Blake Hallinan researches how technologies such as ratings, reviews, engagement metrics, and recommendation systems shape cultural notions of value and worth. Blake is currently a postdoctoral research fellow with the DigitalValues project but will take on a new role in the department as a senior lecturer this fall.

Noa Shakargy is writing her doctoral dissertation on the meditation of literature in the digital age. Noa is also a poet and an editor, she recently published her book titled Internetica - the theory of poetry in the age of Internet, which  was published by the Bialik Institute.

נועה שקרג'י משוררת, עורכת וחוקרת. כותבת דוקטורט במחלקה לתקשורת ועיתונאות באוניברסיטה העברית על המדיטיזציה של הספרות בעידן הדיגיטלי. לאחרונה ראה אור ספרה אינטרנטיקה - תורת השירה בעידן האינטרנט בהוצאת מוסד ביאליק.

Dr. Eedan Amit-Danhi studies the political usage of visualizations, graphs and information on social media by various actors.

ד"ר עידן עמית-דנחי חוקרת את השימושים הפוליטיים של ויזואליזציות, גרפים ומידע של שחקנים שונים במדיה החברתית

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This podcast was recorded via ZOOM app.

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The articles mentioned in the episode:

Boxman-Shabtai, L. (2020). Meaning multiplicity across communication subfields: Bridging the gaps. Journal of Communication, 70(3), 401-423.

Boxman-Shabtai, L. (2018). Reframing the popular: A new approach to parody. Poetics, 67, 1-12.

Boxman-Shabtai, L. (2019). The practice of parodying: YouTube as a hybrid field of cultural production. Media, Culture & Society, 41(1), 3-20.

Boxman-Shabtai, L., & Shifman, L. (2014). Evasive targets: Deciphering polysemy in mediated humor. Journal of Communication, 64(5), 977-998.

Nissenbaum, A., & Shifman, L. (2017). Internet memes as contested cultural capital: The case of 4chan’s/b/board. New Media & Society, 19(4), 483-501.

Nissenbaum, A., & Shifman, L. (2018). Meme templates as expressive repertoires in a globalizing world: A cross-linguistic study. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, 23(5), 294-310.

Nissenbaum, A., & Shifman, L. (2020). Laughing alone, together: local user-generated satirical responses to a global event. Information, Communication & Society, 1-18.

Opening and closing music: "Wholesome" By Kevin MacLeod.

The transitional tune was composed and recorded by Amit Pinchevski.

"The Ugly Baby" sketch that followed Lilly's discussion about the ugly baby dilemma was featured in BYUtv's sketch comedy show, Studio C: https://www.byutv.org/studioc#

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Opening and closing music: "Wholesome" By Kevin MacLeod.

The transitional tune was composed and recorded by Amit Pinchevski.

NEW EPISODE ALERT! This time we bring you a detective story told by Prof. Keren Tenenboim-Weinblatt and Tali Aharoni.

Listen to these smart ladies shed light on the dynamic of trust and the role of ritual in election projections, while demonstrating outstanding storytelling skills.

Show notes:

This podcast was recorded via ZOOM app.

Opening and closing music: "Wholesome" By Kevin MacLeod.

The transitional tune was composed and recorded by Amit Pinchevski.

The detective tune that we play whenever Tali or Keren speak about suspects is called "Pinki Panthers" by Stella Under Umbrella.

In the 8th episode of The Smart Podcast, Prof. Tamir Sheafer and Dr. Eran Amsalem talk about social media, political success and the connection between those two important topics. In this conversation, they are questioning what comes first - is it political success that dictates the success in the social media, or the opposite?

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In this episode of The Smart Podcast, Dr. Ido Ramati & Hadar Levy-Landsberg talk about the connection of sound and media studies.

Show notes:

Hadar's master's thesis article about sound in the news:

https://ijoc.org/index.php/ijoc/article/view/6334

Levy, H., & Pinchevski, A. (2017). Resounding News: The Acoustic Conventions of Israeli Newscasts. International Journal of Communication, 11, 19.

The article Hadar mentioned about the phatic function of sound interface:

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/1461444820944851

Levy-Landesberg, H. (2020). Listen up! Phatic thresholds and sound interface design. New Media & Society, 1461444820944851

Ido's article about the mechanical recording of oral Jewish tradition:

https://muse.jhu.edu/article/717521

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In this episode of The Smart Podcast, Prof. Christian Baden & Olga Pasitselska talk about how people deal with disinformation - an especially important issue these days

Show notes:

The podcast mentions several studies, most of which are not yet published. However, some are.

For people's tendency to "adjust" claims so they fit their prior beliefs, see:

Baden, C., & David, Y. (2018). On Resonance: A study of culture-dependent reinterpretations of extremist violence in Israeli media discourse. Media, Culture & Society , 40 (4), 514-534. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0163443717734404

Regarding our tendency to reject sources, not arguments, see:

Baden, C., & Stalpouskaya, K. (2020). Maintenance of news frames: How US, British and Russian news made sense of unfolding events in the Syrian chemical weapons crisis. Journalism Studies. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/1461670X.2020.1843066

While most of the discussed findings from Ukraine are not yet published, one study about populist narratives is already available:

Pasitselska, O., & Baden, C. (2020). Who are ‘the people’? Uses of empty signifiers in propagandistic news discourse. The Journal of Language and Politics, 19(4), 666-690. https://www.jbe-platform.com/content/journals/10.1075/jlp.19057.pas

If you don't have access to these titles, you can contact the authors via researchgate.net: http://www.researchgate.net/profile/Christian_Baden2, https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Olga_Pasitselska

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In this episode, Prof. Zohar Kampf and Roni Danziger talk about a pragmatic definition of flattery, as phrased by Roni. The Article, which was discussed in the episode, is mentioned in the notes.

Show notes

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pragma.2020.09.027

Danziger, R. (2020). The pragmatics of flattery: The strategic use of solidarity-oriented actions. Journal of Pragmatics, 170, 413-425.

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