Touzari, Nadja

Dette speciale undersøger podcastmediets kommunikationspotentiale, med særlig vægt på betydningen af dets materielle og fænomenologiske karakteristika for formidlingen af kulturelle minder. Det tager udgangspunkt i et postfænomenologisk perspektiv på teknologier som formidlere mellem relationen mellem mennesker og verden. At undersøge podcastmediets kommunikationsform er afgørende for at forstå, hvordan det former engagement med fortider og potentielt påvirker erindringskulturer.For at få en dybere forståelse af dette, foretager jeg en todelt analyse af henholdsvis mediets kommunikationsform og formsprog. Den teoretiske ramme trækker på medieteoretikeren Marshall McLuhan og hukommelsesforskeren Alison Landsberg. Ved at bruge McLuhans konceptuelle teori om medieøkologi afdækker den første del af analysen podcastmediets muligheder som erindringsteknologi. Derefter bruger jeg begreber om lyd og genre på et casestudie af en podcast kaldet Konspirativ Kærlighed af Third Ear for at udforske mediets auditive formsprogs rolle i forhold til teorien om protetisk erindring, som blev udviklet i skæringspunktet mellem medier og hukommelse undersøgelser.Denne undersøgelses resultater bidrager til en dybere forståelse af, hvordan podcasts medierer mellem mennesker og fortiden, især gennem deres potentiale til at konstruere protetisk erindring. Jeg argumenterer for, at podcasts fordybende, mobile, auditive og affektive kvaliteter skaber en medialitet, der kan fungere som et transferentielt rum, hvor lyttere kan påtage sig en kunstig erindring som et resultat af en medieret oplevelse. Disse resultater tyder på, at podcasts kan tjene som et værdifuldt værktøj til at facilitere empatisk forståelse på tværs af kulturer, men undersøgelsen påpeger også vigtigheden af at overveje den centraliserede medieindustris kontekst og potentielle suspension af kritisk tænkning på grund af mediets affektive natur. Derudover muliggør den digitale karakter af podcastmediet det tværkulturelle potentiale, men også den potentielle dyrkning af individualisme og begrænsede perspektiver.This thesis examines the communication potential of the podcast medium, with particular emphasis on the significance of its material and phenomenological characteristics for the dissemination of cultural memories. It is based in a post-phenomenological perspective on technologies as mediators between the relation between humans and the world. Examining the podcast mediums mode of communication is essential for understanding how it shapes engagement with the past and potentially affect memory cultures.To gain a deeper understanding of this, I conduct a two-tier analysis of the medium's mode of communication and formal language respectively. The theoretical framework draws on the media theorist Marshall McLuhan and the memory scholar Alison Landsberg. By utilizing McLuhan's conceptual theory of media ecology, the first part of the analysis uncovers the podcastmediums affordances as a memory technology. I then employ concepts of sound and genre on a casestudy of a Danish podcast called Konspirativ Kærlighed by Third Ear to explore the role of the mediums auditive formal language in relation to the theory of prosthetic memory, which was developed at the intersection of media and memory studies.This study’s findings contribute to a deeper understanding of how podcasts mediate between people and the past, particularly through their potential for constructing prosthetic memory. I argue that the podcasts immersive, mobile, auditive and affective qualities create a mediality that can serve as a transferential space, wherein listeners can take on an artificial memory as result of a mediated experience. These findings suggest that podcasts can serve as a valuable tool for facilitating empathetic understanding across cultures, but the study also points out the importance of considering the centralized media industry context and potential suspension of critical thinking due to the medium's affective nature. Additionally, the digital nature of podcasts enables their cross-cultural potential, but also the potential cultivation of individualism and limited perspectives.<br/

Roskilde Universitet

A (re)mediated past - An exploration of the communication potential of the podcast medium in connection with cultural memories: An exploration of the communication potential of the podcast medium in connection with cultural memories

A (re)mediated past - An exploration of the communication potential of the podcast medium in connection with cultural memories: An exploration of the communication potential of the podcast medium in connection with cultural memories

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