Podcast: Laid Off and Looking
Episode: Pop The News Bubble
Pub date: 2024-09-06

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We're BACK!!!!

Season 2 of Laid Off and Looking

Dom and Jenna talk pop culture's essential yet dismissed role in the news ecosystem and especially politics.

This week's guest is Dr Joel Penney PhD, professor of communication and media at Montclair University in New Jersey. He's also author of 'Pop Culture, Politics and the News: Entertainment Journalism in the Polarized Media Landscape'

Pop Culture is News, Not Clickbait, University Professor Says in New Book

https://www.montclair.edu/newscenter/2023/03/03/pop-culture-is-news-not-clickbait-university-professor-says-in-new-book/

Dr Penney explains:

How political leaders use pop culture trends to connect with voters

The under appreciated role of entertainment news within journalism

And the changes in journalistic approaches to pop culture due to digital media and its importance to younger audiences

Dom and Jenna also share what they've got planned for this new season of the podcast!

Headlines: 1:23

Interview: 17:00

Headline Links:

Hollywood Reporter: Musical Acts Who’ve Called Out 2024 Trump Campaign

for Illegal Use of Their Songs

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/politics-news/muscial-acts-trump-campaign-illegal-use-songs-1235988369/

USA Today: Donald Trump's campaign prohibited from using Isaac Hayes

song after lawsuit threat

https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/music/2024/09/03/isaac-hayes-lawsuit-donald-trump-campaign/75061399007/

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