In this episode James Hall, Dr Laura Glitsos and Dr Jessica Taylor discuss Edward Said's concept of Orientalism. They cover how the West defines and constructs the East, the implications of this, and how Orientalism relates to the concepts of ideology and discourse.

In this episode we explore the concept and development of Surveillance Capitalism. Working from the writings of Shoshana Zuboff we define what it is, how it became so prevalent so quickly and what it means for the world we're living in.

Featuring James Hall, Dr Laura Glitsos and Dr Jessica Taylor.

You can check out this short(ish) documentary featuring Shoshana Zuboff exploring Surveillance Capitalism here.

In this episode James, Laura and Jess look at George Ritzer's concept of McDonaldization. Influenced by Max Weber and his work on rationality, and subesquent irrationality of rationality, McDonaldization looks at how some core principles exemplified by the fast food chain have come to dominate most aspects of society and culture.

As mentioned in the episode...

Here are a couple of news articles about Lionsgate's AI deal with Runway from the BBC and The Guardian.

We're back for a thrid season of Podcasting Degree Zero. In this episode James, Laura and Jessica explore neoliberalism, what is it and why is it important?

In this episode James, Laura and Jess delove into the potentially confusing world of discourse.

They discuss what this word means when it is used in Media and Cultural Studies and what it can be useful in identifying.

This week we look at the concept of ideology in the context of Media and Cultural Studies. It's a word we use often, but when discussed in these disciplines it has some nuanced aspects. Join James, Laura and Jess as they discuss what we talk about when we're talking about ideology.

After a short...ahem...break Podcasting Degree Zero is back for a second season. To start off James, Laura and Jess take a look at the metaverse from a Media and Cultural Studies angle because...well...not many other people seem to be.

Last episode looked at some of the characteristics and implications of globalization, so we obliged ourselves to turn to nationalism in this episode of Podcasting Degree Zero.

Globalization is pretty complex and James, Jess and Laura are here in this episode to help start breaking it down.