1. 회원님의 건승을 기원합니다.

 

2. Media International Australia에서 The Production and Reception of News Podcasts: Global Perspectives 논문을 공모합니다. 이에 다음과 같이 안내해 드리니, 관심 있는 회원님들의 많은 참여 바랍니다.

 

 

- 다   음 -

 

Call for papers for publication in Media International Australia

 

Since their emergence as a new media form, podcasts have become popular around the world (Aufderheide et al., 2020; Berry, 2006; Llinares et al., 2018; Sullivan, 2019). According to a report by the Reuters Institute Digital News Report 2020, the country with the largest portion of its citizens listening to podcasts is Turkey (86%), followed by Kenya (70%) (Newman et al., 2020). In a number of countries more than half of news consumers are listening to podcasts—e.g., Mexico (61%), Brazil (60%), Bulgaria (59%), the Philippines (57%), Hong Kong (55%), and South Korea (54%). In some countries, though, this sort of consumption has yet to take off. In particular, only 22% of UK news consumers listen to podcasts.  

Among the various genres of podcasts, news podcasts have been of particular interest to both news publishers and the general public (Chadha et al., 2012; Newman & Gallo, 2019; Park, 2017). This is partly because of the unique features of podcasts including its ability to convey intimacy through narrative journalism (Lindgren, 2016) and immersive storytelling techniques (Dowling & Miller, 2019). Podcast listening is globally diverse, reflecting each country’s sociocultural and political environments. Nevertheless, global dynamics around news podcasts has been understudied, even though news podcasts are becoming increasingly popular among global news consumers.

It is often assumed that a key factor in gaining podcast listenership is technological infrastructure. However, empirical data show that citizens of countries with high levels of internet and smartphone use have lower podcast use for news. Interestingly, in countries with low levels of press freedom, there is a tendency that news consumers turn to news podcasts, suggesting that news podcasts are possibly fulfilling the needs of news consumers who seek diverse subjects and perspectives not covered by mainstream news media (Sang et al., 2020). It is also worth noting that news podcast users tend to seek news that matches their political leanings, which can amplify opinion polarization. However, it has been observed that the extant literature lacks a comprehensive account of possibilities and limitations of news podcasts. Little is known about how audience and structural factors related to the uptake, reception, and dissemination of news podcasts jointly influence news audiences’ engagement with news podcasts in different parts of the world.

We invite researchers to contribute their work to our guest-edited feature topic on news podcasts to appear in the journal Media International Australia (Sage). This thematically coherent collection will be published in the May 2023 issue of the journal, with online first publication of individual articles expected by the end of 2022. We invite researchers from different countries and continents to explore this understudied area and advance our understanding of news podcasts.

We welcome a wide range of theoretical and methodological approaches for this feature topic. The guest editors will endeavour to ensure researchers from different cultural contexts contribute research in news podcasts. Possible topics to be addressed include, but are not limited to:

Application of theoretical approaches to news podcasts   

Narrative journalism and podcasting  

New and emerging trends in news podcasts and their implications   

News podcast consumption and civic/political participation  

News podcast and selective exposure

Platformization of news podcasts  

Political incivility and news podcasts

Socio-demographic and/or cultural factors influencing news podcast consumption  

The role of human factors (e.g., motivations and emotions) and/or technological affordances on news podcast consumption 

 

Timeline

Abstract submission deadline: 1 November 2021

Notification on submitted abstracts: 1 December 2021

Submission of manuscripts for reviewing: 1 May 2022

Final submission after revision: no later than 1 October 2022

 

Guest Editors

Yoonmo Sang (Sungshin Women’s University, South Korea)  

Jee Young Lee (University of Canberra, Australia) 

Sora Park (University of Canberra, Australia)  

 

Information about submission

Proposals should include an abstract of 500-750 words (not including references) and the authors’ short bios. Please send through your proposal as one PDF file to Yoonmo Sang [ymsang@sungshin.ac.kr] and Jee Young Lee [jee.lee@canberra.edu.au] with the subject line: MIA Feature Topic by 1 November 2021. Authors of accepted proposals are expected to develop and submit their original article, for full blind review, in accordance with the journal’s peer-review procedure, by the deadline stated. Guidelines for manuscripts can be found here.