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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.

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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.

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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

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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.

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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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In this episode,  Prof. Paul Frosh and Prof. Amit Pinchevski discuss their ongoing collaboration on media witnessing, exploring its development so far and future directions.

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‏Frosh, P. (2019). The Poetics of Digital Media. Cambridge: Polity Press.

Frosh, P. and Pinchevski, A. (2009). Introduction: Why media witnessing? Why now? In: Frosh, P. and Pinchevski, A. (eds) Media Witnessing: Testimony in the Age of Mass Communication. Hampshire, New York: Palgrave and McMillan, pp. 1-19.

Frosh, P. and Pinchevski, A. (2014). Media witnessing and the ripeness of time. Cultural Studies 28(4): 594-610.‏

Frosh, P. and Pinchevski, A. (2018). Media and events after media events. Media, Culture & Society 40(1): 135-138.‏

Also check out Paul's and Amit's scholar pages on The Smart Family Institute of Communications Website, for more publications and current projects, or contact them directly: Prof. Paul Frosh | Prof. Amit Pinchevski / @AmitPinchevski

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In this episode,  Dr. Tobias Ebbrecht-Hartmann and Lital Henig break down the issue of the famous Instagram sensation: Eva Stories, from various aspects of media studying.

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Eva Stories full episodes on YouTube

A photo of the Eve Stories billboard ad

The Anna Frank video diary on YouTube

Ebbrecht, T. (2010). Migrating images: iconic images of the Holocaust and the representation of war in popular film. Shofar, 28(4), 86-103.

‏Frosh, P. (2019). The Poetics of Digital Media. Cambridge: Polity Press.

Frosh, P. and Pinchevski, A. (2009). Introduction: Why media witnessing? Why now? In: Frosh, P. and Pinchevski, A. (eds) Media Witnessing: Testimony in the Age of Mass Communication. Hampshire, New York: Palgrave and McMillan, pp. 1-19.

Frosh, P. and Pinchevski, A. (2014). Media witnessing and the ripeness of time. Cultural Studies 28(4): 594-610.‏

Frosh, P. and Pinchevski, A. (2018). Media and events after media events. Media, Culture & Society 40(1): 135-138.‏

Nunes, M. (2017). Selfies, self-witnessing and the ‘out-of-place’ digital citizen. In: Kuntsman, A. (ed) Selfie Citizenship. Cham: Springer-Palgrave Macmillan, pp.109-117.

Wieviorka, A. (2006). The Era of the Witness (Stark J, trans). Ithaca, London: Cornell University Press.‏

Reading, A. (2009). Mobile witnessing: Ethics and the camera phone in the ‘war on terror’. Globalizations, 6(1), 61-76.‏

Also check out Tobias's and Lital's scholar pages on The Smart Family Institute of Communications Website, for more publications and current projects, or contact them directly: Dr. Tobias Ebbrecht-Hartmann /@te_hartmann | Lital Henig / @Litalhenig

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In this episode,  Dr. Neta Kligler-Vilenchik and Dr. Maya de Vries Kedem break down the issue of online political participation in various networked platforms, and in different contexts such as age, geographical and political context.

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On East Jerusalem Palestinians and their political participation -

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In the very first episode of The Smart Podcast, Prof. Nicholas John and PhD student Tzlil Sharon talk about the rise of podcasting, the cultural ideals that go with this new medium, and how we learn to make sense of podcasts.

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