So I was looking around online for some podcasts and I tried one called Communication Junkie, hosted by Steven Fuller on Apple Podcasts (and is also available on Spotify). He is a professor at the University of Cincinnati. All of the episodes are very short and take about 1.5-2 hours to fully listen through. In his podcasts he discusses miscommunications and communication conflicts, both in-person and online. He discusses a wide range of topics through different episodes, such as the struggles of social media, the influence one can have when publicly speaking, cultural differences and associated communication barriers, and more. He also discusses the influence of media in everyday fashion and popular themes - something discussed in this week's readings in Communicating Online by Julia Green. In the chapter Agenda-Setting Theory (p. 368), she discusses how the media shapes what the general public thinks about specific topics, and how things will change in popularity status based on public opinion. Some of the podcast episodes, as well as the textbook, discuss how the media chooses to focus our attention and influences our decisions.
The book and podcast discussed:
Green, Julia (2017). Communicating Online. McGraw Hill Education.
Fuller, Steven (2021-2022). Communication Junkie. Apple Podcasts, https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/communication-junkie/id1333247214
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