to summarizeMeet Zero, one of the panelist at the OffBeat Media Group's presentation at SXSW 2022. In this episode, Jacquie explores the possible consequences and perceptions of virtual humans entering the entertainment space. Join her on her journey for answer as she interviews streamer, Outlaw Quadrant, and video editor, Hunter. This episode has considerable profanity and opinions of interviewees that are not shared by out podcast team and that many may find offensive! A censored version will be available at ivoices.us or https://ivoices.ischool.arizona.edu/social-media-and-ourselves. Big thanks again to Misha, Joe, and the rest of the Wonder House team. This episode of Social Media & Ourselves was produced by Jacquie Kuru with sounds by Gabe Stultz of the iVoices Media Lab, which is sponsored in part by the Center for University Education Scholarship at the University of Arizona. If you liked this episode, subscribe, tell a friend, and review us wherever you get your podcasts. To learn more visit iVoices.us. Character by Offbeat Media, photo from https://www.dailydot.com/unclick/zero-virtual-character-sxsw/
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Virtuality 3.0: SXSW in Austin, TX
Apr 1, 202200:23:37Tap to summarizeThe SMO podcast team was at SXSW 2022 with the University of Arizona Wonder House. In this episode, Diana sets out to disentangle the culture of the city of Austin and the hyperconnected projection that is SXSW. Are they in a codependent relationship? What has SXSW done to Austin's music scene? Why do even tech-savvy people prefer f2f to online? And what does all this mean for the next frontier of tech experiences, Virtuality 3.0? Interviews with Austin residents and visitors include Thor Harris of Swans, Luke Savisky of the 1990 film Slacker, and the crew of the food truck Cocina de Carnival aka Big Bertha. This episode has considerable profanity! A censored version will be available at ivoices.org or https://ivoices.ischool.arizona.edu/social-media-and-ourselves. Big thanks to Thor Harris, Eric Redpath, Carlos, Paige Swift, Luke Savisky, and Pri. Also to Ravi, Ratziv, David, Jose Rodriguez and The Cocina de Carnaval Crew and their families. It was awesome being at the Wonder House, so special thanks to Misha, Joe, and the rest of the Wonder House team. Drums by Thor Harris were recorded in the spectacular installation "Volumes" by Ezra Masch. This episode of Social Media & Ourselves was produced by Diana Daly and scored by Gabe Stultz of the iVoices Media Lab, which is sponsored in part by the Center for University Education Scholarship at the University of Arizona. If you liked this episode, subscribe, tell a friend, and review us wherever you get your podcasts. To learn more visit iVoices.us. Image by Sean Davis https://www.flickr.com/photos/seandavis/13966136676 CC BY NC ND
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Looking Back
Mar 1, 202200:31:12Tap to summarizeIn this episode, Professor Diana Daly, Gabe Stultz, and Jacquie Kuru take a look back on the podcast, sharing their favorite episodes, moments, and challenges so far. Stay tuned for an additional episode this month - recorded at SXSW! SMO theme and episode production by Gabe Stultz. Listen with Transcript: https://share.descript.com/view/iYrRt1oV4bX Image from Photo by cottonbro from Pexels(https://www.pexels.com/photo/close-up-shot-of-cassette-tape-and-cassette-player-10597860/)
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Metas And MasterChef
Feb 1, 202200:31:08Tap to summarizeIn this episode, Gabe Stultz gives us an introduction to the world of Twitch. A site that dominates the live streaming world, the platform itself becomes subject to changing "metas," or trends in popular programming dictated by popular creators. With boundaries being pushed to create the hottest new trend, we run into the latest meta: the "react" meta, in which streamers are baiting DMCA strikes. Will they bring the wrath of copyright holders down upon all of Twitch, or is there no reason to panic? SMO theme composed by Gabe Stultz. Music in this episode by PR1SM. Produced by Gabe Stultz with a deep thanks to Dr. Daly for this episode's interview. Listen with Transcript: https://share.descript.com/view/XnYlnMMRRar Cover image designed by Gabe Stultz from the following Images: Source: Fox/xQc/Pokimane https://www.invenglobal.com/articles/15997/how-long-can-the-masterchef-twitch-meta-last
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Mary Louise and Sorority Surveillance
Jan 1, 202200:22:51Tap to summarize"There's a lot of pressure on sorority girls in particular to perform and to act like a typical sorority girl. But in reality, they're just being surveyed and watched over at every second." Gabe Stultz and Prof Daly guide us through stories illustrating the three levels of sorority behavior policing and how they play out on Instagram, Snapchat, and Greek Rank. Transcript at https://share.descript.com/view/jl7lf7zFEdN. Produced by Diana Daly and Gabe Stultz, with deep thanks to the students who shared their stories. Citations: Berbary, L. A., & Johnson, C. W. (2012). The American sorority girl recast: An ethnographic screenplay of leisure in context. Leisure/Loisir, 36(3-4), 243-268. Berbary, L. A. (2012). “Don’t Be a Whore, That’s Not Ladylike” Discursive Discipline and Sorority Women’s Gendered Subjectivity. Qualitative Inquiry, 18(7), 606-625. Berbary, L. A. (2014). “Even the Good Girls Have Their Moments” Sorority Women’s Mis-Repeats of Ladylike Discourse. Qualitative Inquiry, 20(8), 947-964. Cover image designed by Diana Daly from the following Images: Dove https://github.com/emojione/emojione/graphs/contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0 , via Wikimedia Commons. Mary Louise Bennet. Surveillance by Marwa Boukarim from NounProject.com.
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Girl Meets Chud
Dec 1, 202100:07:15Tap to summarizeWhen Kiersten made a gamer friend during a Siege Grind, it seemed like a solution to lockdown loneliness. Then she got to know him better. Contains offensive language - for a bleeped version go to https://ivoices.ischool.arizona.edu/social-media-and-ourselves. Edited by Gabe Stultz. Produced by iVoices Student Media Lab, which is supported in part by the Center for University Education and Scholarship. Public Domain image from the US National Archives.
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@Reality
Nov 1, 202100:11:24Tap to summarizeThe internet can seem like a faraway place. It can seem fictional and like it cannot affect you. But today we see relationships, politics, and cultural movements echoing attitudes that originate on the web. How can this be? In this episode, we listen to stories from people who thought they were impervious to the internet's influence. Instead, they found their realities perturbed by things they first saw on-screen. Produced and narrated by Gabe Stultz with support from Jacquie Kuru and Diana Daly of iVoices Media Lab at the University of Arizona. All music in this episode by Gabe Stultz. Image: "internet" by miniyo73 is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0.
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Timelessness (2021 Rerelease)
Oct 1, 202100:13:51Tap to summarizeDigital memory is perfect. Thanks to technology we remember so much more than we used to. And that's good...or is it? Featuring more stories by college students about the once-cool outfits, hairstyles, and moments that bring shame on social media later; then a story of surviving a mass shooting only to relive it in response to a photo on Facebook; and an interview with Diana's sister about Diana's MC Hammer pants and her hideous blazer that mysteriously disappeared in middle school. (This is a rerelease of an episode produced in 2019.) Analysis from the 2012 Keble London Lecture by Victor Mayer-Schönberger, author of Delete: The Virtue of Forgetting in the Digital Age https://press.princeton.edu/books/paperback/9780691150369/delete Music in this episode: Gabe Stultz of iVoices created the iVoices theme music. Podington Bear, Lamb http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Podington_Bear/Rhythm_and_Strings/Lamb_1842 Chad Crouch, Peanut Shells http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Chad_Crouch/Electric_Piano_Duets/Peanut_Shells Kai Engel, Global Warming https://soundcloud.com/kaiengel/global-warming AJ "DJ UnME" Reynolds featuring Big MC, Can't Touch This (cover) https://soundcloud.com/djunme/big-mc-you-cant-touch-this Image created by Abhiman Gupta of iVoices, licensed CC-BY.
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